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12-698: The Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station was established on May 18, 1887, when the Connecticut General Assembly voted to divide Hatch Act of 1887 funds 50/50 between the Storrs Agricultural School and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven , which had been established in 1875. Hatch Act revenue amounting to $ 7,500 per year was instrumental in establishing the new station. On March 27, 1888,

24-484: A series of agricultural experiment stations , as well as pass along new information, especially in the areas of soil minerals and plant growth. The bill was named for Congressman William Hatch , who chaired the House Committee of Agriculture at the time the bill was introduced. State agricultural stations created under this act were usually connected with those land-grant state colleges and universities founded under

36-430: Is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services , connected to land-grant universities , intended to inform citizens about current developments in agriculture , home economics , public policy/government, leadership, 4-H , economic development, coastal issues ( National Sea Grant College Program ), and related subjects. The Act helped farmers learn new agricultural techniques by

48-925: The Morrill Act of 1862 , with few exceptions. Many stations founded under the Hatch Act later became the foundations for state cooperative extension services under the Smith–Lever Act of 1914 . Congress amended the act in 1955 to add a formula that uses rural and farm population factors to allocate the annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations among the states. Under the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107–171, Sec. 7212), states will continue to be required to provide at least 100% matching funds (traditionally, most states have provided more). On average, Hatch Act formula funds constitute 10% of total funding for each experiment station. (7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.). Smith%E2%80%93Lever Act of 1914 The Smith–Lever Act of 1914

60-550: The "more purely scientific investigations" took place at the chemical laboratories at Wesleyan University . The station's work was centralized exclusively in 1902. The SAES saw continued growth during the 1900s. The $ 15,000 awarded by the Adams Act of 1906 (a sequel to the Hatch Act) was divided equally with New Haven, doubling each station's federal funding. The Storrs [ sic ] International Egg Laying Contest, one of

72-592: The State of Connecticut, which again divided these funds equally between the two stations. Additional federal funding enabled the SAES to diversify its research, studying agricultural economics, rural sociology, and home economics. The General Assembly appropriated $ 70,000 to construct the Wilbur O. Atwater Laboratory, dedicated on the UConn campus on June 12, 1930. It was the only building for

84-660: The Station's first director, Wilbur Olin Atwater , commenced his duties. Land-grant university status was transferred from Yale University to Storrs Agricultural School in 1893, energizing the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station. In 1895, the General Assembly granted an annual appropriation of $ 1,800 to the SAES. During the station's early years, practical farming experiments mostly took place there, while

96-441: The course of its existence. In 1913, Edward Hopkins Jenkins was appointed to oversee both Connecticut stations—a move "intended to further insure harmony of purpose and to prevent duplication of effort." The appointment strengthened the emphasis at Storrs Agricultural School on dairy, poultry, and animal husbandry research, whereas New Haven tended to specialize in plant research. The Purnell Act of 1925 granted $ 60,000 annually to

108-464: The first such contests in the world, began in 1911. Publications included influential research bulletins such as New England Trees in Winter (1911) by Albert Francis Blakeslee and Chester D. Jarvis. The Station's staff either conducted research full-time or split their time between research and teaching. As required by law, the Station published a biennial report as well as scores of research bulletins over

120-521: The introduction of home instruction. The budgeting appropriation for cooperative extension is shared between the states based on an established formula. Once the historic amount that has been allocated for "special needs" programs is set aside and an additional 4% is reserved for USDA administrative costs, the remaining funds are allocated: Except for the "1994 Land-grant colleges" for Native Americans, each state must match its Federal cooperative extension funds. In addition, an amount no less than 6% of

132-630: The primary use of the Station, aside from a two-story frame building that housed the Station's offices and library, built in the 1890s and torn down in the 1920s. The SAES continues to conduct and publish research. It also awards competitive capacity research grants. 41°48′44″N 72°14′54″W  /  41.8122°N 72.2483°W  / 41.8122; -72.2483 Hatch Act of 1887 The Hatch Act of 1887 (ch. 314, 24  Stat.   440 , enacted 1887-03-02, 7 U.S.C.   § 361a et seq.) gave federal funds, initially $ 15,000 each, to state land-grant colleges in order to create

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144-403: The total Smith-Lever Act appropriation is allocated for the extension programs of the "1890 Land-grant colleges" (historically black colleges). These funds are also shared between the 1890 colleges by the 20/40/40% formula, with Alabama A&M and Tuskegee University treated as though they were in different states. In 1964, a US stamp was issued honoring homemakers for the 50th anniversary of

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