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A Condensed History of American Agriculture 1776-1999 …
1 Dtdmcdp1 TisNA Condensed History of American Agriculture 1776 19991776 991785 The Philadelphia Societyfor the Promotion ofAgriculture and otheragricultural groups organized1793 Invention of cotton gin18001802 George WashingtonParke Custis institutedagricultural fair inArlington, VA18101810 First American agricul -tural periodical, theAgricultural Museum,began publication 1820 Agriculture Committee, House ofRepresentatives,established18201825 Agriculture Senate,establishede,18301834 McCormick 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 established1862 The drive for agricultur-al education culminatedin the passage of theMorrill Land GrantCollege Act 1862 Homestead Act gavefree public land to per-sons willing to farm it1865-70 The sharecropping sys-tem in the Southreplaced the old slaveplantation system1850186018701874 Availability of barbedwire allowed fencing ofrangeland, ending eraof unrestricted, open-range grazing1887 Hatch ExperimentStation Act set upFederal-State coopera-tion in agriculturalresearch1890 Second Morrill Act broad-ened land -grant programand set up funding forblack land-grant schools 1890 Census showed that thefro
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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