farms and farming systems

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The USDA National Commission on Small Farms Records include administrative files; transcripts (paper, tape, and disk) of public hearings; letters from farmers; executive correspondence; memoranda; drafts and a final copy of "Report of the USDA National Commission on Small Farms: A Time to Act"; letterhead and design for final report; email requests for copies of the NCSF report; computer disks containing small farm documents; NCSF committee reports; and miscellaneous resource documents.

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The USDA Office for Small-Scale Agriculture Records consist of letters, memoranda, correspondence, reports, newspapers, newsletters, and publications.

Content Description The USDA Seed and Grain Branch Records include correspondence from plant breeders, seedsmen, and others, mainly addressed to Clyde R. Edwards, Seed and Grain Branch Division, for clearance of plant variety names in accordance with the Federal Seed Act. The files of vegetable crops and turf grasses are organized in alphabetical order by name of plant. Information within the letters indicates that trademark applications for seeds and U.S. Plant Variety Protection Certificates were sent to the...

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The USDA Small Farms Research (Northeastern Region) Records consist of monthly reports, correspondence, publications, and photocopies of articles.

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The USDA Soil Conservation Service Film Collection consists of films produced by and for the Soil Conservation Service. These films were used for education, training, and public service announcements.

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The Warren R. Bailey papers include correspondence and information on meetings attended, unpublished reports by various authors on topics such as food production and farms, published reports by Bailey and various authors, and handwritten reports and notes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