Agricultural Experiment Station Records (RG 25)

Inventory - Subgroup 3, Series V: Federal Grant Projects
V.   Research Projects Records, 1907-1984:
     REAJ (mostly federal grant projects, includes some regional
       projects), Central Station:

(box 8/3/6/10)
prj# 1    Beef breeding, Animal Husbandry Dept., 1946-1951 & 1961
     2    Reproduction, dairy cattle, Dairy Husbandry Dept., 1947-1956
     3    Improvement of farm dairy structures & equipment,
            Agricultural Economics Dept., 1947-1953
     4    Livestock marketing, Agricultural Economics Dept., 1947-1955
     5    Wool marketing, Animal Husbandry Dept., 1947-1962
     6    Consumer preference for pork, Agricultural Economics Dept.,
            1950-1955
     7    Marketing poultry, including turkeys, Agricultural Economics
            Dept., 1947-1955
     8    Rural housing, Home Economics Dept., 1947-1954 (2 folders)
     9    Dairy products: quality, markets, etc., Dairy Husbandry
            Dept., 1938-1955
     10   Cheese manufacture, Dairy Husbandry Dept., 1951-1954
     14   Native oyster farming, Fish & Game Dept., 1949
     15   Nutrition as related to growth & reproduction of poultry,
            Poultry Dept., 1959-1961
     22   Influence of design & management of poultry houses, Poultry
            Husbandry Dept., 1947
     24   Diseases of beef cattle, Veterinary Medicine Dept.,
            1931-1957
     25   Diseases of sheep, Veterinary Medicine Dept., 1948
     27   Poultry disease investigations, Veterinary Medicine Dept.,
            1930-1958 
     28	  Excerpts from Project, Poultry Disease Investigations; Turkey 
   	    Disease Investigations, ca. 1950 
     29   Fish, game & fur animal diseases, Veterinary Medicine Dept.,
            1929-1952
     34   Aquatic weeds, Fish & Game Dept., 1949-1964
     35   Cereals/Improvement of small grains, Farm Crops Dept.,
            1926-1967:
               Cereal nursery & corn trials, report, 1926/27
               Cereals, flax & potatoes field trials, 1928/29 &
                 1930/31 (latter includes Linn Irrigation Experiment)
               Nursery & field trials with cereals & flax, 1942/43-
                 1944/45
               Annual progress reports, 1948-1954

(box 8/3/6/20) Annual progress reports, 1954-1962
               "A Summary of Corn Improvement Research in Oregon,
                 1936-1967," R.E. Fore, Agronomist
     36   Hop production, breeding & diseases, Farm Crops Dept.,
            1930-1969:
               Correspondence, 1957-1960
               Project research outlines & work plans, 1937-1961
               U.S. Brewers Assn., Committee for Hop Research,
                 minutes, 1959-1961
               Reports, 1930-1969:
                    Progress reports, 1954-1958 & 1961
                    Hop breeding, 1930-1937
                    Hop analyses, 1937/38 & 1938/40
                    Hop agronomic experiments, 1939-1946
                    Hop grade studies, 1949
                    Hop quality studies, 1950
                    Hop investigations annual reports, 1952, 1954-
                      1955, 1957-1961
(box 8/3/6/30)      Hop & mint investigations annual reports, 1962-
                      1969 (combined report, projects 36 & 120)
     37   Sugar beet fertility studies & seed investigations, Soils
            Dept., 1914-1954:
               Correspondence, 1914-1950
               Annual reports, 1941-1954
     38   Fiber flax, Farm Crops Dept., 1916-1960:
               Correspondence, termination reports, etc., 1916-1960
               Annual reports, 1932-1947 & 1950-1955
               Phorium research annual report, 1955
               Fiber flax & phorium research annual reports, 1956-1959
     39   Seed testing project, Farm Crops Dept., 1937-1955:
               Correspondence & project outlines, 1937-1950
               Annual reports, 1950 & 1955
     40   Gorse control, Farm Crops Dept., 1937-1950:
               Correspondence & proposals, 1937-1950
               Annual reports, 1945/46-1948/49
(box 8/3/6/40)
     41   Weed control, Farm Crops Dept., 1923-1973:
               Correspondence, memoranda of understanding, project
                 outlines, reports, various sponsors, 1923-1961
               Annual reports, 1937-1939
               Report, weed control under Dow Chemical Co., 1948
               Annual report, 1952?
