CORVALLIS, a city in the western part of Oregon, U.S.A., at the head of navigation on the Willamette river, 75m. S. by W. of Portland; the county seat of Benton county. It is served by the Southern Pacific and the Oregon Electric railways. The popu lation in 193o was 7,585.
The fertile Willamette valley produces large quantities of small fruits and berries. Among the city's industries are canneries, flour and saw-mills, sash and door factories. It is the seat of the State agricultural college (established 1868) which gives degrees in ten technical schools and has an enrolment (1926-27) of 2,500 men and 1,200 women in the regular session and 1,200 in the summer school. The instruction includes courses in logging en gineering, lumber manufacture, commercial canning and dehy drating of fruits, and the manufacture of fruit juices, vinegars, jams and jellies on a large scale. The college campus and farms at Corvallis occupy 547ac. and 814ac. in addition are leased for institutional purposes. The School of Forestry has an arboretum of 341ac. besides 75,000ac.,, of State forest which is under its scientific management. The Agricultural Experiment Station maintains branches at seven points in the State, on lands of 1,221 acres. Corvallis was settled in 1846 and incorporated in