A revolution down on the farm the transformation of American agriculture since 1929 /

• Main Author: Conkin, Paul Keith.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008.
• Subjects: Agriculture > History. > United States; Agriculture and state > History. > United States; Agricultural productivity > History. > United States; Agricultural innovations > History. > United States; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agronomy > Crop Science. > Agriculture; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agronomy > General. > Agriculture; Agriculture.; Electronic books.
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Agriculture is the most fundamental of all human activities. Today, those who till the soil or tend livestock feed a world population of approximately 6.5 billion. Fifty years ago, the planet could not have sustained such a large population, and according to present projections, farmers will have to...

Table of Contents:

• Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. American Agriculture before 1930; Commercial Origins; Tilling and Preparing the Soil; Tools for Planting and Cultivating; Tools of Harvest; The Tractor; Research, Education, and Extension; Credit and Marketing; 2. The Traditional Family Farm: A Personal Account; Profile of a Farming Village; Home Provenance; Household Patterns; 3. A New Deal for Agriculture, 1930-1938; First Fruits: Hoover's Farm Board; Maturing a New Farm Program; The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933