B Series (1991-047)
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents Sketch
The Agricultural Experiment Station publishes these Bulletins as a reference to experiments that are conducted at the Experiment Station. They contain unique titles as well as a number preceded by a B-prefix. The series is cataloged as an analytic series. Three copies of each Bulletin are kept, 2 for cataloging and one un-cataloged copy for future microfilming projects. They have been microfilmed up to Bulletin no. 764.
Dates
- 1890 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Oklahoma Open Records Act (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/lawinfo/docs/2006-LibraryLaws-PartE.pdf), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Oklahoma State University Libraries assumes no responsibility.
Biographical Sketch
OSU Extension fact sheets provide research-based information on a wide variety of subjects in regard to agriculture, economic development, family and consumer sciences and youth development.
The Agricultural Experiment Station was created by the Hatch Act of 1887, revised in 1955, which states that experiment stations should, "conduct original and other research, investigations and experiments bearing directly on and contributing to the establishment and maintenance of a permanent and effective agricultural industry. . . "
The Hatch Act attacked general ignorance of growing conditions, helping to make American agricultural producers more productive. Research findings from experiment station systems across the country revised farming methods to fit the diverse geography of America and improved farm animals to meet public needs. Hatch Act funding has resulted in a federal-state research partnership that has largely removed the specter of hunger and the drudgery of subsistence agriculture production.
Think of the Hatch Act as a sturdy bridge between the Morrill Act, signed by President Lincoln in 1862, and the Smith-Lever Act of 1914. The Morrill Act gave states authorization to sell public lands to create land-grant universities, which were to teach agriculture and the mechanical arts. The Smith-Lever Act resulted in the states' Cooperative Extension Service, which ultimately took the findings of researchers from the universities to the fields of farmers.
From its inception the system was designed to meet the needs of agriculture in specific areas and regions. But research findings seldom benefit just one location. More often they have application in many places, and some breakthroughs resulting directly from Hatch Act funding have literally benefitted every man, woman, and child in the United States and much of the world.
The Agricultural Experiment Station was created by the Hatch Act of 1887, revised in 1955, which states that experiment stations should, "conduct original and other research, investigations and experiments bearing directly on and contributing to the establishment and maintenance of a permanent and effective agricultural industry. . . "
The Hatch Act attacked general ignorance of growing conditions, helping to make American agricultural producers more productive. Research findings from experiment station systems across the country revised farming methods to fit the diverse geography of America and improved farm animals to meet public needs. Hatch Act funding has resulted in a federal-state research partnership that has largely removed the specter of hunger and the drudgery of subsistence agriculture production.
Think of the Hatch Act as a sturdy bridge between the Morrill Act, signed by President Lincoln in 1862, and the Smith-Lever Act of 1914. The Morrill Act gave states authorization to sell public lands to create land-grant universities, which were to teach agriculture and the mechanical arts. The Smith-Lever Act resulted in the states' Cooperative Extension Service, which ultimately took the findings of researchers from the universities to the fields of farmers.
From its inception the system was designed to meet the needs of agriculture in specific areas and regions. But research findings seldom benefit just one location. More often they have application in many places, and some breakthroughs resulting directly from Hatch Act funding have literally benefitted every man, woman, and child in the United States and much of the world.
Extent
0 Linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in numerical order.
Repository Details
Part of the Oklahoma State University Archives Repository
Contact:
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA
libscua@okstate.edu
204 Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater 74078-1071 USA
libscua@okstate.edu