As agriculture students at Oklahoma State University, it is very important to understand the history behind the establishment of our institution. Attending a land-grant university is certainly unique, but what does it mean? This paper will discuss the legislative acts that organized our university, as well as other agriculture and mechanic schools across the United States. During the 1800s our country was experiencing a significant push for progress and innovation. Businesses were booming as a result
known as the “movable school” started. The lecturers traveled across the county on weekends to educate black farmers on new agricultural approaches based on research conducted on the institutions’ experiment station (Comer et al., 2006). The goals of the movable school were to demonstrate new farm practices, to find out the needs of the farmers, and provide them the agricultural information. Moreover, the movable school was to increase farmers’ knowledge to use them to educate others (Comer et al.,
Having an art teacher see his talent for painting flowers and plants inspired him to study botany at Iowa State Agricultural College. There he earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science in 1894 and a Master of Science degree in 1896. Carver was the first African American student to graduate and was appointed to the Iowa state faculty as an assistant botanist for the Experiment Station in 1896. Carver worked out over 100 products using one major crop which was the peanut including
Famous? George Washington Carver was an American scientist, botanist, educator and inventor. He was known to be the plant doctor because he would help friends and neighbors nurture sick plants. He was a world-famous chemist who made important agricultural discoveries and inventions. His research on peanuts, sweet potatoes, and other products helped poor southern farmers vary their crops and improve their diets. George Washington Carver was born on January 1864 in a farm near Diamond, Missouri,
ashes of the devastation with the help of Henry Ford. The Henry Ford era was an important time period in the history of Richmond Hill. During those times, the city was actually known as Ways Station. It was not until 1941 did the name Richmond Hill came to be. The Ford family built their estate in Ways Station as a winter retreat, but ended up transforming the town into a prosperous city. Henry Ford bought thousands of a... ... middle of paper ... ...end in December to celebrate the winter holidays
Development in agriculture was another aspect of the Second Industrial Revolution that the government had a part in. The Hatch Act of 1887 provided federal grants to create Agricultural Experiment Stations, which researched the food production industry. In 1914, the Smith-Lever Act was also passed which informed the public about new agricultural advancements. All of the technological advancements drastically impacted life in America, by improving the quality of life, the economy and certainly the financials
Industrial Revolution in America, new technologies and advancements are being made every day. This Revolution has transformed the economy and in turn transformed every aspect of American life. An important effect of the Industrial Revolution was the Agricultural Revolution, when new advances in farming were made. In the area of farming, the government passed laws and regulations that were significant in the ... ... middle of paper ... ...e population of the nation. This time period also saw many new
The newly settled western colony, affectionately named Georgia after His Majesty of England, was the hopes and dreams of many noble Englishman. It was to be flawless, the shimmering jewel upon the king’s crown, a carefully cultivated utopia which would protect the colony of South Carolina from the scheming Spaniards in La Florida, and provide a way to easily receive natural resources to manufacture goods efficiently, and keep the overall economy of this country healthy. To sugar the deal, General
species of organisms and are very complex in their functioning. But agricultural ecosystems are relatively artificial and are being modified and controlled by humans. The main characteristics of agriculture ecosystems are: • They contain fewer species and are simpler in their functioning. • Agricultural ecosystems are made up of largely domesticated animals and plants that are used to produce food for humans. • In agricultural ecosystems,
College. In January 1882, the school was moved into a permanent building with four classrooms. In 1889, Corbin recommended to the governor that vocational and industrial courses be added to the curriculum. The recommendation was approved, and the agricultural and mechanical departments emerged. During the first sixteen years, dormitories for men and women were built, and the faculty was expanded. The Morrill Act of 1890 made the school a land grant institution for African-American students. Although
Stella Cunliffe were two towering woman in the statistical world, and Cox was also the first women to be elected into the International Statistical Institute, whose book Experimental Design became a classic in the design and analysis of replicated experiments. “Samuel S Wilks struggled to make mathematical statistics both a respectable part of mathematics and a useful tool for applications.” And finally he succeeded. He played an important role in the development of practical applications of mathematical
The Adventures Of Gertrude Mary Cox Gertrude Mary Cox was born on a farm in Dayton, Iowa on January 13th 1900. Gertrude and her family soon moved to Perry, Iowa where she attended public school. Her family was very involved in the church and believed in being church activist. Cox was closest with her mother and she says her mother is her biggest inspiration. Gertrude came about enrolling at Iowa State College in a unique way. She first took a 2-year social science course, and then was a housemother
states is treated with glyphosate, a weed killing chemical introduced by seed giant Monsanto in 1974. Glyphosate contaminates surface water and has been detected at lower levels in ground water, which is what is used for drinking water. There are experiments that show that glyphosate could be responsible for increased mortality rates in tadpoles and other amphibians. And while information on the effects that glyphosate has on the health of human beings is limited, the UN’s International Agency for
Rainwater is water that evaporates due to the heat and the condensation process (the change of water vapor into very small drops of water) to form larger water droplets then fall back to the earth surface. At this vaporous form, there is a transport process which is the transport of water vapor by the wind towards certain areas that will cause rain. Rainwater should meet the physical, chemical and biological conditions Rainwater contains more gas than groundwater, especially the content of CO2 and
The Royal Society, formed in 1660 by a group including Sir Christopher Wren, a professor of astronomy and architect of St Paul's Cathedral in London. The aim was to pursue ideas that the workings of nature can be best understood by observation and experiment. This was only the start of advancements of science for the British Empire.( Shortly after The Royal Society was formed, Sir Isaac Newton deployed this approach in his great work “The Principia”, which contains his law of gravity and the foundations
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), is probably the most ancient oilseed known and used by man (Weiss, 1983). The cultivated sesame belongs to order Tubiflorae, family Pedaliaceae; about thirty-seven species have been described in to the genus sesamum, but only Sesamum indicum has been recognized as a cultivated species (Getinet et al. 1998). Even though the origin of sesame is still in debate, Mehra (1967) and Mahajan (2007) considered Ethiopia as the origin of cultivated sesame. Bedigian (1981) argues
History of agronomy The history of Agronomy; agronomy is the science and technology of using plants for food. Agronomy and agriculture has been around for many years. It is believed to have started over 10,000 years ago. Agriculture is the heart of a society, without the help of agriculture a society will not be able to grow. Evidence points to the Middle East as the site of the earliest planned harvesting of plants. (Wikipedia). The Egyptians were some of the first people to set up forms of agriculture
running out of ways to feed ourselves. The most pressing issue we must decide how to handle, in the face of booming population, is how to deal with our current agricultural system. This paper will present the most damaging side-effects of conventional agriculture and will show how aquaponics, a nearly entirely self-sustaining agricultural system, addresses these impacts. Around the halfway point of the century, the UN predicts there will be 9.6 billion people on Earth (UN 2013). From now until then
2.1. National Highway NH 4 The Golden Quadrilateral comprises of the NH4 Highway from National Highway 4 (NH 4) is a major National Highway in Western and Southern India. NH 4 links four of the 10 most populous Indian cities - Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, and Chennai. NH 4 is 1,235 km (767 mi) in length and passes through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Road transport has emerged as the dominant segment in India’s transportation sector with a share of 4.7 per cent
Wyoming since the 18th century, as all recent droughts have been mild when compared to those of Wyoming’s past. Droughts in Wyoming’s future are unpredictable and uncertain; however, Richard Guldin of the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station in Fort Collins, Colorado, has made some predictions for the water situati... ... middle of paper ... ...construction of Precipitation in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, since 1260 A.D. Journal of Climate. Vol.17 Issue 19: 3855-3865. Growing