2017-05-02 Guide to the Ohio State University, Agricultural Extension Service, Fruit Spray Service Records, 1930-1962 RG.22.I.1 Finding aid prepared by Karen Glenn Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2017 May This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-04-22T14:46-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Ohio State University, Agricultural Extension Service, Fruit Spray Service Records RG.22.I.1 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1.2 Cubic feet 1930-1962 The Ohio State University, Agricultural Extension Service, Fruit Spray Service Records contain maps of Ohio with various notes written on them indicating fruit crop spraying, stages of growth, and diseases. The collection also contains reports and telegram correspondence. Around the 1930's, a centralized spray program was developed by Extension's plant pathologists to collect recommendations for fruit spraying schedules for farmers across Ohio. Various versions of this program were in operation until the 1960's. (1) carton English Ohio State University. Agricultural Extension Service. Fruit Spray Service. Arrangement of Materials

Materials are arranged in the order received.

 Acquisitions Information

Accession Number UA.1982.0097: Agriculture and Home Economics, unknown date

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Ohio State University, Agricultural Extension Service, Fruit Spray Service Records, RG 22.I.1, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University

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 Historical Note

In the early 1920's, Ohio State University's Agricultural Extension Service began research on apple blotch control. Later, a centralized spray program was developed by Extension's plant pathologists, known as the Ohio Spray Service. This was an informational service that collected recommendations from different parts of the state, assembled them, and distributed them through the radio and mail. This allowed farmers to time their sprays according to information gathered about pests, weather and other conditions. The service, along with various new research endeavors in fruit sprays, were carried out by the Agricultural Extension Service until the 1960's.

 Scope and Contents

The majority of the materials in the Ohio State University, Department of Horticulture, Fruit Spray Service Records are maps of Ohio with various notes written on them indicating fruit crop spraying, stages of growth, and diseases. The collection also contains reports filled out by plant pathologists on spray services performed in specific geographic areas, some notes on field crops, and telegram correspondence.

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