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Homestead Act 1862 - Opened up settlement in the western US, allowing all american, including freed
slaves, to put a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land



Merrill Act 1862 - Provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing
in "Agriculture and the mechanic arts"



Hatch Act 1887 - Prohibits federal employees, employers of the District of Colombia and certain
employees of state and local government from engaging in partisan political activity



Smith Lever Act 1914 - established a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach
programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural
practices and technology



Agronomy - Study of principles and practices of crop population



Cotton is - The most important cash crop in the south, replacing tobacco in 1800



Agrarianism - Farming is the only way to live and the most important thing anyone can do



What happened in 1803? - Louisiana purchase



What is a farm? - plot of land devoted to agriculture and to the raising of crops and domesticated
animals



USDAs definition of a farm - Any place which $1000 or more of agricultural products are sold



Highest paying crop - Corn



What crop grows throughout the year - Wheat

, 4 main crops - Corn, soybean, wheat, hay



USDA was established by who - Abraham Lincoln in 1862



National Resources and Environmental agencies - Prevent damage to natural resources and promote
good land management



The Food Safety Inspection Service - Inspects meat, poultry, and egg production



Animal and Plant Health Inspection service (APHIS) - regulates imports into US, protect against
nonnative pest



Top three cereal crops - Wheat, rice, corn



Most of the worlds sorghum is fed to - Humans



Cereal crops are - cheaper to produce, used to combat hunger and population explosion



Cereal and potato together supply - Over 75% of world's food calories



US is 3rd for producing - Oats



US is 1st in producing - Corn, Sorghum & Soybeans



50% of the total value of agricultural products come from 9 states - California, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Wisconsin



Crop producing states of cotton - Texas, Mississippi, Georgia

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