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Farm Crops Department Photographs, 1919-1961View associated digital content.

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.

Images from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.

ID: P 130
Extent: 0.05 cubic feet
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Statement on Access: This collection is open for research.
Statement on Description: The finding aid for this collection was originally published in 2000. It has been updated to reflect current arrangement and description best practices.
Arrangement
Preferred Citation: Farm Crops Department Photographs (P 130), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note: 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.
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Series 1: Photographs, 1919-1961 Add to Shelf
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.
Item P130:01: Barnyard grass seedlings, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
Item P130:02: Barnyard grass seedlings, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
Item P130:03: Phormium plants, circa 1960 Add to Shelf

Article "Fiber Crop Adapted to Oregon Coast" attached to back of photograph.

Same image as P130:04.

Item P130:04: Phormium plants, circa 1960 Add to Shelf
Same image as P130:03.
Item P130:05: Barn and hay loading, circa 1960 Add to Shelf
Item P130:06: Grass seed plants, circa 1960 Add to Shelf
Item P130:07: Harvesting grass seed, circa 1960 Add to Shelf
Item P130:08: Irrigation sprinklers at work, circa 1960 Add to Shelf
Item P130:09: Grass seed packaged, circa 1960 Add to Shelf
Item P130:12: Field with grass seedling, circa 1960 Add to Shelf
Item P130:13: Bull eating alta fescue, circa 1960 Add to Shelf
Image caption: "That is a lot of bull"
Item P130:14: Apparatus used for exposure of seedlings to EPTC vapors, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
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."
Item P130:15: Barnyard grass seedlings, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
Image caption: "Barnyard grass seedlings germinated on the surface of firmly packed soil under sealed plastic bag."
Item P130:16: Representative seven day old seedlings, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
Image caption: "Representative 1-day old seedlings germinated in rolled paper towels moised [sic] with water containing the indicated p.p.m. EPTC."
Item P130:17: Seventeen day old barnyard grass seedlings, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
Image caption: "Seventeen-day-old barnyard grass seedlings which emerged from soil having 3-6 p.p.m. of EPTC."
Item P130:18: Set-up used to germinate barnyard grass seeds in solution containing EPTC, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
Item P130:19: Twin flat fan spray and single flat fan spray illustration, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
Item P130:20: Farm Crops faculty group portrait, circa 1960 Add to Shelf

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.

Item P130:21a: Farm Crops faculty with visiting Russian scientists in Klamath Falls at Tulana Farms office, 1961 Add to Shelf
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
Item P130:21b: Field scales, Oregon Experiment Station, 1923 Add to Shelf
Item P130:22a: Harry Schoth standing on the original plot of alta tall fescue, 1950 Add to Shelf
Image caption: "Mr. H. A. Schoth standing in the original planting of Alta fescue on the West Farm, Oregon State College, Corvallis, Oregon.
Item P130:22b: Tall fescue, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
Image caption: "Tall fescue showing bagging and tagging procedures by J.R. Cowan in controlled breeding exp."
Item P130:23: J.R. Cowan examining nine days regrowth on culture 237, January 11, 1955 Add to Shelf
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."
Item P130:24: Cutting vetch, Oregon Experiment Station, June 4, 1919 Add to Shelf
Item P130:25: Vetch being cut by horse drawn farm equipment, Oregon Experiment Station, 1919 Add to Shelf
Item P130:26: Threshing vetch, Oregon Experiment Station, 1920 Add to Shelf
Item P130:27: Harvesting with horse drawn equipment, Oregon Experiment Station, 1922 Add to Shelf
Item P130:28: Homemade harvesting machinery, Coos County, 1925 Add to Shelf
Item P130:29: Homemade harvesting machinery, Coos County, 1925 Add to Shelf
Item P130:30: Grass cutting, Coos County, 1925 Add to Shelf
Item P130:31: Horse drawn flatbed wagon, Oregon Experiment Station, 1926 Add to Shelf
Item P130:32: Horse drawn equipment, Oregon Experiment Station, 1926 Add to Shelf
Item P130:33: Mower equipped with swatcher and buncher, Oregon Experiment Station, 1927 Add to Shelf
Item P130:34: Horse drawn equipment and tractor, Oregon Experiment Station, 1927 Add to Shelf
Item P130:35: Horse drawn equipment and tractor, Oregon Experiment Station, 1927 Add to Shelf
Item P130:36: Harvesting with horse drawn equipment, Oregon Experiment Station, 1929 Add to Shelf
Item P130:37: Artichoke digger, Oregon Experiment Station, 1929 Add to Shelf
Item P130:38: Harvesting with horse drawn equipment, Oregon Experiment Station, 1932 Add to Shelf
Item P130:39: Horse drawn equipment, Oregon Experiment Station, 1944 Add to Shelf
Item P130:40: Farm machinery for haying, 1929 Add to Shelf
Item P130:41: Farm machinery for haying, 1929 Add to Shelf
Item P130:42: Combine harvester, Oregon Experiment Station, 1929 Add to Shelf
Item P130:43: Precision seeder banding fertilizer and sowing seed above the fertilizer bands, June 1960 Add to Shelf
Negatve number S-236-6-60
Item P130:44: Close-up of seeding and fertilizer banding units of precision seeder as set up to seed in two 36-inch rows, June 1960 Add to Shelf
Negative number S-237-6-60
Item P130:45: Rod Frakes measuring seed, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
1 photographic negative.
Item P130:46: Rod Frakes working in a greenhouse, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
1 photographic negative.
Item P130:47: Rod Frakes working in a greenhouse, circa 1955 Add to Shelf
1 photographic negative