Southern Experiment Station (Waseca, Minn.).

The 1911-1912 University President’s Report explained that “by legislative act in 1911, $35,000 was appropriated for the purpose of establishing a Demonstration and Experiment Farm at Waseca…It is planned to develop the farm along practical lines as a livestock farm…Special attention will be given to the production of corn, oats, and barley for seed. The farm will be made to demonstrate the value of good management, and, so far as possible, practice in farming will be given to those wishing to learn. The superintendent will co-operate with the farmers in the vicinity in the management .of their farms and with the schools and other organized bodies in the development of the agriculture of this section of the State. The farm will be made to serve as a University center for the dissemination of knowledge regarding farm life.”

A committee including representatives from the State of Minnesota and the University selected and purchased 240 acres west and south of Waseca. At their May 6, 1912, meeting, the Regents voted to recommend new official names for all experiment stations under the administrative umbrella of the University’s Department of Agriculture. The facility at Waseca was named the Southeast Demonstration Farm and Experiment Station.

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