economics

Content Description The USDA Division of Land Economics Records consist of reports, correspondence, and publications relating to the work of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Division of Land Economics. Most of the material was produced by the bureau or the division, though there is also some material from the Land Utilization Division of the Resettlement Administration. Topics include general land policy and policy planning, zoning, settlement patterns, local land utilization studies, tenancy and land...

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The USDA Economic Research Service Files on Foreign Agriculture include: Japan agricultural policies and trade (1963-2009); Japan commodities (1960-1990); Japan, agriculture and food sector (1964-1992); files on South Korean agriculture (1946-1992); and Japan agricultural input files (1970-1990).

Content Description The USDA Economic Research Service Records of Farm Production Expenses were generated by staff in the Farm Income Sections and Projects, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The records include correspondence, memoranda, research notes, surveys, descriptions of procedures, and documentation of estimates. There are a number of ledgers documenting expenditures, by state, for dairy supplies, seed, grazing fees, insurance, real estate, fertilizer, hired labor, board and lodgings, repairs, and...

Content Description The USDA Tobacco Market News Service Records contain historical information on the Tobacco Market News Service (1928-1971); tobacco inspection (1927-1963); stocks, standards, and grading (pre-1929-1935); and auctions (1929-1962). There are correspondence, notes, and copies of tobacco annual reports (1932-1953); major legislation (1933-1952); and hearings and testimonies (1947-1950). There are also World War II-era regulation summaries and reports of tobacco activities (1941-1948); material...

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The Warren R. Bailey papers include correspondence and information on meetings attended, unpublished reports by various authors on topics such as food production and farms, published reports by Bailey and various authors, and handwritten reports and notes from college classes in economics that he attended.

Content Description The William Allison Lloyd Papers comprise four volumes. The first three volumes contain more than 60 items, including papers and addresses relating to agricultural extension written between 1913 and 1945. The collection covers the pre-Smith-Lever extension work in the northern and western states. Lloyd addressed the organization of cooperative extension services under the Smith-Lever Act, the development of county agent work in the northern and western states, and the development of the...

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The William Ashby Jump Papers consist primarily of correspondence, budgetary data, and reports relating directly to Jump's work and professional interests. It also includes 27 volumes of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Budgetary Material, 1946-1952.

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The William Brandemuhl Manuscript is a typed, loose-leaf manuscript of Brandemuhl's report "Soybean Utilization in Japan." The 478-page report details Brandemuhl's extensive field research in Japan during the early 1960s and covers topics such as soybean supply, production, history, and utilization. Brandemuhl completed the manuscript in 1965 and his wife, Tomoko, published it posthumously in 2004.