Agricultural Experiment Station Records (RG 25)

Inventory - Subgroup 3, Series V: State and Gift Funded Projects
(box 8/3/4/10)
     REIJ, projects by departments (state & gift funded):
          Agricultural Chemistry Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1914-1940
               Analysis of feed stuffs commonly used in western
                 Oregon, 1921
               Peppermint oil, 1922-1948
               Vitamin D content -- ewe & lamb nutritional studies
                 (National Oil Products Co.), 1934-1936
               Anti-thiamine activity of plant materials, 1947-1948
          Agricultural Economics Dept.:
               Economic evaluation of the Central Oregon Land
                 Utilization Project, 1948
               Membership problems & growers' attitudes in centralized
                 cooperative associations -- wool, 1928-1929
               Membership relations problems of dairy cooperative
                 marketing associations in Oregon, 1948-1949
               Oregon Milk Control Board, 1939-1942
          Agricultural Engineering Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1936-1948
               Cooperative projects with Oregon Committee on the
                 Relation of Electricity to Agriculture (committee
                 became the Agricultural Engineering Research
                 Foundation):
                    Correspondence, addresses, & financial statements,
                      1924-1940 (2 folders)
                    Progress reports 1-26, 1925-1939
          Animal Husbandry Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1911-1948
               Cost of horse power, 1916-1934 (see also Station
                 Bulletin 250)
               Fattening beef cattle, 1923-1946
               Federal Surplus Commodity Corp. wheat feeding, 1936-
                 1941 (see also projects on livestock fattening)
               Hogs (various projects), 1914-1942 (see also Eastern
                 Oregon Branch Station project)
               Sheep production, 1914-1940
          Bacteriology Dept., miscellaneous projects, 1914-1944
          Dairy Husbandry Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1908-1950
               Dairy manufacturing (several projects, reports only),
                 1939-1940
               Abortion investigations, 1918-1932
               Alfalfa hay, 1924-1940
               American Dry Milk Institute, 1938-1943
               Bacteria, yeasts, & molds in butter, 1930-1934
               Calf meals, 1919-1932
               Cream refrigeration, 1930-1931
               Crumbliness of butter, 1937-1942
               Electric conductivity of dairy products, 1932
               Improving the quality & composition of cheddar cheese,
                 1934-1941
               Irrigated pastures, 1926-1935 (see also Circ. of
                 Information 67)
               Mineral & vitamin requirements, 1929-1932
               Production of milk for 92-94 score butter, 1935-1939
               Silage investigations (kale v. corn; succulent feed
                 stuffs), 1914-1935
               Standardizing Oregon butter, 1928-1933
               Sterility of dairy cattle (3 projects), 1930-1941
               Use of starter, 1932
          Entomology Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1914-1949
               Alfalfa & vetch weevil fumigation, 1939-1946
               Aphids injurious to the apple, 1918
               Cherry fruit fly, 1930-1942
               China pheasants, 1928-1929
               Coddling moth, 1914-ca. 1947
               Deer fly investigations, 1944-1948
               European earwig, 1920-1934 (see also Purnell project
                 47, Entomology Dept.)
               Fish food survey, ca. 1928-1935
               Insect pests of flax:
                    Correspondence & outlines, 1937-1940
                    Research reports, 1937-1938 (see also Station
                      Circular 130)
(box 8/3/4/20) Hop pests (several projects):
                    Correspondence, project outlines, memos of
                      understanding, annual progress reports, 1934-
                        1950
                    Research reports, 1937-1943/44 & 1947
               Leaf roller (esp. oblique banded), 1919-1948 (coop.
                 project with Gresham Berry Growers Assn.)
               Midge control (Klamath Co.), 1932-1939
               Oriental fruit moth, 1945-1947
               Pests of peas, 1932-1938 (see also REIJ-Pea weevil)
               Pea weevil & pea aphid (see also REGJ-Pea weevil):
                    Correspondence, project outlines & clippings,
                      1937-1939
                    Report, pea weevil control in the Blue Mountains,
                      1937 (coop. project with USDA & Washington,
                      Idaho & Oregon Experiment Stations)
                    Reports, pea weevil control, 1936-1937
                    Reports, pea aphid control, 1935-1940
               Pear thrips on prunes, 1937-1946 (see also REHJ-
                 Entomology Dept., Purnell #27)
               Pear thrips & lesser apple worm (report only), 1945
               Potato flea beetle control:
                    Correspondence, project outlines, memos of
                      understanding, 1933-1942
                    Summary reports, 1937-1940    
                    Research reports, 1935-1936
(box 8/3/4/30)      Research reports, 1937-1941
               Syneta beetle, 1914-1931 (see cherry fruit fly project
                 for report pub.)
               Tree crickets of Oregon, 1919
          Farm Crops Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1908-1945
               Corn, 1924-1934
