A Condensed History of American Agriculture 1776-1999 …

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1Dtdmcdp1TisNA Condensed History of American Agriculture 1776 19991776 991785The Philadelphia Societyfor the Promotion ofAgriculture and otheragricultural groups organized1793Invention of cotton gin18001802George WashingtonParke Custis institutedagricultural fair inArlington, VA18101810First American agricul -tural periodical, theAgricultural Museum,began publication 1820Agriculture Committee, House ofRepresentatives,established18201825Agr iculture Senate,establishede,18301834McCormick reaperpatented18401840 sThe growing use of fac-tory-made agriculturalmachinery increasedfarmer s need for cashand encouraged com-mercial farming1850 sCommercial corn andwheat belts began Department ofAgriculture established1862The drive for agricultur-al education culminatedin the passage of theMorrill Land GrantCollege Act 1862Homestead Act gavefree public land to per-sons willing to farm it1865-70The sharecropping sys-tem in the Southreplaced the old slaveplantation system1850186018701874Availability of barbedwire allowed fencing ofrangeland, ending eraof unrestricted, open-range grazing1887 Hatch ExperimentStation Act set upFederal-State coopera-tion in agriculturalresearch1890Second Morrill Act broad-ened land -grant programand set up funding forblack land-grant schools 1890Census showed that thefrontier settlement

Development and Assistance Act (P.L. 480) facilitated agricul-tural exports and foreign aid 1954-55 Rural development program begins 1956 Soil Bank Program authorized. 1920. 1930. 1940. 1950. 1960. 1964 Food Stamp Act and War on Poverty. 1970 Environmental Quality Improvement Act. 1980’s Biotechnology became a viable technique for improving ...

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