Agricultural Experiment Station Records (RG 25)

Inventory - Subgroup 3, Series V: Cooperative Agreements
V.    Research Projects Records, 1907-1984:
      Cooperative Agreements (REGJ, projects by departments):

(box 8/3/5/20)
          Agricultural Economics Dept.:
               Cooperative research (memo of understanding with Bureau
                 of Agricultural Economics, 1949
               Cooperative associations - wool, 1928
               Farm & ranch organizations, 1936
               Farmers' elevators, 1935
               Marketing Pacific Northwest wheat, 1948
          Agricultural Engineering Dept.:
               Farmhouses & other farm buildings (Housing Act of
                 1949), 1949-1951
               Hay drying, Bonneville Power Administration, 1945-1946
          Animal Husbandry Dept.:
               Improvement of sheep, 1940
               Range livestock management, 1937-1940
               Wool grading & baling, 1942
          Animal Industries Division:
               Sun dried potatoes (War Food Administration), 1944-1945
          Bacteriology Dept.:
               Cooperative agreements, misc., ca. 1917-1950
               Study of the effectiveness of anionis & nonionic
                 surface active agents in potentiating germicidal
                 action of hypochlorites, 1949
          Dairy Husbandry Dept.:
               Creamery butter investigations, 1927-1928
               Use of proved sires, 1914 & 1931-1932
          Entomology Dept.:
               Alfalfa weevil, 1919-1940
               Controlling the cattle grub, 1953
               Honey & pollen flora, 1935-1953
               Insecticides & fungicides (Research & Marketing Act),
                 1948-1950
               Insects of fruits & nuts (rev. of prune thrips), 1949
               Pea aphis & weevil (Agricultural Adjustment
                 Administration), reports only, 1940-1942 & 1951
               Pea insects (formerly pea weevil), 1930-1954
               Prune thrips, 1935-1947
               Thermal generated insecticides, 1946-1953
               Utilization of pollen, 1945-1947
               Western Cooperative spray project, 1925-1953:
                    Correspondence & memos, 1927-1953
                    "Tolerances for Poisonous or Deleterious Residues
                      on or in Fresh Fruits & Fresh Vegetables," 
                      testimony before the Federal Security Agency,
                      Leroy Childs, 1950
                    Annual meeting minutes & reports, 1925-1952
          Farm Crops Dept.:
               Cooperative agreements, misc., 1916-1933
               Cereal investigations, 1909-1941
               Grass breeding, 1935-1938
               Hay standardization & inspection, 1932
               Jerusalem artichoke, 1930-1944
               Kok-saghyz (Russian dandelion):
                    Bureau of Plant Industries, 1942-1955
                    U.S. Navy, 1944-1949
               New plants (new crops, project W-6), 1947-1953
               Potato breeding, 1937-1949
               Seed potatoes, 1918-1929
               Nematode problem (bent grass), 1927-1940
               Turf for airfields, highways & other intensive use
                 areas, 1943
               West Coast Beet Seed Co., 1942-1943
               Vegetable seed production, 1942-1950
          Farm Management Dept.:
               Farm management field studies, Salem Board of Trade,
                 1912
               Economic study of irrigation possibilities in the
                 Willamette Valley, 1944-1945 (see also Purnell #120)
               Bulk handling of grain, 1926-1932 (see also Purnell
                 #36)
               Farm labor requirements, 1942-1943 (see also Purnell
                 #106)
               Honey costs, 1931-1934
               Land use in Benton County, 1939-1941
               Land use planning, 1937-1941
               Types of farming, 1931-1936
               Vale & Owyhee settlers, 1938-1941
               Willamette Valley farm organizations, 1938-1941
          Fish & Game Dept., fish-cultural investigations, 1945
          Food Technology Dept.:
               Dehydrated berries & cherries (War Dept.):
                    Correspondence, outlines, progress reports,
                      1943-1946
                    Annual reports, 1944-1945
(box 8/3/5/30) Pectin deterioration in relation to the rehydration &
                 storage life of dehydrated fruit & vegetable products
                 (War Dept.), 1947-1948
               Potatoes for dehydration (War Dept.), 1945
               Utilization of fruit wastes by conversion to foods or
                 feeds by the use of yeasts, 1945-1946
          Home Economics Dept., investigations on home economics,
            1945-1946
          Horticulture Dept.:
               General agreements, fruits, 1926-1928
