Title: Department of Agriculture
Acronym: USDA

Superintendent of Documents Class Number Stem: A

Local Subject Index: Local Subject Term: U.S. Federal GILS
Local Subject Term: Agriculture
Local Subject Term: Animals, Domestic
Local Subject Term: Animals, Wild
Local Subject Term: Birds
Local Subject Term: Census of Agriculture
Local Subject Term: Conservation
Local Subject Term: Earth Sciences
Local Subject Term: Electricity and Electronics
Local Subject Term: Energy
Local Subject Term: Engineering
Local Subject Term: Farms and Farming
Local Subject Term: Forest Fires
Local Subject Term: Forest Management
Local Subject Term: Forest Products
Local Subject Term: Fungicides
Local Subject Term: Gardening
Local Subject Term: Geography
Local Subject Term: Herbicides
Local Subject Term: Livestock and Poultry
Local Subject Term: Lumber
Local Subject Term: Marketing
Local Subject Term: Minerals
Local Subject Term: Nutrition
Local Subject Term: Outdoor Recreation
Local Subject Term: Pest and Weed Control
Local Subject Term: Pesticides
Local Subject Term: Plants, Agriculture
Local Subject Term: Poultry
Local Subject Term: Recipes
Local Subject Term: Recreation
Local Subject Term: Rodenticide Local Subject Term: Rural Conditions
Local Subject Term: Safety
Local Subject Term: Stock and Stock Breeding
Local Subject Term: Subsidies
Local Subject Term: Tariff
Local Subject Term: Tobacco
Local Subject Term: Trees, Forest Management and Products
Local Subject Term: Utilities
Local Subject Term: Weed Control
Local Subject Term: Wildlife Management

Abstract: "The Department of Agriculture works to improve and maintain farm income and to develop and expand markets abroad for agricultural products. The Department helps to curb and to cure poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. It works to enhance the environment and to maintain our production capacity by helping landowners protect the soil, water, forests, and other natural resources. Rural development, credit, and conservation programs are key resources for carrying out national growth policies. Department research findings directly or indirectly benefit all Americans. The Department, through inspection and grading services, safeguards and ensures standards of quality in the daily food supply."

Purpose: Selected publications of this and other United States government agencies are available through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The index to the publications available through the FDLP is the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (MOCAT), which also includes ordering information for those publications available for sale. Many publications are available to the public in the approximately 1300 Federal depository libraries throughout the United States. See also data in this record for Access Constraints and User Constraints, where such limitations on this agency's publications are appropriate.

Agency Program: "The Department of Agriculture (USDA) was created by act of May 15, 1862 (7 U.S.C. 2201), and was administered by a Commissioner of Agriculture until 1889 (5 U.S.C. 511, 514, 516). By act of February 9, 1889 (7 U.S.C. 2202, 2208, 2212), the powers and duties of the Department were enlarged. The Department was made the eighth executive department in the Federal Government, and the Commissioner became the Secretary of Agriculture. The Department was reorganized under the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6901 note)."

Availability: "Motion pictures on a variety of agricultural subjects are available for loan through various State Extension Service film libraries." For a listing of cooperating film libraries, contact: Distributor:
Distributor Name: Video and Teleconference Division, Office of Public Affairs, Department of Agriculture
Distributor Street Address:
Distributor City: Washington, D.C
. Distributor Zip Code: 20250
Distributor Telephone: 202-720-6072

Availability: "Color filmstrips and slide sets on a variety of subjects are available for purchase. For a listing of titles and prices, contact ..." Distributor:
Distributor Name: Photography Division, Office of Public Affairs, Department of Agriculture
Distributor Street Address:
Distributor City: Washington, D.C.
Distributor Zip Code: 20250
Distributor Telephone: 202-720-6633

Availability: To arrange for speakers, "Contact the nearest Department of Agriculture office or county Extension agent. In the District of Columbia, contact ..." Distributor:
Distributor Name: Office of Public Liaison, Office of Public Affairs, Department of Agriculture
Distributor Street Address:
Distributor City: Washington, D.C.
Distributor Zip Code: 20250
Distributor Telephone: 202-720-2798

Availability: (Other)
Distributor:
Distributor Name: Office of Public Affairs, Department of Agriculture Distributor Street Address:
Distributor City: Washington, D.C.
Distributor Zip Code: 20250
Distributor Network Address:
Distributor Telephone: 202-720-2791

Access Constraints: No access constraints apply to information disseminated through the Federal Depository Library Program. In other cases, some access constraints may be applied by the agency to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any other special restrictions or limitations on obtaining the information resource.

Use Constraints: No constraints apply to the use of information disseminated through the Federal Depository Library Program. In other cases, some use constraints may be applied by the agency to assure the protection of privacy or intellectual property, and any other special restrictions or limitations on using the information resource.

Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: Monthly Catalog of U. S. Government Publications
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/adpos400.html
Cross Reference Type: HTTP

Cross Reference: Cross Reference Title: USDA Home Page
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.usda.gov
Cross Reference Type: HTTP

Cross Reference:
Cross Reference Title: Agricultural Information Locator Service (AILS)
Cross Reference Linkage: http://www.usda.gov/ails/ails.htm
Cross Reference Type: HTTP

Point of Contact for Further Information:
Organization: Office of Public Affairs, Department of Agriculture
Street Address: Fourteenth Street and Independence Avenue, S.W.
City: Washington
State: D.C.
Zip Code: 20250
Network Address:
Telephone: 202-720-2791
Fax:

Supplemental Information: Source of information for Local Subject Index is Subject Bibliography Index. Most of the other information in this record is extracted from the U.S. Government Manual.

Control Identifier: GPO/SOD/LPS-0033

Record Source:
Department/Agency Name: United States Government Printing Office
Major Organizational Subdivision: Superintendent of Documents
Minor Organizational Subdivision: Library Programs Service
Name of Unit: Cataloging Branch
Internet Contact: dldgpo@access.digex.net
Telephone: 202-512-1141

Date of Last Modification:19960207