About JAR
In 1913, as USDA reorganized and consolidated its publications, it became clear there was a need for a scientific journal where the research results of the Department and Experiment Stations could be published. Beverly T. Galloway, who was Assistant Secretary of Agriculture at the time, described the development of this publication in "The genesis of the Journal of Agricultural Research" and provided the foreword to the first volume, published in October 1913. JAR was issued in 78 volumes from 1913 to 1949 (publication was temporarily suspended in 1921). NAL digitized all 78 volumes (70,202 pages) in 1997 and provided access to them through the NAL Web site until they were migrated to the repository in August 2008.

How To Access JAR
Go to the Tables of Contents to browse the issues.