SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
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College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences
South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station records
 

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COLLECTION SUMMARY

Title:     College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station records

Dates:     1887-2004, [n .d.] (bulk 1943-1998)

Creator:     South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University

Physical description:     1.84 linear feet—3 containers, 1 video cassette

Collection number:     UA 5.3

Language:     Collection material in English.

Repository:     South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Abstract:     Collection is composed of material generated by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Stations and includes financial reports, general office records and publications, including some bulletins and circulars.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance:      Janean Caugherty, program assistant for the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, transferred material, including office files, books, publications and video cassettes, to the Archives in January of 2007.

Much of this collection was found in the archives stacks in the fall of 1997.  There is no indication of where they came from or how they came to be here. This is an on-going collection with material arriving through departmental records transfers, the university campus mail, or random donation by various individuals.

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to research without restriction. Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Copyright Status: Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives. Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from this finding aid.

It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003)

Preferred citation: [Identification of item]. College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Records, UA 5.3, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Processing information: This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on February 18, 1999 with revisions on July 31, 2008 (cjg).

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the subject guide. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

Subjects:

  • Cooperative Extension Service—South Dakota State University.

  • Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research [EPSCoR]

  • Field Day—South Dakota State University.

  • Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape and Parks Department—South Dakota State University.

  • Northern Grain Insects Research Laboratory.

  • Northern Plains Biological Field Station—Newsletters.

  • Oak Lake Field Station—Newsletters—South Dakota State University.

  • Oak Lake Field Station—South Dakota State University.

  • Research, Agricultural—Finance.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—Bulletins.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—Centennial celebrations.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—Circulars.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—Committees.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—Finance.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—Leaflets.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—News releases.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—Newsletters.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—Pamphlets.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—Publications.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—Research.

  • South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station—West River Ag Center.

BACKGROUND NOTE

The Hatch Act of 1887 established the Agricultural Experiment Station.  This act required all of the colleges established under the Morrill Act of 1862 to establish a department to be known as an "Agricultural Experiment Station."  This station was to acquire and diffuse practical and useful information on topics related to agriculture for the people of the United States.  Promotion of scientific investigation and experimentation was also a requirement of the act.  An annual report was to be provided from all stations and periodic bulletins or reports of progress were to be distributed.  Federal funds were provided for this venture, and in 1887, Dakota Agricultural College, as South Dakota State University was then known, established its Agricultural Experiment Station along these guidelines.

Today, much of the Agricultural Experiment Station research is done at Brookings, however, a considerable amount is conducted at six field stations and at the West River Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Rapid City.  Field stations are maintained to conduct research designed to solve local or special purpose problems.  Beyond this, research on farms and ranches, in wildlife areas, in streams and reservoirs, and with cooperating business and institutions results in research being conducted in nearly every county of the state.

The research function of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences results from carefully designed experiments providing a base of new knowledge and service to the citizens of South Dakota.  This new knowledge is effectively used by farmers, ranchers, homemakers, industry, in the campus classroom, and in extension education programs throughout the state.

Research may be grouped in the following subject matter areas:  livestock, crops and soils, community and public affairs, animal health, fertilizers, garden and orchard, home and consumer, water resources and irrigation, forestry, insects, farm machinery, marketing, business management, farm buildings, pollution, range and grass, fisheries, plant diseases, wildlife, sociology, and biostress in plants, animals and humans.  Research is financed by state and federal appropriations, industry grants, and federal and state grants.  Research results are published in Experiment Station or Extension bulletins, journals of scientific societies, and a quarterly publication, Farm and Home Research.

