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ARS’ Research Timeline Expanded, Updated
By Linda McElreath
October 26, 2001
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.
View this chronological history at:
/is/timeline
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
