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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Campus Photograph

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Title	Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Campus Photograph
Subject	Architecture Agriculture Education Science and Technology
Place	Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	These two images of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in Columbus provide a view of the 17-acre campus in 1887 and a close-up of the station's first building in 1885. The station was located on the grounds of the Ohio State University. The aerial photograph of the campus measures 8.8" x 5.7"(22.4 x 14.5 cm). Test plots were used to conduct experiments on fertilization, control of pests, and soil conditions. The first building, shown in this 6.5" x 4" (16.5 x 10.7 cm) photograph, was located near the current Townsend Hall. These photographs are part of an extensive collection of photographs, tools, and artifacts dealing with the history of the OARDC. In 1882, the Ohio State University established an experiment station to bolster its agriculture program, which critics charged was being shortchanged by a shift towards liberal arts education. Charles Thorne, who had led the campaign for a separate station, became its first director. The Hatch Act of 1887, a federal act that provided funding for experiment stations, was a response to the land-grant universities' abandonment of their agricultural and mechanical roots. In 1892, the experiment station moved from Columbus to Wooster in Wayne County. Researchers there worked with farmers around the state improve crop yields, animal nutrition, animal husbandry, and pest control. In 1965 the name was changed to the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. The OARDC and Ohio State University officially merged in 1981.
Date of Original	1885; 1887
Collection	Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Photograph Collection
Source	Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution	Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om113_668250_004
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om113_668250_004.tif
Image Height	1247
Image Width	1957
File Size	306.043 KB

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