North Carolina. Agricultural Research Service

The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station was created in 1877, and transferred from the state to North Carolina State University in 1889. The Station was jointly run by the two groups and became a source of contention between the State Department of Agriculture and the University through the early part of the twentieth century. In 1979 the title "Agricultural Experiment Station" was changed to "Agricultural Research Service."

The Agricultural Experiment Station was transferred from the state to North Carolina State University on 9 December 1889 and became a source of contention between the state Department of Agriculture and the university through the early part of the twentieth century. The title "Agricultural Experiment Station" was changed to "Agricultural Research Service" in 1979.

The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station was created by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture in 1877, and was the second station in the United States (after the one in Connecticut). The early activities of the station consisted of running tests on chemical fertilizers and other agricultural products, and performing experiments concerning crop nutrition and growth. The station was transferred from state control to North Carolina State University in 1889. Thereafter, the station was jointly run by the two groups and became a source of contention between the Department of Agriculture and the University through the early part of the twentieth century. In 1979, the Agricultural Experiment Station was renamed the Agricultural Research Service.

The Agricultural Experiment Station was transferred from the state to North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (A&M College, later North Carolina State University) on 9 December 1889 and became a source of contention between the state Dept. of Agriculture and the college through the early part of the twentieth century. The title "Agricultural Experiment Station" was changed to "Agricultural Research Service" in 1979.

The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station was created in 1877, and transferred from the State of North Carolina to the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later, North Carolina State University) in 1889. The Station was jointly run by the two groups, and became a source of contention between the State Department of Agriculture and the University through the early part of the twentieth century. In 1979, the Agricultural Experiment Station was renamed the Agricultural Research Service.

The North Carolina Agricultural Research Service began as the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station in 1877. The Experiment Station, the second of its kind in the United States, was established to conduct tests on commercial fertilizers and other agricultural products, as well as to perform experimental research on agricultural nutrition and growth. As such, the Experiment Station worked closely with the North Carolia Department of Agriculture. In 1979, the Agricultural Experiment Station was renamed the Agricultural Research Service.

The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station was created in 1877, and transferred from the State of North Carolina to the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later, North Carolina State University) in 1889. The Station was jointly run by the two groups, and became a source of contention between the State Department of Agriculture and the University through the early part of the twentieth century. In 1979, the Agricultural Experiment Station was renamed the Agricultural Research Service.