               Creeping alfalfa, 1948
               Hops, 1937-1941
               Nematodes & potato scab, 1909-1938 (see also REK-
                 Klamath Area Project)
               Potatoes, 1914-1935
               Vegetable seed:
                    Correspondence, project outlines, progress
                      reports, 1940-1952
                    Research reports, 1937/38 (sugar beet seed trials)
                      & 1947/48-1949/50 (vegetable seed project)
          Farm Management Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1918-1932
               Farm work simplification (Purdue University), 1943-1946
          Fish & Game Management Dept.:
               Rodent control, 1949-1950
               Fur farming problems, 1937-1951
               State Game Commission, 1932-1940
          Food Technology Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1943-1949
               Fish foods (various projects), 1943-1949
               Paragon Packing Co. (various projects), 1948
               Prune handling & by-products manufacturing, 1937-1940
               Refrigeration Research Foundation:
                    Correspondence, project outlines, progress
                      reports, 1945-1950
                    Research reports, 1950
               Union Fisherman's Coop. Packing Company, 1947-1948
          Home Economics Dept., miscellaneous projects, 1918
          Horticulture Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1911-1949
               Cane fruit variety trials, 1939-1941
               Cannery vegetable seed strains, 1928-1932
               Carrots, breakdown & rot in, 1948-1949
               Creating new standards for dried prunes, 1937
               Nursery industry & nursery stock, 1937-1946
               Pear handling studies & canning winter pears, 1932-1935
                 (Oregon-Washington Pear Bureau)
               Greenhouse crops, 1928-1932
               Irrigation of small fruits, 1926-1932
               Irrigation of vegetables, 1928-1932
               Pollination, 1914-1926 (see also Circular of Info. 165)
               Prune orchards (various titles), 1926-1932
(box 8/3/4/40) Tree fruit varieties, 1934
               Vegetable research, 1950
               Walnut seedling development, 1925
               Walnut selection, 1952
          Plant Pathology Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1908-1946
               Cane fruits, 1939-1941
               Cherry leaf spot, 1939-1942
               Conifer diseases, 1938-1941
               Lily problems, 1942-1945
               Pea diseases, 1935-1946
               Peach diseases, 1942-1947
               Diseases of roses, 1937-1941
               Stone fruit diseases other than brown rot, 1943-1948
               Vegetable crops (various projects, including Lake
                 Labish), 1932-1951
          Poultry Husbandry Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1919-1948
               Breeding experiments (reports only), 1921-1923
               Chicken & hen batteries, 1936-1939
               Cornless rations for chicks & laying hens, 1937
               Effects of inbreeding, 1921
               Laying age of fowl, 1923-1935
               Marketing leghorn capons, 1934
               Pheasants, 1934 (see also Circular of Information 102)
               Poultry & turkey improvement (with state Agric. Dept.),
                 1944-1948
               Poultry nutrition (F. E. Booth Co.), 1931-1935
               Mineral levels of laying hens, 1933-1942
               Turkeys (various titles), 1937-1941
          Soils Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1921-1947
               Deep well irrigation, 1926-1940 (see also J. C. Mark &
                 Sam Brown well project files)
               Fertility experiments (including cane fruit
                 malnutrition), 1921-1942
               Feasibility surveys & rotations, 1921-1925
               Forest by-products laboratory, 1945-1946
               Forest soil organic matters, 1931-1938
               J. C. Mark well, 1931-1940
               Mint soils, 1936-1948
               Northwest fertilizer Assn., 1928
               Reclamation & drainage (includes alkali work),
                 1921-1939

(oversize drawer 2) Lands map, alkali reclamation experiment, Vale,
                      1928
(box 8/3/4/40) Sam Brown well (project given to Agricultural Research
                 Foundation in 1936):
                    Correspondence, 1929-1936 & 1951
                    Abstract of title (2 copies), ca. 1936
                    Reports, 1930-1931
               Sulphur in relation to soil (several projects),
                 1919-1946
               Strawberry nutrition (Gresham Berry Growers &
                 Washington State College), 1946-1947
               Soil acidity tests & lime trials, 1921 (see also
                 Station Circular 132)
               Tennessee Valley Authority, Oregon phosphate
                 demonstrations (see also project 331):
                    Correspondence, work plans, contracts, meeting
                      minutes, 1940-1948
                    Progress reports, 1941-1945
               Cooperative duty of water & related investigations,
                 1914-1921
          Veterinary Medicine Dept.:
               Miscellaneous projects, 1932-1941
               Cattle & sheep diseases (various titles), 1928-1938
               Chickens (various titles), 1929-1938
               Diseases of range livestock, 1931-1946
               Mammitis, 1921
               Poultry disease investigations, 1930-1939
               Salmon poisoning, 1927-1934

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