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19. UKRF AWARDS IN JULY - $4.8 MILLION

     During the period July 1-30, a total of 102 agreement awards
was received by the University of Kentucky Research Foundation,
amounting to $4,711,937. Eighteen grants received additional
funds, amounting to $91,108.43. One grant was decreased by $1,500.
Total a-eement awards for July was $4,803,045.43.

     COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

     Department of Agricultural Engineering--B. Barfield and J. N.
Walker, Development of Prediction Relationships for Water Require-
ments with Irrigation Cooling, Office of Water Resources Research,
$5,800. C. T. Hann, Characterization of Water Movement Into and
Through Soils During & Immediately After Rainstorms, Office of Water
Resources Research, $4,550. K. Mills, Professional Advisory Service
Center, Office of Civil Defense, U.S. Army, $3,197.

     Department of Agronomy--R. C. Buckner, Research on Improving
Efficiency Inpasture Management and Utilization, Ford Motor Company,
$2,000. H. R. Burton, Investigations on Changes in Cigarette Smoke
Composition by Use of Chemical Modifiers & Solvent Extraction of
Tobacco, U.S. Department of Agriculture, $88,063. G. B. Collins,
Black Shank Disease Plots Program, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company,
$1,500 (additional funds). G. B. Collins and P. D. Legg, Studies
on the Inheritance of Alkaloids in Nicotiana Tabacum, Reynolds,
$4,000 (additional funds). C. Grunwald, Determine the Effects of
Nitrogen Nutrition on the Fatty Acid & Phytosterol Composition of
Tobacco Plants, USDA, $25,752. S. J. Sheen, Determine the Effects
of Genetical Background & Nitrogen Nutrition on the Polyphenols &
Carbohydrates Composition of Tobacco Plants, USDA, $51,000. J. L.
Sims, Determine the Effect of Nitrogen on Nutrogenous Fractions in
Leaf of Burley Tobaccos, USDA, $50,747. J. H. Smiley, Research on
Tobacco and Vegetable Crops, Great Lake Chemical Company, $250.
G. W. Thomas, Relationship Between Soil Characteristics Water Move-
ment and Nitrate Contamination of Ground Water, Office of Water
Resources Research, $5,900.

     Department of Entomology--W. W. Gregory, H. G. Raney, Evalu-
ation of Ortho Bux Granular and Ortho Bux 2 Emulsive for the Control
of Insects in No-Tillage Corn, Chevron Chemical Company, $1,000.
Fred W. Knapp, Investigations of the Use of Synthetic Insect Juvenile
Hormone Mimics for the Control of Face Fly and Other Pests of Live-
stock, Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., $500. Fred W. Knapp, Cat Flea Control
Trial, Thuron Industries, Inc., $2,100.    R. Thurston, W. Gregory,
G. Jones, H. Raney, J. G. Rodriquez, R. Scheibner and B. C. Pass,
Research With Furadan and Niagara 20493, FMC Corporation, $1,400.

     Department of Plant Pathology--J. W. Hendrix, Cropping Factors
Affecting Soil Populations of Black Shank Fungus, R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, $4,000. Charles Yang, Effects of Microorganisms on
Biological Activity of Tobacco Smoke, USDA, $80,056.

     Cooperative Extension Service--J. L. Ragland, M. Duff, Rural
Manpower Services to Distant Sparsely Populated Counties in Adminis-
trative Area of Somerset Employment Office, Department of Economic
Security of the State of Kentucky, $26,053.