Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics records, 1849-2009.

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Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics records, 1849-2009.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704409596

The collection contains field notebooks, annual reports, building proposals and blueprints, correspondence, manuscripts, and experimental results created by the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota.

69 boxes (72.5 cubic feet)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 8032147

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics.

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Courses in field crops and seeds, crop breeding, thremmatology, and farm management were taught at the University's College of Agriculture beginning in the 1890s, but Agronomy first appeared as a College of Agriculture course in the 1907-1908 University Catalogue. Agronomy and Farm Management was first listed as its own course of study division in the 1913-1914 College of Agriculture Bulletin. The Board of Regents Agricultural Committee voted in June 1926 to change the name of the Division of Ag...

University of Minnesota. Extension Service

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Agricultural extension in Minnesota is a programmatic, administrative and fiscal partnership with three component partners: the federal government through the USDA, the state of Minnesota via the University of Minnesota, and county governments. Its purpose from inception has been to educate citizens of the state through informal coursework and information provision. The program focus of extension services has four subject areas: agriculture and related industries such as horticulture, forestry a...