Oregon State University Libraries
University Archives
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone: 541-737-2165
Email: archives@oregonstate.edu
Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives



Guide to the Farm Crops Department Photographs, 1919-1960


P 130





Finding aid prepared by Karl McCreary.

Finding aid encoded by, 2006
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

Oregon State University Libraries
University Archives

121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone: 541-737-2165
Email: archives@oregonstate.edu
Web: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives

 
Collection Number:
 

P 130

 
Creator:
 

Oregon State College. Dept. of Farm Crops.

 
Title:
 

Farm Crops Department Photographs

 
Dates:
 

1919-1960 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

0.1 cubic foot, including 43 photographs
1 box

 
Languages:
 

Materials inEnglish. 

 
Summary:
 

The Farm Crops Department Photographs illustrate research activities on crops, such as grasses, and the use of agricultural machinery.

 

Historical Note

Organized in 1916, the Farm Crops Department was established to coordinate research efforts in crop experimentation at the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station. Prior to 1916, Experiment Station research had been directed by the Department of Agronomy, which was established in 1907. Among the projects undertaken by the Farm Crops Department was the management of the Seed Testing Laboratory, cereal investigation, cooperative extension work with farmers, and research in chemical weed control. Many of these projects were joint cooperative arrangements with the USDA. In 1971, the Department was renamed Agronomic Crop Science and again, in 1977, to Crop Sciences. In 1990, the Crop Science and Soil Science Departments merged to form the Department of Crop and Soil Science.

Content Description

This collection consists of photographs from the Farm Crops Department. Most of the photographs are identified and half are dated. Six of the images listed on the original inventory are missing and noted in the updated inventory. The images primarily depict plants such as barnyard grass seedlings, phorium, and fescue undergoing experimentation and land under cultivation by both horse drawn and mechanical farm equipment at the Oregon Experiment Station. Department staff, such as Ritchie Cowan, H.A. Schoth and Dr. Frakes, are also depicted in these photographs.

All of the photographs are black and white prints and there are three negatives.

Arrangement

The photographs are numbered P130:01-P130:47.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation 

Farm Crops Department Photographs (P 130), Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon.

Related Information

Related Materials 

OSU's status as Oregon's designated land grant college has placed agricultural research as a primary focus for the university. In addition to the photographs and records of the Crop Science Department (RG 95), materials relating to OSU's role in agricultural research include the records and photographs of the Agricultural Experiment Station (RG 25, P 29), College of Agricultural Sciences (RG 158, P 36), and the Bioresource Engineering Department (RG 1, P 106).

Subjects

Cowan, J. Ritchie (John Ritchie)
Schoth, H. A. (Harry August), b. 1891
Oregon Agricultural College. Experiment Station
Oregon State College. Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural machinery
Crops--Research--Oregon
Grasses--Oregon
Film negatives
Photographic prints
Other Creators :
Oregon Agricultural College. Dept. of Farm Crops

Detailed Description of the Collection

 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1


P130:01-P130:02:   Barnyard grass seedlings; Jean Dawson's file, circa 1955
 


P130:03-P130:04:   Phorium plants, circa 1960
Brief article on phormium cultivation on the Oregon Coast taped to the back of P130:3
 


P130:05:   Barn and hay loading, circa 1960
 


P130:06:   Grass seed plants, circa 1960
 


P130:07:   Harvesting; harvesters; grass seed, circa 1960
 


P130:08:   Irrigation, circa 1960
 


P130:09:   Grass seed packaged, circa 1960
 


P130:12:   Field with grass seedlings, circa 1960
 


P130:13:   Bull eating alta fescue, circa 1960
Graffiti on front of photo in pen: that is a lot of bull
 


P130:14:   Apparatus used for exposure of seedlings to EPTC vapors consisting of a ring jelly mold, 1 quart oil can, and a plastic bag, circa 1955
 


P130:15:   Barnyard grass seedlings germinated on the surface of firmly packed soil under sealed plastic bag, circa 1955
 


P130:16:   Representative 7-day-old seedlings germinated in rolled paper towels moistened with water, indicated ppm EPTC, circa 1955
 


P130:17:   Seventeen day old barnyard grass seedlings with emerged from soil having 3-6 ppm of EPTC, circa 1955
 


P130:18:   Set-up used to germinate barnyard grass seeds in solution containing EPTC, circa 1955
 


P130:19:   Twin flat fan spray and single flat fan spray, circa 1955
Illustration
 


P130:20:   Quentin Zielinski, Bob Storm, Tex Fraser, Huge Kruger, Lyle Calvin, Wilson Foote, Ernst Doernfeldt, Jerry Li, J.R. Cowan, Paul Bernier, and Ralph Bogart, circa 1960
Another print of this image, labeled P130:20cn, was made from a copy negative of the original print
 


P130:21:   Oregon Experiment Station, 1923
field scales.
 


P130:22:   Mr. H.A. Schoth standing in the original planting of alta fescue on the West Farm, Oregon State College, Corvallis, Oregon, 1955
Another print with this number, labeled P130:22, Tall fescue: showing bagging and tagging procedures by J. R. Cowan in controlled breeding experiment.
 


P130:23:   Dr. J.R. Cowan examining nine days regrowth on culture 237. Picture taken January 11,1955. Plant was clipped on January 2
 


P130:24:   Cutting Vetch, June 4, 1919
horse drawn equipment
 


P130:25:   Vetch, 1919
horse drawn equipment
 


P130:27:   Horse drawn equipment, 1922
 


P130:28:   Coos County 1925, home-made machine (horse drawn equipment)
 


P130:29:   Coos County 1925, home-made machine (horse drawn equipment)
 


P130:31:   Horse drawn flatbed wagon, 1926
 


P130:32:   Horse drawn equipment, 1926
 


P130:33:   Mower equipped with swather and buncher, 1927
horse drawn equipment
 


P130:34:   Horse drawn equipment and tractor, 1927
 


P130:35:   Horse drawn equipment and tractor, 1927
 


P130:36:   Horse drawn equipment, 1929
 


P130:37:   Artichoke digger, 1929
horse drawn equipment
 


P130:39:   Horse drawn equipment, 1944
 


P130:41:   Farm machinery for haying, 1929
 


P130:42:   Combine, 1929
 


P130:43:   Precision seeder banding fertilizer and sowing seed above the fertilizer bands, June 1960
photo mounted with corner tabs with caption
 


P130:44:   Close-up of seeding and fertilizer banding units of precision seeder as set up to seed in two 36-inchrows, June 1960
photo mounted with corner tabs with caption
 


P130:45-P130:47:   Dr. Frakes, circa 1955
negatives only
Frakes in laboratory and green house