In the United States of America, the Agriculture Marketing Act of 1929 established a Federal Farm The original act was sponsored by President Herbert Hoover in an attempt to stop the downward spiral of crop prices. The Agriculture Marketing Act was the precursor to F.D. Roosevelt's Agricultural Adjustment Act.-1...
Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by the cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals (livestock).
Agriculture is also short for the study of the practice of agriculture—more formally known as agricultural science.
Agricultural science is a broad multidisciplinary field that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic, and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture.
Ellsworth's interest in aiding agriculture was evident in his annual reports that called for a public depository to preserve and distribute the various new seeds and plants, a clerk to collect agricultural statistics, the preparation of statewide reports about crops in different regions, and the application of chemistry to agriculture.
In 1887, the House and Senate passed bills giving the Department of Agriculture and Labor, cabinet status but farm interests objected to the inclusion of labor, and the bill was killed in conference.
The Deparment of Agriculture was crucial to providing concerned persons with the assistance that they needed to make it through this difficult period, helping to ensure that food continued to be produced and distributed to those who needed it, assisting with loans for small landowners, and contributing to the education of the rural youth.
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