Justification. Should present (1) the importance of the problem to the agriculture and rural life of the State or region; (2) reasons for doing the work such as the needs the project will fill and the importance of doing the work now; and (3) ways in which public welfare or scientific knowledge will be advanced. Previous Work and Present Outlook. A brief summary covering pertinent previous research on the problem (citing the more important and recent publications from other stations, as well as your own station); the status of current research; and the additional information needed, to which the project is expected to contribute. (Literature citations may be listed at the end of the project outline.) Objectives. A clear, complete, and logically arranged statement of the specific objectives of the project. Procedure. A statement of the essential working plans and methods to be used in attaining each of the stated objectives. The procedures should correspond to the objectives and follow the same order. Phases of the work to be undertaken currently should be designated. The location of the work and the facilities and equipment needed and available should be indicated. Wherever appropriate, the procedure should provide data suitable for statistical analysis. The statement on procedure should indicate that the research has been carefully planned and should provide for changes when they are necessary to improve the work. Probable Duration. An estimate of the maximum time likely to be required to complete the research originally planned and publish the results. Whenever any material change in the objectives of a project is advisable, a new or revised project outline should be prepared. A major change in procedure might also necessitate a revision of the project outline. Financial Support. Estimated annual allotments (by funds) to (1) salaries, (2) maintenance, based on analysis of requirements for labor, equipment, supplies, travel, and other operating expenses. Personnel. The leader or leaders and other technical workers assigned. Institutional Units Involved. Each subject matter unit in the agricultural experiment station and any other units of the institution contributing essential services or facilities. The responsibilities of each should be indicated. If there is an advisory, coordinating, or directing committee for the project, this should be shown. Cooperation. A statement as to cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture or any other stations, institutions, or other agencies cooperating formally or informally on the project. List Regional project if project is contributing. SUBJECT INDEX Act of 1862 (May 15) Establishing the USDA, 3 Act of 1862 (July 2) Donating Lands for Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanic establishment of land-grant colleges, 3, 29 impetus to station movement, 32-34 provisions for research and teaching, 3, 19, 29–34, 72, 77 signing, Abraham Lincoln, IV text, 217-219 Act of 1887 Establishing Agricultural Experiment Stations (Hatch Act) historical background, IV, 19, 29–52 initiation of conjoint experimentation, 33, 34, 38 passage, 52 provisions for station research, 52, 63, 64, 90 station-college relationship, 63, 64, 72, 73 text, 219-220 Act of 1906 For the Further Endowment of Agricultural Experiment Stations federal-state research cooperation, 126, 159 passage, 106 provisions for expanding research, 107, 117, 159–164 text, 221, 222 USDA administrative policy letter, 236, 237 Act of 1914, Smith-Lever Agricultural Extension provision for cooperative extension services, 113, 115 Act of 1925 for the More Complete Endowment of the Agricultural Experiment administration, 237, 238, 248, 249 provisions, 116, 175 support of cooperative regional research, 192, 193 text, 222, 223 use of funds, 134, 179 Act of 1935 Providing for Agricultural Research and More Complete Endow- administration, 119, 238–243 amendment, ESCOP recommendation, 178 amendment (1946), provisions, 179 amendment (1946), text, 225–228 provisions, 193, 194 text, 223-225 use of funds, 134 Act of 1946, Agricultural Marketing administration, 179-187 passage, 178, 195 provisions, 179–183, 186 text, 225-232 Act of 1947 (July), Agricultural Appropriation first program, 198 Act of 1955 Consolidating the Hatch Act and Laws Supplementary Thereto provision for regional research, 196 text, 232-235 Adams Act See Act of 1906 for the Further Endowment of Agricultural Experiment Adams bill See under Bills of Congress. Agricultural Appropriation Act of July 1947 See Act of 1947 (July), Agricultural Appropriation. Agricultural colleges See Colleges, agricultural and under individual names and states. establishment of BAE, 175 Purnell Act provisions for economic research, 116, 175–179 Agricultural education emergence in United States, 11-14 See also Agricultural training and Colleges, agricultural. See Act of 1946, Agricultural Marketing. accomplishments, 153, 203, 207 conjoint college-station experimentation, 31-34 economics. See Agricultural economics. extent of cooperative regional work, 19, 207, 210 impact of chemistry, 5–13, 16, 17 introduction of project system, 162–167 marketing. See