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United States Department of Agriculture / WSU Palouse Conservation Field Station and Agricultural Research Service Records
1931-1977
2 linear feet
2 containers
Collection includes Annual Research Reports for the Palouse Conservation Field Station from 1931 to 1971. .
History:
The Palouse Conservation Field Station began as a joint project between the United States Department of Agriculture and the State College of Washington in 1931. At that time it was called the Pacific Northwest Soil Erosion and Moisture Conservation Experiment Station. In 1935, the name was shortened to the Soil Conservation Experiment Station. In the following decades, the name shifted back and forth several times to also include the Soil and Water Conservation Research Station and many derivations thereof. In 1961, the name was switched to the Palouse Conservation Field Station. During their tenure, the Palouse Conservation Field Station conducted experiments to produce better farming techniques that would produce less runoff and erosion, and wou ld make more efficient use of water for farming purposes. The Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Idaho also worked with the U.S.D.A. to conduct experiments in a similar vein.
Records of the Palouse Conservation Field Station consist of annual and other reports, along with compilations of data.
Annual Research Reports for the Palouse Conservation Field Station are filed in chronological order from 1931-1971. Subsequent data reports relating to PCFS, are filed corresponding to their first year of reporting. Reports for the Agricultural Experi ment Station follow this, as do reports of a joint project between WSU and the Agricultural Research Service.
The Collection is open for research use.
Records of the Palouse Conservation Field Station and the Agricultural Research Service were transferred to the University Libraries in 2000 as Accession UA2000-20.
The records were processed in 2004 by Michael Evans.
Washington State University --Palouse Conservation Field Station--Records and correspondence.
Soil conservation -- Northwest, Pacific.
Washington (State)
Colleges and Universities
Environmental Conditions
Annual Research Reports, variously titled
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1
Progress Report, Pacific Northwest Soil Erosion and Moisture Conservation Experiment Station (W.A. Rockie)
1931
1
2
Engineering Experiments (P.C. McGrew)
1931
1
3
(Rockie, McGrew)
1932
1
4
Engineering Experiments
1932
1
5
(C.E. Deardorff)
1933
1
6
Engineering Experiments
1933
1
7
(Deardorff, McGrew)
1934
1
8
Soil Conservation Experiment Station (Glenn Horner, P.C. McGrew)
1935
1
9
1939
1
10
Soil and Water Conservation Experiment Station (Horner)
1943
1
11
1944
1
12
Soil Conservation Experiment Station
1946
1
13
1947
1
14
1948
1
15
1950
1
16
1951
1
17
1952
1
18
Soil and Water Conservation Research Station (Glenn M. Horner, Loy M. Naffziger)
1953
1
19
1954
1
20
1955
1
21
1956
1
22
Summary of Results
1956
1
23
1957
1
24
1958
1
25
1959
1
26
(Glenn M. Horner, Lloyd M. Cox, Earle E. Cary)
1960
1
27
Palouse Conservation Field Station
1961
1
28
(Stephen J. Mech, et al.)
1962
1
29
1963
1
30
1964
1
31
1965
1
32
1966
1
33
1967
1
34
Program Management Report included
1968
1
35
1969
1
36
1970
1
37
1971
Other Reports
1
38
Memos and Notes on Soil Sampling
1930-1933
1
39
Map of Pacific Northwest Soil Erosion Experiment Station
1931
1
40
Progress Report 1931-1935, Pacific Northwest Soil Conservation Experiment Station (McGrew, Horner)
2
41
Results of Soil and Water Conservation Studies in the Northwest 1931-1935 (McGrew, Horner)
2
42
Progress Report 1931-1942, Soil and Water Conservation Experiment Station (Horner)
2
43
Watershed and Surface Runoff Data
1931-1947
2
44
Annual Report, Pacific Northwest Erosion Control Projects
1934-1935
Tables, Annual History of Experimental Area, Palouse Soil and Water Conservation Farm
2
45
1936
2
46
1937
Program Management Report, Palouse Conservation Field Station
2
47
1962
2
48
1963
2
49
1964
2
50
1965
2
51
1966
2
52
1967
Annual Report, Agricultural Experiment Station
2
53
(J. Marvin Rosa)
1961
2
54
1962
2
55
(Rosa, V.O. Thompson)
1963
2
56
1965
2
57
1966
2
58
Annual Progress Reports, Agricultural Research Service and Washington State University Joint Projects
1973-1974
Work Reporting Unit Annual Report and Plan, Agricultural Research Service-Western Region
2
59
FY 1973-1974
2
60
FY 1974-1975
2
61
FY 1975-1976
2
62
FY 1976-1977
Oversize
2
63
Tables, Rainfall levels in Pullman, WA
1932-1954
Tables, Annual History of Experimental Area, Palouse Soil and Water Conservation Farm
2
64
1936
2
65
1937