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Agriculture Experiment Station Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0181

Scope and Contents

The collection contains two Soil Moisture Charts. One is from Edgeley and the other is from Williston.

Dates

  • 1915

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyrights to this collection is held by The North Dakota State University Archives.

Biographical / Historical

The North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (NDAES) was established in 1890 (approved by the First Session of the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota, Bismarck). The State of North Dakota approved the establishment of the NDAES according to the Hatch Act, the federal legislation passed in 1887 that established state Experiment Stations. The purpose of the U.S. Hatch Act was “to promote efficient production, marketing distribution and utilization of products of farm as essential to health and welfare of our peoples and….to assure agriculture’s position in research equal to that of industry.” Currently, the NDAES consists of seven research extension centers located throughout the state and the main station location on the campus of North Dakota State University. The total acreage of the research extension centers and the main station comprise approximately 20,000 acres. Much of the property of the research extension centers was donated to the state by local communities.

Extent

.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred by Unknown (UA Acc. 164).

Legal Status

The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Agriculture Experiment Station Records
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives Repository

Contact:
West Building
3551 7th Avenue N
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States