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A revolution down on the farm : the transformation of American agriculture since 1929 / Paul K. Conkin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conkin, Paul Keith.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--United States--History.
- Agriculture.
- Agricultural innovations.
- History.
- Agricultural productivity.
- Agriculture and state.
- United States.
- Agriculture and state--United States--History.
- Agricultural productivity--United States--History.
- Agricultural innovations--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 American Agriculture before 1930 1
- Commercial Origins 1
- Tilling and Preparing the Soil 5
- Tools for Planting and Cultivating 6
- Tools of Harvest 8
- The Tractor 15
- Research, Education, and Extension 19
- Credit and Marketing 25
- 2 The Traditional Family Farm: A Personal Account 31
- Profile of a Farming Village 32
- Home Provenance 37
- Household Patterns 42
- 3 A New Deal for Agriculture, 1930-1938 51
- First Fruits: Hoover's Farm Board 52
- Maturing a New Farm Program 59
- The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 63
- Other New Deal Farm Programs 68
- Soil Conservation and the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 72
- 4 World War II and Its Aftermath: A Family Report 77
- Wartime Changes in My Village 77
- Postwar Transformations 80
- Successful Farming in Pennsylvania 91
- 5 Dimensions of an Agricultural Revolution 97
- The Great New Machines 99
- Electrification 107
- Chemical Inputs 108
- Plant and Animal Breeding 119
- 6 Surpluses and Payments: Federal Agricultural Policy, 1954-2008 123
- Production Controls and Price Supports 123
- Farm Policy in the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations 126
- Managing Surpluses during a Productivity Revolution 130
- The Farm Crisis of the 1980s 132
- International Agreements and the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act 134
- The 2002 Farm Bill and Beyond 138
- Noncommodity Programs 141
- 7 Farming in the Twenty-first Century: Status and Challenges 147
- Profile of Contemporary Farms 147
- Farm Labor 154
- Farm Income 157
- Critics and Criticisms 164
- Agriculture and the Environment 168
- 8 Alternatives 175
- Lonely Farmers 175
- Alternatives in Land Tenure 177
- Agrarian Reform 180
- Alternative or Sustainable Agriculture 183
- Federal Support of Sustainable Agriculture 192
- Certified Organic Farming 194.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813125190
- 0813125197
- OCLC:
- 209662235
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