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Research in
The influence of agricultural research on
the economic development of Texas has been
great in recent years. To this research can
be attributed no small part of the revolu-
tionary development that has replaced the
former one-crop cotton farming with a diver-
sified agriculture. For several reasons the
whole field of Texas agriculture has been
peculiarly in need of, and especially adapted
to, research. The persistent clinging to cot-
ton growing and range-beef cattle raising over
a long period obstructed a natural evolution
of the crop and livestock industries. Yet the
wide variety of production possible under
Texas natural conditions invited research in
many fields.
The largest agricultural research organiza-
tion is the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, which is a part of the Texas Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College System, with
headquarters at College Station. A brief ac-
count is given below. In co-operation with
the Texas Agricultural' Experiment Station
there are a number of field laboratories and
experiment stations of the 'United States
Department of Agriculture. (Listed below.)
In addition there is co-operative research be-
tween the Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station and the Texas Technological College,
the King Ranch and a soil-conservation dis-
trict. These are also listed below.
A specialized research agency is the Cotton
Research Committee consisting of the heads
of the University of Texas, the Agricultural
and Mechanical College and the Texas Tech-
nological College, directing its efforts at
finding new uses for cotton fiber and also at
finding means of better adapting the varied
kinds and qualities of cotton to the exacting
demands of the textile markets and processing
industries.
The Texas Research Foundation is an in-
dependent, privately endowed, nonprofit or-
ganization with farm and laboratories at
Renner, Collin County. This organization
directs its efforts at soil improvement, the
introduction of new plants and the better
adaptation of old crops to soil conditions, and
the discovery of new industrial uses for
vegetable products through chemical re-
search. This research is conducted under
direction of Dr. C. L. Lundell, Dallas.
At Essar Ranch near San Antonio are the
three research institutions sponsred by Tom
Slick, engaged in a wide field of Industrial
and agricultural research. The three agencies
are the Southwest Research Institute, the
Foundation of Applied Research and the
Institute of Inventive Research. They are
under the direction of Dr. Harold Vagtborg.
Agricultural research in 'Texas was stimu-
lated over a period of years by the program
of the Texas Chemurgic Council which direct-
ed its efforts at increased industrial use of
agricultural, forest and mineral products
through chemical research. A number of in-
dustrial plants have been built in Texas as
the result of research in this field, notably
the newsprint paper mill at Lufkin.
The Plant Research Institute of the Uni-
versity of Texas, Austin, has centered its
attention primarily on Texas grasses and
other native plants, studying reproduction,
growth and hybridization. Its director is Dr.
W. Gordon Whaley. .
Research in forest and woodland conserva-
tion, restoration and utilization is being
carried on by the Texas Forest Service of the
A&M College System at its Forest Products
Laboratory at Lufkin. (See p. 163.) The
Forest Service of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture also conducts research in connec-
tion with its management of the four national
forests in East Texas, and the East Texas
branch of the Southern Forest ExperimentAgriculture
Station is located at the Stephen F. Austin
State College, Nacogdoches. (See p. 166.)
The great variety and volume of raw
materials-vegetable, animal and mineral-
that are available in Texas has encouraged
research in this field.
TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
STATION
The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
is a part of the Texas Agricultural and
Mechanical College System. Headquarters are
at College Station, Texas. The director is
Dr. R. D. Lewis. Subject-matter departments,
in addition to administrative, include: Agricul-
tural Economics and Sociology, Agricultural
Engineering, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry,
Biochemistry and Nutrition, Dairy Husbandry,
Entomology, Feed Control Service, Floriculture
and Landscape Architecture, Genetics, Horti-
culture, Plant Physiology and Pathology,
Poultry Husbandry, Range and Forest, Rural
Home Research, Veterinary Medicine and
Wildlife Management.
There are twenty-two substations and
eleven field laboratories owned and operated
by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion. In addition, there are fourteen field
stations at which the Texas Agricultural Ex-
periment Station carries on work in co-
operation with the U.S. Department of Agri-
culture, Texas Technological' College, King
Ranch and a Soil Conservation District.
Substations.
The substations by number and location
are: No. 1, Beeville; No. 2, Tyler; No. 3,
Angleton; No. 4, Beaumont; No. 5, Temple;
No. 6, Denton; No. 7, Spur; No. 8, Lubbock;
No. 9, Balmorhea; No. 10, College Station;
No. 11, Nacogdoches; No. 12, Chillicothe;
No. 14, Sonora; No. 15, Weslaco; No. 16,
Iowa Park; No. 17, Ysleta; No. 18, Prairie
View; .No. 19, Winter Haven; No.'20, Stephen-
ville; No. 21, Gonzales; No. 22, Kirbyville;
No. 23, Bluebonndt Farm (McGregor).
Field Laboratories.
The field laboratories are: Marfa (Animal
Diseases); College Station (Apiculture Lab-
oratory, Brazos River Valley Laboratory and
Main Station Farm); Montague (Fruits);
Lufkin (Pastures); Gilmer (Sweet Potatoes);
Jacksonville (Tomato Diseases); -Yoakum
(Plant Diseases); Robertson-Milam Counties,
Hearne (Horticulture); Mt. Pleasant (Dairy).
Co-operating Field Stations.
The co-operative field stations are located
as follows: Riesel (Blackland Experimental
Watershed); Big Spring (Dryland Farming
and Cattle Feeding); Greenville (Cotton
-Field Station); Brownsville (Cotton Insects);
Waco (Cotton Insects); San Benito (Cotton
Insects); College Station (Cotton Testing and
Spinning) ; Encino (Livestock and Range) ;
Kerrville (Livestock Insects and Parasites);
Brownfleld (Sandy Land Wind Erosion) ;
Amarillo (Soil Conservation Investigations);
Panhandle (PanTech Field Laboratory) ;
Waco (Grasshoppers); Brownwood (Pecans).
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