Farm Crops Department Photographs

Farm Crops Department Photographs, 1919-1961

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Oregon State College. Department of Farm Crops.
Title: Farm Crops Department Photographs
Dates: 1919-1961 (inclusive)
19191961
Quantity: 0.05 cubic feet, including 44 photographic prints and 3 photographic negatives, (1 box)
Collection Number: P 130
Summary: The Farm Crops Department Photographs illustrate the research activities of the Farm Crops Department. The photographs in this collection include images of crop production, the use of agricultural machinery, and department faculty between 1919 and 1961.
This collection has been digitized and made available online.
Repository: Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

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 DescriptionReturn to Top

The Farm Crops Department Photographs are comprised of 46 unique images (44 prints, including 1 duplicate, and 3 negatives) documenting planting, care, harvesting, and transportation of farm crops, especially grasses; use of farming tools and machinery; and Farm Crops Department faculty members. The images primarily depict plants such as barnyard grass seedlings, phorium, and fescue and land under cultivation by both horse drawn and mechanical farm equipment at the Oregon Experiment Station. Department faculty, such as Ritchie Cowan, H.A. Schoth and Rod Frakes, are also pictured in these photographs.

The photographs in this collection have been assigned numbers P130:01-P130:47. P130:10 and P130:11 are not extant.

This collection has been digitized and made available online.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Farm Crops Department Photographs (P 130), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The Farm Crops Department Photographs are comprised of one series: Photographs, 1919-1961. The photographs are arranged in the order assigned during the collection's preliminary processing.

Acquisition Information

The Farm Crops Department Photographs were accessioned by the Oregon State University Archives in the 1960s. The collection is now housed in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center. P130:010 and P130:011 are not extant.

Processing Note

The finding aid for this collection was originally published in 2000. It has been updated to reflect current arrangement and description best practices.

Related Materials

Materials documenting the history and evolution of the Farm Crops Department can be found in the Crop Science Department Records (RG 095) and the Crop Science Department Photographic Collection (P 134).

Other materials relating to OSU's role in agricultural research include the Agricultural Experiment Station Records (RG 025), Agricultural Experiment Station Photographic Collection (P 029), College of Agricultural Sciences Records (RG 158), College of Agricultural Sciences Photographs (P 036), Bioresource Engineering Department Records (RG 001), and the Bioresource Engineering Department Photograph Collection (P 106).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Photographs, 1919-1961Return to Top

Series 1 is comprised of 44 photographic prints and 3 negatives documenting the efforts of the Farm Crops Department from 1919-1961. These photographs include images of the various stages of crop production, equipment and machinery, and department faculty.

