Law

By: Henry Cullen Adams

Date: March 16, 1906

Source: U.S. Congress. Adams Act. 34 Stat. 63. March 16, 1906. In Knoblauch, Harold C., Ernest M. Law, and W. P. Meyer. State Agricultural Experiment Stations: A History of Research Policy and Procedure. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, May 1962, 221–222.

About the Author: Henry Cullen Adams (1850–1906) was born in Verona, New York, but moved to Wisconsin, where he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1883 to 1887. In 1902 he won election to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served two terms and sponsored the law bearing his name that doubled federal appropriations to agricultural experiment stations.

Introduction

The tension between applied science and pure research has been a long-standing one in American history. The goal of applied research is the discovery of...