INTRODUCTION 
This compilation is one of a series providing information on 
State agricultural experiment station research supported by Federal- 
grant funds appropriated annually by Congress under authorization of 
the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended and approved Aug. 11, 1955, and 
Section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. It is 
prepared for use by research workers in the subject-matter areas 
presented. Only that part of each State's research program supported 
by Federal-grant moneys is included. 
In addition to the Federal-grant moneys, the State experiment 
stations receive some Federal support through cooperative agreements 
or contracts with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Information 
on such research, along with other departmental research, is avail- 
able in the Central Project Office, Agricultural Research Service. 
A substantial part of each State agricultural experiment station's 
research is supported with moneys appropriated by the respective State 
or Territorial Legislatures and through other forms of private and 
public financing. Information on current agricuttural research at the 
stations which is not financed under the Federal-grant program or 
through USDA cooperation can be obtained from experiment station 
directors. 
The information given in the series of Federal-grant compilations 
includes the title and objectives of each Federal-grant project per- 
taining to the subject given on the cover. The identification of each 
project gives the department(s) conducting the research, the station 
number of the project, and the number of the regional project if it is 
a contributing project. 
Relevant regional projects, if any, appear at the end of the on- 
pilation. States having projects contributing to regional projects are 
indicated. The Roman numeral (and capital letter) refer to the location 
in the summary of the contributing project title and objectives. The 
States are grouped into four major regions. These are designated NC- 
North Central, NE-Northeastern, S-Southern, and W-Western. The capital 
letter "M" following the letters for the region indicates regional 
marketing projects. 
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