Related Material:

DeLong, Henry H., Rammed earth walls, Brookings, S.D., Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State College, 1959. 630.7 So87.17 no. 149

Kim, Bang Ja and Jane Kinch, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and Extension Service publications, Brookings, S. D., South Dakota State University Library, 1976. 630.7 So87.01

Sandness, Linda Olson and Charles R. McMullen, Northern Plains Biological Field Station management plan, Brookings, S.D., NPBFS Committee, 1989. S537.S6 S6026 1989

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Annual report, Brookings, S. D., South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1988. 630.7 So87.03

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota farm & home research, Brookings, S.D., South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. 630.7 So87.82

South Dakota State University, Agricultural Experiment Station [and] Cooperative Extension Service: a special report to the South Dakota Legislative Research Council for fiscal years 1962 through 1966, Brookings, S. D., South Dakota State University, 1967. S537.S6 A27

South Dakota State University, EPSCoR Update, Brookings, S.D., South Dakota State University. 500.7205 Ep85

South Dakota. Legislature. State Legislative Research Council, South Dakota State University experiment and extension programs, Pierre, S. D., The Council, 1967. S537.S6 S58 1967

SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE

This collection is composed of material generated by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and includes financial reports, general office records and publications. Material consists of correspondence, reports, bulletins, circulars, brochures, and other printed material.

The General office records are composed of general office records generated by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Folders contain newsletters, committee files, task force files, correspondence, brochures, programs, and financial data. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.

The Financial reports are composed of original reports of the Agricultural Experiment Station during the time period of 1907-1916. This information should also appear in the published reports of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Folders are arranged in chronological order.

The Research series is composed of research conducted by Experiment Station staff. Folders consist mainly of final reports, but may also include some correspondence. Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.

The Bulletins series is composed of bulletins published by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletins are generally defined as publications of research conducted by staff of the Experiment Station and are meant for distribution like a periodical. Theoretically, this is true, but some cross-over in subject and title may occur between bulletins and circulars.

This is an incomplete collection of Agricultural Experiment Station bulletins. Items are added to this collection only after it has been determined that the library’s collection is complete.  It is suggested that, when conducting research, the library catalog be search for a particular title, author or bulletin number.

Folders are arranged in alphabetical order by the title of the bulletin. The bulletin number is included following the title.

The Circulars series is composed of circulars produced by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Circulars are generally defined as a printed advertisement, directive, or notice intended for mass distribution to staff and departments with the Experiment Station. Theoretically, this is true, but some cross-over in subject and title may occur between bulletins and circulars.

This is an incomplete collection of Agricultural Experiment Station circulars. Items are added to this collection only after it has been determined that the library’s collection is complete.  It is suggested that, when conducting research, the library catalog be search for a particular title, author or circular number.

Folders are arranged in alphabetical order by the title of the bulletin. The circular number is included following the title.

The Other publications series is composed of various publications produced by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment station other than bulletins and circulars. Folders consist mainly of report or preliminary reports. Also included are leaflets and pamphlets and a video cassette on manure management.

Folders are arranged in alphabetical order by title. Leaflet or pamphlet numbers were included if present on the publication.

ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS 

This collection is arranged into six series: General office records, financial reports, research, bulletins, circulars and other publications.

SERIES 1:      General office records

Box 1.

Folder

Description

Dates

1

Agricultural research work - financial

1947-1954

2

Animal Husbandry Field Day (programs)

1953-1954

3

Annual report (correspondence)

1970

4

Article submissions by faculty and staff

1982-1984, 1996-1998

5

Chemicals used

1972

6

Chemicals used

1974

7

Chemicals used

1976

8

Commodity check-off

1989

9

Committee - South Dakota Citizens for Research and Extension

1979

10

Committee - South Dakota Organize Fuels

1978-1982

11

Committee - South Dakota Pesticide Assessment proposed special local needs registration procedure

1989

12

Cooperative Extension hearings

1987

13

County demonstration plots (map)

1953

14

EPSCoR Update (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) (newsletter)

2004 January-February

15

Ethanol article - Argus Leader

1993 Dec. 19

16

Experiment Station Staff Notes (newsletter)

