Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-3414

(a) The Board of Regents of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical

College, Stillwater, Oklahoma, and the Experiment Station of the

Oklahoma State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, are

authorized to establish soil experiment stations; one to be located

in the sandy land area of southwestern Oklahoma and easily

accessible to a public highway and one to be located in the hilly

area of east central Oklahoma, the specific locations of both to be

designated by the Director of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment

Station. Monies hereinafter authorized and appropriated to carry

out the purposes of this Act shall be available for the purchase of

land, construction and repair of improvements thereon, purchase of

machinery, equipment, and to cover any other necessary costs of

operations of the stations herein authorized to be established.

(b) Upon the establishment of the stations the Board of Regents

for the Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges shall be authorized

hereby to request and receive cooperation and assistance of the

United States and any of its agencies, and of agencies of this

state, in carrying out the work to reach the objectives of the

stations, and to accept donations, grants, gifts, and contributions,

in money, land, services, or otherwise, from the United States or

any of its agencies, or from the state or any of its agencies, and

to accept contributions from nongovernmental organizations or

persons in order to carry out the purposes of this act.

(c) Such experiment stations now established or established

after the effective date of this act shall be operated under the

direction and supervision of Oklahoma State University of

Agriculture and Applied Science, and the experiments carried on

thereat shall be designed to determine the most practical means of

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restoring the desirable physical properties of the soil to the end

of reclaiming and putting into profitable production the depleted

soils of Oklahoma, giving special attention to the various types of

soil. Research shall be made as to the long time effect of deep-

plowing, determination of types and rates of fertilizers adaptable

to the soil of Oklahoma, coordinated with practical legume rotations

for soil improvement, and determination of fertilizers and crops

adaptable to the areas and any other studies that will aid in the

development of Oklahoma agriculture.