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Agriculture -- Experimentation

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (Plant, Soil and Microbial Science) records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-16.36
Scope and Contents This collection contains miscellaneous papers from the department. The earliest record is a 19th century record book of experiments about growing beets, possibly copied from another source. The entries include “Experiments with Sugar Beets” by F. F. Tanner, “Experiments with Sugar Beets” by A. T. Stevens, “Experiments with Roots to Determine the Relative Value of Sod versus Stubble, Sand versus Clay, and Clay versus Hummus Soil for Beets, Carrots, and Ruta Bagas” by Luther H. Baker,...
Dates: 1891 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1926 - 1994

Levi Taft and Thacker family collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.381
Scope and Contents This collection consists of items from three members of the Levi Taft family. Included is a brief history of the descendants of the Levi Taft family and a history of Thomas Thacker's ROTC summer stories. Related to Levi Taft, there are numerous photos of him, his wife, and life on the campus of Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) at the turn of the century. Also included are minutes, a constitution, articles of incorporation and bylaws, treasurer's reports, a...
Dates: 1899-1921, circa 1920-1930, 2007, 2012, undated

MSU Pork Quarterly UA 16.34

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-01150
Dates: 1996 - 2015