               Report, weed control under DuPont Chemical Co., 1954
               Annual report, 1973
     42   Forage crops & diseases, Farm Crops Dept., preliminary
            report, 1928/29; annual progress report, 1961
     45   Waste sulfite liquor by-products, Horticulture Dept., 1951-
            1956 & 1961
     49-50Vegetable crops, Horticulture Dept., annual reports,
            1951-1955 & 1961
     52   Flourine, Agricultural Chemistry Dept., 1945-1967:
               Correspondence, reports, project outlines & budgets,
                 1945-1965 (3 folders)
               Joint flourine study meeting minutes, 1948-1954
               ALCOA contract correspondence, 1952-1956
               Fairview Farms correspondence, 1954-1960
               Reynolds Metal Co. correspondence, 1954-1960
               Correspondence with flourine test requestors, 1954-1956
               Reports & reference material, 1948-1951
               Sauvie Island investigations reports, 1951-1955
                 (2 folders)
(box 8/3/6/50) Flourine research in The Dalles area:
                    Correspondence, 1958-1967
                    Advisory committee, 1965
                    Wasco Co. Fruit & Produce League, 1960-1966
                    Reports, 1958-1963
     56   Home built farm refrigerator units, Agricultural Engineering
            Dept., 1953
     57   Soil & water conservation & use, Agricultural Engineering
            Dept., 1950-1958:
               Correspondence & project outlines, 1950-1955
               Reports, 1950-1951 & 1958
     58   Design & development of farm building plans, Agricultural
            Engineering Dept., 1946-1947

(oversize drawer 2)
               Plan of proposed building (unidentified) on OSC campus
(box 8/3/6/50)
     59   Fiber flax harvesting & processing, Agricultural Engineering
            Dept., 1938-1956:
               Correspondence & memos of understanding, 1938-1952
               Reports, 1944-1956 (2 folders)
     60   Effect of storage conditions on potato quality, Agricultural
            Engineering Dept., 1951-1955
     62   Biochemical composition & nutritive value of dairy products,
            Agricultural Chemistry Dept., 1942-1950
     63   Proteins, amino acids/metabolic processes, Ag. Chemistry
            Dept., 1949-1953
     70   Apple & pear cost accounting, Agricultural Economics Dept.,
            1943-1957
     71   Sulphur fertilization of legumes in relation to plant &
            animal nutrition, Ag. Chemistry Dept., 1947-1952
     74   Economic use of minor elements in relation to soil fertility
            in Oregon, Soils Dept., 1944-1958
     75   Irrigation application efficiency, Soils Dept., 1937-1957
     76   Soil properties & water penetration (Owyhee Project), Soils
            Dept., 1943-1954:
               Correspondence, reports & memos of understanding,
                 1943-1954
               Annual reports, 1943-1953
     77   Soil problems on horticultural crops, Soils Dept.,1943-1956
     79   Cooperative soil studies, Soils Dept., 1951-1958:
               Correspondence & reports, 1952-1958
               Annual reports, 1951-1952 & 1954-1956
     81   Dairy sanitation procedures, Bacteriology Dept., 1958-1961

(box 8/3/6/60)
     83   Flax retting & fiber quality (final report only),
            Bacteriology Dept., 1955
     96   Control of St. Johnswort with two beetles, Entomology Dept.,
            1947-1953
     100  New products using surplus fruits, vegetables, & nuts, Food
            Technology Dept., 1948-1956
     101  Standards for frozen foods, Food Technology Dept.,
            1945-1954:
               Reports, 1947 & 1954
               National Assn. of Frozen Food Packers, 1945-1950
     102  Preservation of fruit & vegetable pulps & juices, Food
            Technology Dept., 1949
     103  Food preservation (Swift & Co.), Food Technology Dept.,
            1943-1959
     104  Use of dielectric energy blancher, Food Technology Dept.,
            1952-1953
     106  Materials for use in food preservation, Food Technology
            Dept., 1936-1953:
               Correspondence, agreements, & outlines, 1936-1953
               Reports, 1945-1946 & 1951-1952
     107  Effect of farm organization & practices on farm income,