Description	Dates
P130:01: Barnyard grass seedlings	circa 1955
P130:02: Barnyard grass seedlings	circa 1955
P130:03: Phormium plants Article "Fiber Crop Adapted to Oregon Coast" attached to back of photograph. Same image as P130:04.	circa 1960
P130:04: Phormium plants Same image as P130:03.	circa 1960
P130:05: Barn and hay loading	circa 1960
P130:06: Grass seed plants	circa 1960
P130:07: Harvesting grass seed	circa 1960
P130:08: Irrigation sprinklers at work	circa 1960
P130:09: Grass seed packaged	circa 1960
P130:12: Field with grass seedling	circa 1960
P130:13: Bull eating alta fescue Image caption: "That is a lot of bull"	circa 1960
P130:14: Apparatus used for exposure of seedlings to EPTC vapors Image caption: "Apparatus used for exposure of seedlings to EPTC vapors consisting of a ring jelly mold, a 1 qt oil can and a plastic bag."	circa 1955
P130:15: Barnyard grass seedlings Image caption: "Barnyard grass seedlings germinated on the surface of firmly packed soil under sealed plastic bag."	circa 1955
P130:16: Representative seven day old seedlings Image caption: "Representative 1-day old seedlings germinated in rolled paper towels moised [sic] with water containing the indicated p.p.m. EPTC."	circa 1955
P130:17: Seventeen day old barnyard grass seedlings Image caption: "Seventeen-day-old barnyard grass seedlings which emerged from soil having 3-6 p.p.m. 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 illustration	circa 1955
P130:20: Farm Crops faculty group portrait Includes: Back row, left to right: Quentin Zielenskie, Bob Storm, Tex Fraser, Huger Kruger, Wilson Foote; Bottom row: Ernst Dornfeld, Jerry Li, J.R. Cowan, Paul Bernier, Ralph Bogart. 2 photographic prints.	circa 1960
P130:21a: Farm Crops faculty with visiting Russian scientists in Klamath Falls at Tulana Farms office Includes: Front row, left to right: Eugene Varenitsa [?], Dick Henzel, Irene Trofemova [?], Ivan Uchenko; Back row, left to right: J.R. Cowan, John Martin, Alex Beck	1961
P130:21b: Field scales, Oregon Experiment Station	1923
P130:22a: Harry Schoth standing on the original plot of alta tall fescue Image caption: "Mr. H. A. Schoth standing in the original planting of Alta fescue on the West Farm, Oregon State College, Corvallis, Oregon.	1950
P130:22b: Tall fescue Image caption: "Tall fescue showing bagging and tagging procedures by J.R. Cowan in controlled breeding exp."	circa 1955
P130:23: J.R. Cowan examining nine days regrowth on culture 237 Image caption: "Dr. J. R. Cowan examining nine (9) days regrowth on Culture 237. Picture taken January 11, 1955. Plant was clipped on January 2."	January 11, 1955
P130:24: Cutting vetch, Oregon Experiment Station	June 4, 1919
P130:25: Vetch being cut by horse drawn farm equipment, Oregon Experiment Station	1919
P130:26: Threshing vetch, Oregon Experiment Station	1920
P130:27: Harvesting with horse drawn equipment, Oregon Experiment Station	1922
P130:28: Homemade harvesting machinery, Coos County	1925
P130:29: Homemade harvesting machinery, Coos County	1925
P130:30: Grass cutting, Coos County	1925
P130:31: Horse drawn flatbed wagon, Oregon Experiment Station	1926
P130:32: Horse drawn equipment, Oregon Experiment Station	1926
P130:33: Mower equipped with swatcher and buncher, Oregon Experiment Station	1927
P130:34: Horse drawn equipment and tractor, Oregon Experiment Station	1927
P130:35: Horse drawn equipment and tractor, Oregon Experiment Station	1927
P130:36: Harvesting with horse drawn equipment, Oregon Experiment Station	1929
P130:37: Artichoke digger, Oregon Experiment Station	1929
P130:38: Harvesting with horse drawn equipment, Oregon Experiment Station	1932
P130:39: Horse drawn equipment, Oregon Experiment Station	1944
P130:40: Farm machinery for haying	1929
P130:41: Farm machinery for haying	1929
P130:42: Combine harvester, Oregon Experiment Station	1929
P130:43: Precision seeder banding fertilizer and sowing seed above the fertilizer bands Negatve number S-236-6-60	June 1960
P130:44: Close-up of seeding and fertilizer banding units of precision seeder as set up to seed in two 36-inch rows Negative number S-237-6-60	June 1960
P130:45: Rod Frakes measuring seed 1 photographic negative.	circa 1955
P130:46: Rod Frakes working in a greenhouse 1 photographic negative.	circa 1955
P130:47: Rod Frakes working in a greenhouse 1 photographic negative	circa 1955

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Agricultural machinery--Oregon.
Crops--Research--Oregon.
Grasses--Oregon.

Personal Names

Cowan, J. Ritchie (John Ritchie)
Frakes, Rodney Vance, 1930-
Schoth, H. A. (Harry August), 1891-

Corporate Names

Oregon Agricultural College. Department of Farm Crops.
Oregon Agricultural College. Experiment Station.
Oregon State College. Department of Farm Crops

Form or Genre Terms

Film negatives.
Photographic prints.

Other Creators

Corporate Names
- Oregon Agricultural College. Department of Farm Crops. (creator)

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