               Boron application, 1938-1944
               Chrysanthemum seedlings, 1946
               Dehydration of fruits & vegetables (SB 205), 1920-1924
               Culture & testing of perfume roses (drug oil),
                 1920-1932
          Plant Industries Dept:
               Western Regional Research Lab:
                    Correspondence, meeting agendas & minutes, memos
                      of understanding, & reports, 1938-1952 (2 fldrs)
                    Report of conference of 11 experiment station
                      directors for the development of the research
                      program, Western Regional Lab, June 1940
                    Project outlines (not included in above report),
                      1940
                    Regional Research Labs activity reports, 1945-1948
                      & 1951
                    National cooperative project, Conservation of
                      Nutritive Value of Foods (Fincke projects), 
                        1942-1947
          Plant Pathology Dept.:
               General agreements, 1916-1950
               Brown rot & stripe rust, 1916-1920
               Downy mildew of hops:
                    Correspondence, 1930-1948
                    Report, "Comparison of Spray Nozzles for Effective
                      Spraying of Hops for Downy Mildew," G.R.
                      Hoerner, 1937
               Hop disease investigations (reports only):
                    Annual reports, 1931-1932
                    "Cooperative Contributions of the Hop Disease
                      Investigations Project, 1931-1938"
               Foot rot (wheat diseases), 1921-1938
               Grain diseases (reports & reprints only), 1931-1938
               Insecticides & fungicides, 1929-1950
               Nut disease investigations, 1930-1938
               Diseases of ornamental plants, 1929-1949
               Plant disease survey, 1943-1951
               Virus diseases of potatoes, 1925-1936
               White pine blister rust, 1927-1931
          Poultry Dept.:
               National Poultry Improvement Plan:
                    Correspondence & reports, 1928-1939
                    Memorandum on pullorum testing & poultry
                      improvement work in Oregon since 1935 with
                      status & recommendations, June 1944
          Soils Dept.:
               General agreements, 1917-1949
               Ground water investigations:
                    Correspondence, memos of understanding, reports,
                      1927-1953 (2 folders)
                    Published reports (USGS & Experiment Station) on
                      ground water levels & resources, including The
                      Dalles, Willamette Valley, & Harney Basin,
                      1932-1941
(box 8/3/5/40) County soil surveys (USDA reports only):
                    Yamhill Co., 1920
                    Clackamas Co., 1926
                    Marion Co., 1927
               Irrigation & drainage, 1907-1939   
               Regional soil management, 1946-1947
               Soil conservation (Soil Conservation Service):
                    Correspondence, work plans, memos of understanding
                      & agreement, reports, 1929-1953 (4 folders)
                    Reports, 1939-1948:
                         "The Effect of Soil Erosion on Wheat Yields
                           in Eastern Oregon," Dec. 1939
                         "Summer Fallow Studies, Moro, Oregon," 1939-
                           1940 & 1942-1943
                         "Economics of Soil Conservation," annual
                           report, 1939
                         "Effects of Seeding Grass," progress reports,
                           1940-1941
                         "Methods of Disposal of Crop Residues for
                           Growing Wheat After Fallow in Eastern
                           Oregon," April 1941
                         "Soil Management & Irrigation Investigations
                           in the Columbia River Basin," Jan. 1, 1948
                    Proceedings, Annual Technical Conference & Field
                      Day, Pullman Nursery Unit, Soil Conservation 
                      Service, June 11-12, 1946
               Soil, fertilizer, & irrigation, 1948
               Salinity of irrigation water:
                    Correspondence, meeting reports, & memos of
                      agreement, 1937-1950
                    Reports to collaborators, 1941, 1943, 1946-1949,
                      1951, 1953-1954
                    "Report of Progress, 1938-1953," U.S. Salinity
                      Lab, July 1953
               Hydrologic data, Newberg, Oregon, from Oct. 1938-April
                 1942, 1943
          Veterinary Medicine Dept.:
               Infectious abortion, 1929-1946

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