UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


 Strawberry Laboratory, Plant City. Strawberry diseases and culture.
 Vegetable Crops Laboratory, Bradenton. All phases of vegetable production in the
southwestern area, and gladiolus diseases.
 Frost Warning Service, Lakeland. Cooperative with U. S. Weather Bureau. Min-
imum winter temperature forecasting.
 Results of the experimental work of the several stations are published in scientific
journals, bulletins and reports. The latter are available to Florida citizens without
charge.
 The Florida Engineering and Industrial Experiment Station is not only the research
division of the College of Engineering but it is also the development laboratory for the
industries of the state. It was officially established in 1941 by the Legislature as an inte-
gral part of the College of Engineering "to organize and promote the prosecution of re-
search projects of engineering and related sciences, with special reference to such of
these problems as are important to the industries of Florida."
 The facilities of the station include all the equipment of the College of Engineer-
ing, now valued at about $3,000,000. The station also has available for its use the lab-
oratories, staff and facilities of other divisions of the University, including chemistry,
physics, biology, agriculture, economics, and many others. Because of the close relation
that exists between the study and research activities, students secure much practical
information about engineering and industrial problems which would normally not be
encompassed in a collegiate program.

 The station receives only a small portion of its operating revenue from the state.
The remainder is secured from grants received from research foundations and funds
provided by contracts with the federal agencies and industrial organizations. Large and
small manufacturers avail themselves of one of the finest research laboratories in the
Southeast. Among the outstanding laboratories, in addition to a well equipped shop,
are those in Public Health Engineering, Electronics, Chemical Engineering, Air Condi-
tioning, Soil Mechanics, Electrical Machinery, Paper, Pulp, and Wood Products Utiliza-
tion, Farm Mechanization and Corrosion.
 Conferences for industrial workers are held at various intervals. These give an
opportunity for intellectual exchange between the University and industry.
 Publications of the research results are available to Florida citizens without charge.
 The Bureau of Architectural and Community Research is one of the activities of the
College of Architecture and Allied Arts.
 The Bureau of Economic and Business Research is a division of the College of
Business Administration.
 The Bureau of Professional Relations is a research and service unit of the College
of Pharmacy.
 The Naval Stores Research Laboratory conducts basic research with the purpose of
contributing new products and new and more efficient industrial processes in the field
of naval stores. It is a part of the Department of Chemistry.
 The Public Administration Clearing Service is a branch of the Political Science
Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. It provides consulting services to state,
county and local governments in Florida; and publishes surveys of governmental and
administrative problems. Where governmental problems are broader than administration
it acts in cooperation with other branches of the University. Under the General Ex-