For nearly a century before the
Agricultural Research Service was
established in 1953, U.S. Department of
Agriculture scientists were hard at work. ARS’ "Research Timeline" is
a World Wide Web compendium of USDA scientific and other achievements since
1862.
Just added are feature stories on key research accomplishments,
significant scientific results from the year 2000, and dozens of additional
photographs.
Initially, the web timeline duplicated the printed version that
appeared in the December 1999 issue of Agricultural Research, the monthly
magazine published by ARS. The newest expansion adds 22 features linked to
individual timeline entries:
20th century insect control ARS
helps science flourish at 1890 schools Conquering cattle
tick fever Conserving the world’s plants Do you know a
soybean when you eat it...wear it...read it?
Eradicating hog cholera Finding new uses for surplus products
Founding American nutrition science Frozen food
that’s freezer friendly Fueling the Green Revolution
Improving corn Making
fabrics friendly More and better citrus Probing the
mystery of life Processing cotton Saving a fragile
resource Starch that slurps Subduing the
screwworm Tackling foot and mouth disease The
rescue of penicillin Tracking the elusive viroid
Tripping the light switch fantastic
The timeline will continue to be updated with new
items.
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