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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Knoblauch, H.C. (Harold Carl), 1908- State agricultural experiment stations. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1962 (OCoLC)760050042 |
Material Type: | Government publication, National government publication |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
H C Knoblauch; E M Law; Werner P Meyer |
OCLC Number: | 1298255 |
Notes: | Maps on lining papers. |
Description: | vi, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Agricultural science emerges -- European background for the station idea -- The Hatch movement -- Association and the administration of research -- Toward basic research : The Adams Act -- The state stations and the Department of Agriculture -- Publishing results of research -- Organized self-appraisal -- Federal-Grant programs in marketing research -- Broadening the scope of investigation -- Moving forward. -- The first part of this publication presents important background information that relates to origin of the concept of a tax-supported experiment station. Included are brief reviews of the historical development of the experiment station idea in Europe and the experiences of American agricultural leaders promoting the establishment of experiment stations in the United States. |
Series Title: | Miscellaneous publication (United States. Department of Agriculture), no. 904. |
Responsibility: | H.C. Knoblauch, E.M. Law, W.P. Meyer. |
Abstract:
The first part of this publication presents important background information that relates to origin of the concept of a tax-supported experiment station. Included are brief reviews of the historical development of the experiment station idea in Europe and the experiences of American agricultural leaders promoting the establishment of experiment stations in the United States.
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