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Agricultural Experimental Stations and their publications: Iowa

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Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station logoThe Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station (IAHEES) is the title of the research program that has addressed immediate and long-term needs of Iowans for more than 115 years. Established at Iowa State in 1888, the Experiment Station fulfilled a Congressional charge for land-grant universities to develop organizations to advance science for the citizens of their states. The dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences serves as director of the Experiment Station.

University Depository

Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station Collections

Extension Publications

Leaflet

[Ames, Iowa] : Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, Animal Husbandry Section, 1925-

no online access


Contact Information

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
138 Curtiss Hall
Ames, IA 50011-1050
515.294.2518

Historic Photographs

Iowa Agricultural College, 1891

Iowa Agricultural College, 1891
Courtesy of Wikimedia

The special machine designed and built to make the mechanical tests of apple wood density.The special machine designed and built to make the mechanical tests of apple wood density. From Research Bulletin No. 21, 1915. Courtesy of Hathi Trust.