Agriculture in New York
Agriculture in New York
- Report of the Cornell University Experiment Station. byIthaca, N.Y. 1st-3d. 1879/80-1883/85.
This is the first report of the Experiment Station at Cornell University, which was organized in 1879 for promoting agricultural experimentation and investigation. The report describes the experiments conducted and in progress at the Station at that time. Several famous names in agriculture are included in the Table of Contents; e.g., Stephen Babcock, George Caldwell, James Law and Isaac Roberts. The work of the Station was done on a volunteer basis during its first year; Jennie McGraw donated $250 to pay for the printing of the first report. In later years, the Station was funded by the University until the Hatch Act funding arrived in 1888. This copy of the original report was Isaac Roberts' personal copy.
Some of these books and journals may also be available in earlier or later editions. Check the catalog for more information.
- The Cultivator.Albany, N.Y., L. Tucker. v. 1-10, Mar. 1834-43; new ser., v. 1-9, 1844-52; 3d ser., v. 1-13, 1853-65.
This journal was started in 1834 by Jesse Buel, one of the founders of the New York State Agricultural Society, and became one of the most important agricultural journals in the country. Much of the information in the journal was taken from British agricultural journals, since Britain was seen as a major innovator in scientific farming. The journal had an educational mission, spreading knowledge of agricultural chemistry to its subscribers. - The American agricultural press, 1819-1860. byNew York, Columbia university press, 1941.
In this book, Albert Demaree of Dartmouth College has described the history of U.S. farm journalism in the years before the Civil War. He also includes an anthology of periodical articles which capture the flavor of this writing. At the end of the book, sixteen periodicals are described in greater detail. A copy of the book has been produced in a facsimile edition as part of a project by Mann Library to identify and preserve core historical literature in the agricultural sciences. - Everyday living in wartime. byIthaca, New York State Extension Service, New York State Colleges of Agriculture and Home Economics. June 1942-August 1945.
During World War II, the New York State Extension Service created radio scripts which were offered to radio program directors for the purpose of public education. Scripts dealt with such issues as wartime inflation, food wastage, meat shortages, Victory Gardens, etc. - Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. byIthaca, etc. 1st-84th; 1888-1970/71.
This report was the first published after the Agricultural Experiment Station at Cornell received its Federal Hatch Act funding. It contains some unusual color lithographs of the results of a sheep feeding experiment as well as an early photograph of the Cornell Insectary.