Marketing research. plurality and decentralization, 207 practical problems vs. scientific inquiry, 84-89, 164 regional, under Purnell Act, 192 role of colleges and universities, 23, 24, 30, 31, 59, 62 scope under Adams Act, 106, 107, 159-164 scope under Hatch Act, 81, 82 strengthening basic, 81, 82, 107, 124, 159, 161, 212, 214 Agricultural Research Service administration of cooperative research, 132 inclusion of Office of Experiment Stations, 139 Agricultural science emergence, 1-4, 21 Liebig's treatise, 16 impact of chemistry, 5–13, 16, 17 movements towards subsidy, 17, 22, 23 See also Agricultural research. Agricultural societies See Societies, agricultural and under specific names. Agricultural training aid of cooperative research program, 192 emphasis of Morrill Act on instruction, 27, 28 federal-state relations in science education, 115 utilization of college faculty in experiment stations, 30, 31 Agriculture Civil War, 30, 55, 210 depression of the 1930's, 175 factors affecting farm prices, 187-189 historical highlights, 1–3, 19–28 legislation. See Legislation. public relations, 121, 152, 154 technological growth, IV-VI, 188, 191, 211 World War I, 115, 175, 192 World War II, 129, 170, 177, 187 Agriculture, Department of cabinet rank, elevation to, proposed, 25, 26, 44 conduct of own research, 122, 126, 148 cooperation in regional research, 200, 201 early conventions convened by Commissioners, 35, 40, 41, 49, 59, 62, 112 establishment, IV, 19, 27 federal-state cooperation at college stations, 45-52, 122, 123, 127, 128 Graduate School, 210 history, 1, 2, 25-27 policies and activities under different Commissioners, 35, 40, 41, 45, 49, 122 policy statements concerning departmental organization affecting relations publications. See Publications. relations with agricultural colleges, V, 122 relations with stations, V, VI, 89, 99, 100–107, 113, 120, 126–129 reorganization of 1923, 117 reorganization of 1947, 136, 244 reorganization of 1953, 137, 139 responsibilities under Adams Act, 126, 159, 160 210 USDA-Land-Grant College Centennials (1962), IV, 2 See also under specific subjects, offices, bureaus, and services. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, 192 Albemarle Agricultural Society, 3 American Association of Agricultural College Editors, 155 American Association of Land-Grant Colleges. Colleges, American. American Journal of Arts and Sciences founder and editor, 8 American Philosophical Society, 2 See Association of Land-Grant Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations Commission on Agricultural Research, 124 Committee on Cooperative work between USDA and Experiment Stations, Committee on Experiment Station Organization and Policies, 148 Committee on Indexing Agricultural Literature, 147 Committee on Uniformity of Station Publications, 146 concerning administration of station research, 73, 82-86, 90 concerning station-college relations, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 72-75, 78, 82 early conventions, 33, 63, 69, 74 establishment, 63 functions, 63, 66, 71, 76 impact of Johnson-Atwater-Cook report on station research, 65, 66, 73 Jordan report on teacher-investigator dualism, 75 name change, 147 new constitution, 147, 153 Association of Land-Grant Colleges, American centennial conference, 213 change of name, 213 Committee on Agricultural and Home Economics Publications, 152 Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy. See as separate Joint Committee on Projects and Correlation of Research, 193, 194 opposition to Cooley bill concerning marketing practices, 176 See also Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges See Association of Land-Grant Colleges, American. Association of Teachers of Agriculture annual meetings, 38, 44, 58 Committee on Conjoint Experimentation. See Committee on Conjoint formation, 38 Atwater-Johnson-Cook Report on Station Work, 65, 66, 73, 209 Bankhead-Jones Act See Act of 1935 Providing for Agricultural Research and More Complete Bills of Congress bill, Adams provisions for further endowment of stations, 106 bill, Carpenter advocacy of national experiment stations, 43-45 provisions for cooperative regional research, 193 bill, Cooley provisions for marketing practices, 176 bill, Cullen plan for organizing station as college department, 47, 48, 60 proposed amendment of the Bankhead-Jones Act, 178, 179 enactment, 178 bill, Hawley proposal for federal support of college stations, 51, 52 provisions for a National Food Research Institute, 178 bill, Hope (H.R. 6692) proposal for an Agricultural Marketing Administration, 178, 179 Bureau of Agricultural Economics establishment, 175 California roles of USDA and states in establishing college stations, 45-52 See also under names of states. "Colleges for Our Land and Time," 126 Colleges, land-grant See Colleges, agricultural. Committee on Conjoint Experimentation establishment of stations recommended, 38 station features outlined, 39 state subsidy of stations recommended, 39 See also Association of Teachers of Agriculture. Committee on Experimental Stations stimulus to early station-founding, 35-37 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 14, 22 |