1959

17

Horizons - South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Centennial, 1887-1897 (brochure, poster for Orville G. Bentley lecture)

1987

18

Horticulture-Forestry Quarterly Review (reports)

1984-1987

19

Joint Committee on Appropriations - Sub-Committee on Warner Amendment Funds

1986

20

Northern Grain Insects Research Laboratory - Mission revision

1993

21

Northern Plains Biological Field Station (newsletter)

1988-1992

22

Oak Lake Field Station (brochure, program)

1994, 2007

23

Oak Lake Field Station - Use of (correspondence)

1989

24

The Oak Lake Journal (newsletter)

1994-1998

25

Poland connection

1995

26

SDSU in the Mid-80s (Jim Satterlee speech)

1986

27

State Appropriation analysis

1993 June

28

Survey - Biotechnology: National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges and U.S. General Accounting Office

1985

29

Survey - Census of Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of Commerce

1988

30

Task Force - Graduate research: final report

1984

31

Task Force - Patent and copyrights: correspondence

1985

32

Task Force - Research Advisory: Recommended policy for assessment, utilization, and accountability for grants and contracts indirect funds

1985

33

West River Ag Center dedication (program)

1997

SERIES 2:      Financial reports

Box 1.

Folder

Description/Dates

34

1907

35

1908

36

1909

37

1910

38

1911

39

1912

40

1913

41

1914

42

1915

43

1916

SERIES 3:      Research

Box 1.

Folder

Description

Dates

44

Bolivia project

1993

45

Custer, George A.

1984

46

Department of Agricultural Engineering 1991 Research Summary

1992 July

47

Eastern South Dakota Agricultural Research: Progress report

1976-1981

48

Eastern South Dakota Soil and Water Research Farm: Annual report

1994 March

49

Genetic engineering policy for the State Agricultural Experiment Stations adopted by the Experiment Station Committee on Policy (ESCOP)

1981

50

Grasshoppers proposal to Governor Janklow (B.H. Kantack)

1985

51

Jerusalem artichoke

1982

52

Northwest Agricultural College in China

1982

53

Plant Pathology history at SDSU (by Wayne Gardner)

1986

54

Proposed water distribution and delivery system modifications for the James Valley agricultural research and extension center

1982-1983

55

Quaker Oats

1988

56

Rangeland Grasshopper Management

1988

57

Restructured meat

1983

58

South Dakota Soil Fertility Research: Progress report

1982, 1986

SERIES 4:      Bulletins

Box 2.

Folder

Description

Dates

1

Bulletin index

1887-1950

2

Alfalfa in South Dakota: Twenty-one years research at the Redfield Station, Bulletin 383

1946 September

3

An Analysis of small grain performance in South Dakota 1942-1951, Bulletin 422

1952 May

4

Cows, calves and grass: Effects of grazing intensities on beef cow and calf production and on mixed prairie vegetation on Western South Dakota ranges, Bulletin 412

1951 June

5

Crop production practices for irrigated land in the James Basin and Angostura areas, Bulletin 517

1964 February

6

Crop yields as related to depth of plowing, Bulletin 369

1943 June

7

Dual: An early grain and forage sorghum, Bulletin 467

1958 March

8

Farm plans for wheat farmers in North Central South Dakota, Bulletin 488

1960

9

Fertilizing irrigated rotations in the proposed Oahe irrigation area, Bulletin 416

1964 February

10

Grass, Bulletin 300

1941 June

11

Grass performance in South Dakota, Bulletin 536

1966 August

12

Grasses and legumes: Production and management for South Dakota, Bulletin 427

1953 May

13

Growing pedigreed sugar beet seed in South Dakota 1910, Bulletin 129

1911 June

14

James hulless oats, Bulletin 401

1950 March

15

The Northern alfalfa seed picture: Marketing, Bulletin 483

1959 September

16

Oahe intermediate wheat grass, Bulletin 506

1962 January

17

Producing grass seed in South Dakota, Bulletin 502

1961

18

Plant introductions, Bulletin 224

1927 May

19

Rushmore spring wheat, Bulletin 394

1949 April

20

Selecting and breeding corn for protein and oil in South Dakota, Bulletin 153

1914 August

21

Teton alfalfa: A new multi-purpose variety for South Dakota, Bulletin 469

1958 May

22

Twenty years of soil management on a Vienna silt loam, Bulletin 508

1962 July

23

What farmers think of farming, Bulletin 223

1927 April

SERIES 5:      Circulars

Box 2.

