Special Collections & University Archives
403 Parks Library
701 Morrill Road
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2102
RS 9/7/0/5
Iowa State University
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Corn and Hay Production Machinery Investigations, 1931-1943
Descriptive summary
creator: |
Iowa State University. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering |
title: |
Corn and Hay Production Machinery Investigations |
dates: |
1931-1943 |
extent: |
0.63 linear feet (1 document box and 1 half-document box) |
collection number: |
RS 9/7/0/5 |
repository: |
University Archives, Special Collections and University Archives Department, Iowa State University. |
Administrative information
access: |
Open for research |
publication rights: |
Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
preferred citation: |
Iowa State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Corn and Hay Production Machinery Investigations, RS 9/7/0/5, Special Collections and University Archives Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Historical note
Iowa State College (University) first offered courses in Farm Mechanics in 1903. The Department of Agronomy administered these courses from 1906 until 1910. In 1910, the Department of Agricultural Engineering was formally established. The two-year program leading to a Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering was initiated in 1906 and developed into a four-year program in 1908. The department was renamed Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in 1990 and is jointly administered by the College of Agriculture and the College of Engineering. In 2004, the department merged with the Department of Industrial Education and Technology. |
Collection description
This collection (1931-1941) consists of yearly reports documenting work conducted under a cooperative agreement by the Agricultural Engineering Section of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station and the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The reports contain photographic and written documentation describing the results of experimental farm machinery used for preparing field beds, planting, and harvesting corn and, later, hay. |
Organization
The collection is organized chronologically. |
Container list
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
Report on corn picker-husker investigations (11 b/w photographs) |
1931-1932 |
1 |
2 |
Abridged report, year ending November 5, 1932 |
1932 |
1 |
3 |
Annual report, year ending February 1, 1933 (15 b/w photographs) |
1933 |
1 |
4 |
Annual report, year ending June 30, 1933 (8 b/w photographs) |
1933 |
1 |
5 |
Annual report, year ending February 1, 1934 (21 b/w photographs) |
1934 |
1 |
6 |
Annual report, year ending February 1, 1936 (15 b/w photographs) |
1936 |
1 |
7 |
Annual report, year ending February 1, 1937 (6 b/w photographs) |
1937 |
1 |
8 |
Annual report, year ending February 1, 1938 (11 b/w photographs) |
1938 |
1 |
9 |
Annual report, year ending February 1, 1939 (12 b/w photographs) |
1939 |
1 |
10 |
Annual report, year ending December 31, 1939 (14 b/w photographs) |
1939 |
1 |
11 |
Annual report, year ending January 31, 1941 (14 b/w photographs) |
1941 |
2 |
1 |
Annual report, year ending January 31, 1943 (13 b/w photographs) |
1943 |
2 |
2 |
A Field Study of Hay Making Equipment and Practices in Iowa (69 b/w photographs) |
1942 |
2 |
3 |
W.G. Lovely Corn Production Machinery Project (27 b/w photographs) |
1931-1943 |