Agricultural Experiment Station Records (RG 25)
Inventory - Subgroup 3, Series V: Branch Stations Projects
(box 8/3/4/50)
REK/REGK, projects by Branch Stations:
J. J. Astor Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects, 1920-1925
Bent grass (RM-3), 1947-1950
Pea mosaic, mildew & spray equipment; aphids; pea
culture, 1932-ca. 1938
Tobacco, 1935-1942
Wood sugar molasses compared to cane molasses in making
grass silage, 1948-1949
Hay drying (reports only), 1941-1946 & 1956
Crop range report, 1930-1931
Dairying report, 1922
Dairy herd reports, 1915-1918, 1920, 1935-1949
Central Oregon Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects, 1948-1952
Water use studies, 1946-1953
Eastern Oregon Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects, 1932-1956
Alfalfa variety trials, 1935-1950
Dairy - feed & milk records (reports only),
ca. 1923-1931
Crop yields, 1923-1930
Fertilizer experiments, 1927-1941
Poultry (flock record only), 1928-1931
Swine, 1921-1950
Sheep adapted to eastern Oregon ranges, 1923-1956
Sheep:
Farm flock ewes, wintering, 1918-1941
(box 8/3/4/60) Fattening lambs, 1932-1941
Lamb feeding project, 1920-1927
Farm flock record, 1924-1929
Range ewes, wintering, 1932-1944
Forest Reserve project, 1929-1941
Feeding ewes with young lambs, 1936-1940
Feeding lambs grain on pasture, 1935-1944
Cattle:
Beef cows, 1932-1941
Fattening baby beef, 1926-1943 (see also Circular
of Information 218)
Fattening heifers on pasture, 1942-1944
Fattening yearling steers, 1934-1953
Growing tests, 1920-1929
Pasturing beef cattle, 1939-1941
Steer feeding, 1920-1931
Wintering cattle & weaner calves, 1934 & 1944
Miscellaneous livestock problems (sheep & cattle),
1925-1931
Hood River Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects, 1927-1953
Apple canker, 1919-1940 (also includes information on
establishment of the branch station)
Reports on spraying, 1937-1950
Irrigation Water Forecasting:
Snow survey & water forecast:
Correspondence, agreements, papers & articles,
1936-1956
Meetings proceedings & reports, 1937-1951
Reports, 1935-1952 (2 folders)
Report, "Summary of Snow Survey Measurements for
Oregon, 1928-1961, June 1963
Cloud seeding:
Correspondence, agreements, articles & minutes,
1950-1960
Reports:
"Analysis of attempts to increase snowfall &
resultant runoff by winter cloud-seeding in
southern Oregon Cascade Mountains," 1951/52
(box 8/3/3/10) "Analysis of attempts to increase snowfall &
resultant runoff by winter cloud-seeding in
southern Oregon Cascade Mountains,"
1952/53-1955/56
"Analysis of cloud seeding potentialities to
increase natural precipitation in Morrow,
Gilliam & Sherman Cos.," Aug. 1950
"Analysis of attempts to increase
precipitation by cloud-seeding in Tri-
Counties, Oregon," 1950/51-1952/53
"Analysis of cloud seeding attempts in the
Tri-County area, Oregon, 1950-54"
"Analysis of attempts to increase
precipitation by cloud-seeding at Medford,
Oregon," 1949/50-1950/51
Miscellaneous, 1951-1953
Klamath Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects, 1942-1956
Nematode investigations, 1937-1953
Malheur Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects, 1941-1953
Malheur Co. crop & soils research, 1930-1953 (includes
Vale-Owyhee project information)
Cattle feeding, pasture, etc., 1943-1952
Fertilizer experiments, 1950-1956
Soybean investigations, 1963
Medford Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects, 1937-1953
Orchard irrigation (became "pear production" in 1946):
Correspondence, outlines, agreements, & papers,
1929-1952
Pear irrigation investigations:
2nd progress report, January 1932
3rd progress report - part 1, Jan. 1933 &
part 2, July 1934
4th progress report (part 1), February 1935
Orchard soil moisture control project 1st & 2nd