Folder

Description

Dates

24

Circular index

1920-1950

25

Attractive farm homes, Extension circular 412

1944 June

26

Budgets for major livestock enterprises in South Dakota, Circular 220

1977 November

27

Central substation, Highmore, South Dakota: A progress report, Circular 124

1956 April

28

Chemical control of weeds in South Dakota, Circular 69 (revised)

1951 February

29

Dry-land crop production on the clay soils of Western South Dakota, Circular 85

1951 March

30

Feebar barley, Circular 67

1947 April

31

Fertility maintenance and management of South Dakota soils, Circular 92

1952 February

32

Graphic views of changes in South Dakota Agriculture, Circular 78

1949 November

33

Grasses and legumes for South Dakota, Circular 81

1950 May

34

Irrigated crop rotations on the clay soils of Western South Dakota, Circular 83

1950 December

35

Irrigation research in the James River Basin: A five-year progress report, Circular 107

1954 June

36

Most profitable rotations for the corn belt of Southeastern South Dakota, Circular 129

1956 May

37

Planning a father-son farm partnership, Circular 142

1958 June

38

Progress report of research in crops and soils, Circular 86 and 98

1951 April; 1953 February

39

Rammed earth walls, Circular 149

1959 April

40

Research in crops and soils: A progress report, Circular 113 and 136

1955 February; 1957 February

41

Soil survey and land valuation for tax purposes, Circular 109

1954 June

42

South Dakota crop varieties: Recommendations and descriptions, Extension circular 474

1952 January

43

South Dakota's farm and home development program, Extension circular 525

1955 June

SERIES 6:      Other publications

Box 3.

Folder

Description

Dates

1

100 Practical farm questions asked and answered by Highmore Experiment Farm

[n.d.]

2

1957 Agricultural outlook for South Dakota, Extension leaflet 183

1957 January

3

Best practices: Manure management (video cassette)

2001

4

European corn borer service release

1950

5

Farm credit: Uses and sources for South Dakota Farmers

1955 June

6

Federal public land laws and policies relating to intensive agriculture, Volume III, Working paper, Federal public lands: Economics of farm size in Western United States

1969 April 30

7

Handbook on the soil bank

1956 December

8

How can we improve the quality of cream and butter in South Dakota?

1951 January

9

Improving water quality through the South Dakota Oakwood Lakes-Poinsett rural clean water program: Project summary

1991

10

"Input and output" data for principal crops on selected irrigated soils, Tri-county and Platte Valley areas, Central Nebraska

1951 April

11

List of publications

1940 August; 1941 August

12

Pasture Field Day: Report

1978

13

Central Crops and Soils Research Station, Highmore, South Dakota: Progress report 1997, Plant Science pamphlet 71

1998 February

14

A Preliminary report of potentialities for dry milk production in the Sioux Falls area of South Dakota

[n.d.]

15

Production adjustments in agriculture during 1945 in South Dakota: Preliminary report

1944 February 24

16

Small grain variety trials in South Dakota 1949-1953, Pamphlet 27

1954 February

17

South Dakota Soil Conservation Districts law and amended

1947

18

Soil testing for South Dakota, Agronomy pamphlet 17

1949 January

19

South Dakota's report for the Northern Great Plains Committee: Long time agricultural planning

1938 December

20

Soybean information

1994-1996

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