            Agricultural Economics Dept., 1942-1953
     108  Production & utilization of grain & forage crops in Oregon,
            Agricultural Economics Dept., 1953-1957
     109  Symphylids, Entomology Dept., 1937-1958:
               Annual/biennial reports, 1937-1942, 1944-1947, 1954-
                 1956, 1958 & 1961
               Report, "The Biology & Control of the Symphylid,
                 1937-1953"
     110  Fishery food products, Food Technology Dept., 1940-1955
     111  Utilization of fishery by-products, Food Technology Dept.,
            1939-1947 & 1961
     115  Behavior of fats & oils in food products, Home Economics
            Dept., 1945-1956
     116  Use of soft wheat flour, Home Economics Dept., 1954-1958
     119  Curly top investigations on vegetables, Plant Pathology
            Dept., 1926-1951
     120  Mint investigations (see project 36 annual reports in box
            8/3/6/30)
     121  Marketing Oregon grown seeds, Agricultural Economics Dept.,
            1947-1951
     122  Marketing of Oregon nuts, fruits, & vegetables,
            Agricultural Economics Dept., 1945-1956
     124  Vitamin requirements of humans, Home Economics Dept.,
            1945-1958
     128  Financing Oregon farmers' marketing cooperatives,
            Agricultural Economics Dept., 1951-1953
     129  Livestock enterprises in Oregon, Agricultural Economics
            Dept., 1952-1958
     130  Land use adjustments on new irrigation projects,
            Agricultural Economics Dept., 1949-1956
     131  Economics of soil erosion control practices, Ag. Economics
            Dept., 1949-1953
     132  Sprinkler irrigation costs & practices in the Willamette
            Valley, Oregon, Ag. Economics Dept., 1950-1953
     133  Pollination studies of fruit crops, Horticulture Dept., 1953
     134  Physiological & ecological factors in the production of
            horticultural crops, Horticulture Dept., 1947-1955
     135  Mastitis, Veterinary Medicine Dept., 1947-1957
     136  Sterility in dairy cattle, Veterinary Medicine Dept.,
            1947-1958
     138  Evaluation of food quality, Home economics Dept., 1948-1958
     139  Insect vectors of viruses attacking potatoes & vegetables,
            Entomology Dept., 1947-1955:
               Correspondence, outlines, 1948-1955
               Reports, 1947, 1950, 1953-1954
     140  Marketing Oregon deciduous tree fruits, Ag. Economics Dept.,
            1947-1953
     142  Textiles of Oregon linen, Home Economics Dept., 1949-1954:
               Correspondence, outlines, reports, 1949-1954
               Thesis, "Oregon Flax to Fabrics," Joan Patterson,
                 July 1950
     143  Work dresses, Home Economics Dept., 1949-1953
     144  Cost of producing poultry & poultry products, Ag. Economics
            Dept., 1949-1953
     145  Cost & efficiency in producing fruit, vegetable, nut &
            specialty crops, Ag. Economics Dept., 1949-1953
     146  Enzymatic reactions & effects in frozen foods, Food
            Technology Dept., 1949-1958
     147  Precooking & freezing of foods containing Oregon fruits,
            1949-1958
     150  Market for dairy products, Agricultural Economics Dept.,
            1947-1958
     151  Costs & efficiency of distributing milk in the Portland
            market, Ag. Economics Dept., 1950-1952
     152  Costs of producing grade A milk (Oregon Milk Marketing
            Admin.), Ag. Economics Dept., 1950-1955
     153  Management & membership relations in Oregon agricultural
            marketing & purchasing associations, Agricultural
            Economics Dept., 1950-1953
     156  Livestock feeding & management (including wood molasses
            projects), Animal Husbandry Dept., 1948-1952
     160-5     Economic benefits from artificial range reseeding,
            Animal Husbandry Dept., 1949-1958
     162  Wool growth, Animal Husbandry Dept., 1952
     163  Seasonal & long-time price fluctuations among Oregon farm
            products, Ag. Economics Dept., 1952-1959
     164  Production & marketing of Pacific Northwest wheat under
            price stabilization programs, Ag. Economics Dept.,
            1951-1959
     166  Economics of enterprise combinations on selected farms in