progress reports, Jan. 1937 & Dec. 1939
Pear production in the Rogue River Valley, 1946
Handling, storage, & transportation of pears, 1926-1947
(see also Purnell project #3)
Milton-Freewater Experimental Area:
Miscellaneous projects, 1946-1954
Fruit production, 1949-1952 (with various growers)
Northrup Creek Experimental Area (Clatsop Co.):
Miscellaneous projects, 1944-1952
Bracken fern, 1941-1944
Pasture grasses:
Correspondence, proposals & outlines, 1936-1952
(box 8/3/3/20) Reports, 1938-1943
Pendleton Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects, 1932 & 1960-1963
Morning glory control, 1939-1941
Fertilizer experiments, 1953
Irrigation investigations, 1969-1970
Soil conservation erosion, 1935-1960
Cereal breeding investigations (reports only),
1931-1956
(box 8/3/3/30) Cereal breeding investigations (reports only), 1957-
1966 (later became projects 240 & 241)
Weed investigations (reports only), 1952-1963
(box 8/3/3/40) Weed investigations (reports only), 1964-1970 (1955-
1970 reports include Sherman Experiment Station
information & 1968-1970 reports include Umatilla
Experiment Station information; later became
project 242)
Red Soils Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects, ca. 1938-1945
Plots, crops, & soil data, 1939-1942
Sherman Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects, 1911-1956
Wheat investigations, 1917-1950
Forage crop investigations, 1917-1942
Tillage experiments, 1932-1954
Soil moisture & nitrate investigations, 1919-1942
(2 folders)
Cereal breeding & nursery investigations:
Project outlines, 1932, 1942 & 1950
Reports, 1916-1918 & 1924-1930
(box 8/3/3/50) Reports, 1929, 1931-1937, 1942, 1944-1950
Irrigation studies, 1966-1970
Southern Oregon Branch Experiment Station (Talent &
Medford):
Sulphur as a fertilizer (report only), 1915
Talent Irrigation District, rehabilitation &
agricultural report, March 1932
Bes-Kil machine (report only), 1947-1948
Agronomic projects, 1952, 1954-1956, 1974 & 1976
Horticultural research:
Data reports, 1954-1956
Progress reports, 1953-1955 & 1966-1967
Spider mite control, 1949-1950
Squaw Butte/Harney Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects (Harney Station only), 1915-1941
Reports (Harney station only):
Experiments with fertilizer under irrigation,
1922-1941
Cost of production investigations, 1926-1941
Rotation experiments, 1928-1936
Summary of costs of irrigation & cost of producing
alfalfa & grasses, 1927-1940
Summary tables of irrigation & crop production
costs, ca. 1939
(box 8/3/3/60) Miscellaneous projects, 1935-1954
Bang's disease, 1947
Cattle breeding, 1950-1955
Dryland hay production, 1955-1956
Rotation-deferred grazing, 1945-1946
Range nutrition-cattle, 1943-1956
Sagebrush-bunchgrass, 1950-1956
Research projects report, ca. 1940
Range research (annual reports only), 1956-1973 (became
project #s 321 & 322 in 1957) (7 folders)
Native flood meadow research (originally called "crop &
meadow land management; became project #323 in 1957):
Correspondence & outlines, 1941-1956
Annual research reports, 1956-1973
(box 8/3/2/10) The Dalles Experimental Area:
Miscellaneous projects, 1947-1949
Western X disease of cherry & peach, 1947-1951 (see
also project #89-4)
Umatilla Branch Experiment Station:
Miscellaneous projects, 1909-1954
Alfalfa (various titles), 1923-1950
Beans, 1948-1954
Carrots, 1948-1950
Corn, 1947-1954
Cover crop residues, 1949
Dairy (various titles), 1931-1949
Fertilizers & fertility (various titles), 1943-1954
Fruits (various titles), 1935-1948
Potatoes (various titles), 1932-1950
Soy beans (various titles), 1948-1950
Sunflowers, 1948-1951
Turkeys (various titles), 1930-1952
Lysimeter investigations (reports only), 1915-1917
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