Excerpt from The Story of U. S. Agricultural Estimates Personnel files in the National Archives provided a mine of useful material. Letters, speeches, comments, 'and papers written by participants for various purposes, and usually not considered at the time as documents of historical significance, were equally useful. In addition to these sources, Newell drew heav ily on his close association with the crop and livestock estimating program since the early 1920's. His contribution was prepared after his retirement as Chairman of the Cr0p Report ing Board in 1966. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This history of American agriculture covers the prehistoric period to the 20th century. Written for the undergraduate, it provides a reference to the economic, social, political, scientific and technological changes that have most affected farming in America.

Excerpt from History and Incidents of Indian Corn, and Its Culture: Including Statistical, Analytical and Other Tables; Also, Illustrations and Diagrams The U. S. Agricultural Department estimates of the Maize product have been brought up in the tables to 1875. The crop has been abundant in the two succeeding years. That of 1877 has been estimated at thirteen hundred and ten millions of bushels; the number of swine for the same year Kan' as is credited with the heaviest yield per acre. Forty-three and one-half bushels, New Hampshire being second. The Special Report for June, 1878. S eaks of the condition of this crop as favorable in the South, less so in the Nort and West a warm April inducing early planting, and consequent injury from the succeed ing cool and wet season. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected, success story. Agriculture has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a growing number of workers to the rest of the economy. This book, a comprehensive history of world agriculture during this period, explains how these feats were accomplished. Feeding the World synthesizes two hundred years of agricultural development throughout the world, providing all essential data and extensive references to the literature. It covers, systematically, all the factors that have affected agricultural performance: environment, accumulation of inputs, technical progress, institutional change, commercialization, agricultural policies, and more. The last chapter discusses the contribution of agriculture to modern economic growth. The book is global in its reach and analysis, and represents a grand synthesis of an enormous topic.

This innovative text provides a compelling narrative world history through the lens of food and farmers. Tracing the history of agriculture from earliest times to the present, Christopher Isett and Stephen Millerargue that people, rather than markets, have been the primary agents of agricultural change. Exploring the actions taken by individuals and groups over time and analyzing their activities in the wider contexts of markets, states, wars, the environment, population increase, and similar factors, the authors emphasize how larger social and political forces inform decisions and lead to different technological outcomes. Both farmers and elites responded in ways that impeded economic development. Farmers, when able to trade with towns, used the revenue to gain more land and security. Elites used commercial opportunities to accumulate military power and slaves. The book explores these tendencies through rich case studies of ancient China; precolonial South America; early-modern France, England, and Japan; New World slavery; colonial Taiwan; socialist Cuba; and many other periods and places. Readers will understand how the promises and problems of contemporary agriculture are not simply technologically derived but are the outcomes of decisions and choices people have made and continue to make.