            western Oregon, Ag. Economics Dept., 1953
     167  Pooling expenses & net receipts in Oregon farmer marketing
            cooperatives, Ag. Economics Dept., 1953-1954
     168  Forest nursery soil management, Soils Dept., 1953
     170  Taste testing influences, Food Technology Dept., 1953-1954
     172  Economical use of processing water in canneries & freezing
            plants, Food Technology Dept., 1953
     174  Soil moisture (contribution to project W-29), Soils Dept.,
            1946-1959
     176  Ready to wear school dresses, Home Economics Dept.,
            1954-1957
     182  Seed harvesting investigations, Agricultural Engineering
            Dept.:
               Annual reports, 1954-1956
(box 8/3/5/10) 
               Annual reports, 1957, 1959-1968 & 1972
     183  Sawdust for livestock feed, Agricultural Chemistry Dept.,
            1954-1955
     184  Factors in blanching which influence the quality of canned
            green beans, Food Technology Dept., 1954
     188  Effect of sweetening agents on color & texture constituents
            of fruits, Food Technology Dept., 1954-1956
     189  Poultry flavor evaluation, Food Technology Dept., 1954-1955
     190  Effect of nutrition, irrigation, & other cultural practices
            on pear production in southern Oregon, 1960
     193  Economics of water resource development, Ag. Economics
            Dept., 1954-1957
     195  Forage crop research in south central Oregon, Farm Crops
            Dept., 1955
     197  Influence of added monosodium glutamate on the flavor of
            processed green beans, Food Technology Dept., 1955
     198  Dehydration of Montmorency cherries, Food Technology Dept.,
            1955-1956
     199  Utilization & disposal of food processing wastes, Food
            Technology Dept., 1955-1957
     259  Parasitism in cattle & sheep, Veterinary Medicine Dept.,
            1955-1956
     262  Practices & costs in marketing sheep & lambs in Oregon
            (contribution to project WM-22), Ag. Economics Dept.,
            1955-1957
     263  Harvesting & handling forage crops in western Oregon (part
            of project W-36), Agricultural Economics Dept., 1955-1959
     264  Range livestock nutrition, Dairy & Animal Husbandry Dept.,
            1955-1961
     268  Distribution of Pacific coast fishery products, Ag.
            Economics Dept., 1954-1957
     269  Fish Oils as supplements to swine rations, Animal Husbandry
            Dept., 1955-1956
     279  Effects of soil temperature & morphological age of plants,
            Horticulture Dept., 1956-1958 & 1961
     281  Handling winter pears (contribution to project WM-19), Ag.
            Economics Dept., 1953-1959
     299  Economic survey of chemical applications by custom operators
            in Oregon, Ag. Economics Dept., 1956-1959
     302  Economic analysis of fertilizer use in western Oregon, Ag.
            Economics Dept., 1958
     303  Economic analysis of alternative cropping practices on
            eastern Oregon farms, Ag. Economics Dept., 1956-1958
     306  Marketing practices & prices for timber products from farms
            & small private holdings in western Oregon (contribution
            to project WM-31), Ag. Economics Dept., 1956-1959
     311  Relationship between cation exchange capacity, total bases &
            exchange acidity in certain Oregon soils, Soils Dept.,
            1955-1957
     320  Improvement of range livestock production in the Oregon High
            Desert, Squaw Butte Station, 1958-1962
     321  Grazing management, Squaw Butte-Harney Station, 1957
     322  Weed control & pasture/range investigations, Squaw Butte
            Station, 1961 (progress reports only)
     326  Economic analysis of alternative energy sources for broiler
            & turkey feeding, Ag. Economics Dept., 1957-1958
     329  Air-borne pollen & fungous spores in Oregon, Botany & Plant
            Pathology Dept., 1957
     351  Preservation of Pacific coast shellfish & smoked fish with
            ionizing radiation, Food & Dairy Technology Dept.,
            1955-1957
     416  Life history of the meadow mouse, Microtus montanus, Fish &
            Game Management Dept., 1961

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