Finding Aid for Yugoslavian Maize Project File, 1975-1979 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Yugoslavian Maize Project File, 1975-1979

ID: 8/1/852

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at U-C. College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Extent: 0.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Corn Production, Maize Genetics, Plant Breeding, Plant Propagation, Yugoslavia - Agriculture and Natural Resources

Languages: English

Yugoslavian Maize Project File, including published trip reports (1975), research reports (1976-79) and a final report (1979) by agriculture professors prepared under a contract with the United Nations Development Programme and relating to a study on production, drying, storing, and processing of maize in Voyvodina province in Yugoslavia; research in maize breeding; irrigation; weed control; crop ecology; crop disease and genetics; uses of crop culture practices; chemical analyses; harvesting information and studies on mechanization of maize harvesting. The reports include consultants reports and material on a training program at the University of Nori Sad.

Agricultural instruction was provided for in the Land Grant Act of Congress in 1862 and it was one of the chief aims of the university at its beginning.¹ In 1867, the Board of Trustees established the Agricultural Department, made up of the School of General Agriculture and the School of Horticulture, Fruit-growing, and Landscape Gardening.² It was formally recognized as a College and the dean's office was established in 1877.³ The dean is appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees and his duties include: preparing the budget; representing and reporting on the college to outside authorities; and coordinating the activities of the departments and special offices.⁴ The dean is also responsible for the operations of the Office of Publications and the Office of Agricultural Communications, both established in 1966,⁵ and the Office of International Agricultural Programs, which was established in 1966 to coordinate college-wide programs such as the International Soybean Program.⁶ In 1965, the title of the office changed from Dean of the College, Director of the Experiment Station, and Director of the Cooperative Extension Service to Dean of the College of Agriculture.⁷

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, Laws Concerning the Industrial University, Laws of Congress, p. 1-3; 1st Report, May 7, 1867, p. 47.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, May 8, 1867, p. 50.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 9th Report, June 7, 1877, p. 45.

4. University of Illinois Statutes, May 17, 1972, p. 12-14

5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, October 13, 1966, p. 169.

6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, September 21, 1966, p. 84.

7. Board of Trustees Transactions, 53rd Report, February 17, 1965, p. 393.

Corn Production
Maize Genetics
Plant Breeding
Plant Propagation
Yugoslavia - Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Other Note: 1 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0801852.pdf

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