Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Agricultural Experiment Station Irrigation Branch, Prosser, Reports
1919-1960
Archives 76
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Title
- Agricultural Experiment Station Irrigation Branch, Prosser, Reports
- ID
- Archives 76
- Date [inclusive]
- 1919-1960
- General Physical Description note
- 4.5 linear feet of shelf space 4 containers
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Contains annual research reports.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists primarily of annual bound research reports spanning the years 1919-1953 from the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station located at the State College of Washington (later Washington State University). The various reports contained herein represent the combined work of numerous departments working on the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station and cover a variety of horticultural, entomological, agricultural, and biological findings related to a wide array of topics illuminating industrialized agriculture and animal husbandry at the beginning of the twentieth century. They contain research data and analysis on the varieties of Palouse region farm crops, horticulture, plant pathology, and soils; data and experiments on a variety of plants including alfalfa, sunflowers, wheat, barley, peas, soy beans, and potatoes; and data, field notes, computations, and extracts recorded by members of a variety of departments involved in agricultural research. They also contain daily air temperature readings obtained by air and soil thermograph for Rhizoctonia work on potato crops.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
The Collection is open for research use.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Agricultural experiment stations--Washington (State)--Archives
- Agricultural pests--Washington (State)--Research--Archives
- Agronomy--Washington (State)--Research--Archives
- Entomology--Washington (State)--Research--Archives
- Fruit-culture--Washington (State)--Research--Archives
- Irrigation farming--Washington (State)--Archives
- State College of Washington. Irrigated Agriculture Research and Experiment Station (Prosser).
- Washington State University. Agricultural Research Center. College Farm--Archives
- Washington State University. Agriculture Research and Experiment Center (Prosser)
- Washington State University. Irrigated Agriculture Research and Experiment Station (Prosser).
- Washington State University. Irrigation Branch Experiment Station (Prosser)--Records and correspondence
Geographic Name(s)
- Prosser (Wash.)--Agricultural experiment station
Subject(s)
- Agriculture
- Colleges and Universities
- Irrigation
- Washington (State)
Collection Inventory
1 Annual Agronomy Reports |
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1919-1951 11.0 items |
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1952-1953 1.0 item |
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2 Annual Farm Crop Reports |
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1946-1948 1.0 item |
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3 Annual Horticulture and Fruit Tree Reports |
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1937-1958 8.0 items |
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4 Annual Entomology Reports |
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1947-1949 1.0 item |
3 | |||
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5 Annual Animal Husbandry Reports |
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1945-1953 8.0 items |
3 | |||
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6 Annual Irrigation Reports |
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1922-1955 30.0 items |
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