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History, Art and Biography

A Food Service Worker Wears Gloves While Portioning FoodCelebrating 100 Years of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA)
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Resources related to the USDA's celebration of 100 years of food safety.
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Scientist holding test tubeUnited States Experiment Station Publications
University of North Texas Libraries.
Full text digitized publications of the United States Department of Agriculture's Office of Experiment Stations from 1889 to 1941.
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Man Working in a LaboratoryUSDA History Collection
USDA. NAL. Special Collections.
Guide to a collection of manuscript material relating to the 150-year history of the USDA.
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LadybugAgricultural Image Gallery
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Offers free agriculture-related digital images. Sorts images by major subject and includes a search engine.
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Man Harvesting WheatHistory of American Agriculture
USDA. CSREES. Agriculture in the Classroom.
A historical timeline of American agriculture, accessible by decade or major subject area.
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Robert Selmer BerglandFormer Secretaries of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture.
Provides brief biographical sketches and photos of all former Secretaries of Agriculture.
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Watercolor of "Great Bearer" AppleSpecial Collections Image Gallery
USDA. NAL. Special Collections.
Offers access to digital reproductions of original artwork, nursery and seed trade catalogs, manuscript collections, and portions of rare books from across the agricultural specialties.
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Edgar E. Hartwig, ARS Agronomist, Examining SoybeansAgricultural Research Service Historical Timeline
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
A summary of historical research carried out by the scientists of the USDA and the Agricultural Research Service from the 1860s to the present.
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Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln and Agriculture
USDA. NAL. Special Collections.
Reviews Lincoln's early years as a farmer and his significant impact on U.S. agriculture, including the establishment of the USDA and the beginnings of the National Agricultural Library. Also includes various full text documents and agricultural Acts from the 1860s.
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CowCore Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA)
Cornell University. Albert R. Mann Library.
An electronic collection of agricultural texts published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century, selected for their historical importance.
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