110 Years of Federal Aid to Agriculture

T. Swann Harding

No 358658, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Table of Contents: I – In the Beginning --- II – The First Thousand Dollars --- III – The Patent Office Gives Farmers Aid --- IV – Who Is Isaac Newton? --- V – Era of Genteel Futility — the Department, a Bureau, Under Commissioners --- VI – Improved Organization and Slow Growth --- VII – The Long Era of “Tama” Jim Wilson ---VIII – Houston, Planner, and World War I — March 6, 1913 to February 1, 1920 --- IX – Aftermath of World War I — February 2, 1920 to March 4, 1925 --- X – Calm Before the New Deal — March 5, 1925 to March 4, 1933 --- XI – The New Deal in Agriculture --- XII – Wickard, Dirt Farmer, and World War II — September 5, 1940 to June 30, 1945 --- XIII – Aftermath of World War II – July 1, 1945 to the present --- XIV – Is the Job Done?

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Political Economy; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.358658

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