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The New ASU Story:
Academic Freedom - Research
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In 1956 the college farm moved to a 320-acre site on Elliot and
Price Road. Over the years, practical experience ensued with
students working in all phases of agricultural production. A beef cattle
herd was started and two new breeds of sheep were purchased,
adding to the 70 milking cows and 350 pigs. A program in crop
rotation was initiated. A farm machinery center opened, the first in
decades for Arizona agriculturists. The Field
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ASU Farm Laboratory
Agriculture Department
1973
Photographer: Charles R. Conley
Charles Conley Photographs, University Archives
ASUD A35 #50 |
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Laboratory functioned
as a research farm in a variety of areas: dairy, beef, swine, sheep,
poultry, horticulture and cropland for more than 20 years. The
program was discontinued in 1982-83 and the land now is used
for the present ASU Research Park. |
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