Agricultural History

Assembles historic full-text agricultural journals published before the wide spread use of synthetic chemicals. Includes information on agricultural technology before 1942 and organic farms.

Reproduces the text of the Abraham Lincoln's Homestead Act.

Provides the text of Abraham Lincoln's legislation establishing land grant colleges.

Synthesizes statistical information to create a comparison of agricultural benchmarks for the years 1860 and 2010.

Organizes public archive of USDA Census publications between 1925 to 1987. Presents results of the Agricultural Census in a searchable, PDF format.

Collects historically significant U.S. farm weeklies published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Searchable and full-text.

Selected agricultural texts depecting rural life and investigating agricultural technology published between the early nineteenth century and the middle to late twentieth century. Full-text and searchable.

Dramatizes the history of agriculture in the United States. Multi-media presentation including lesson plans for teachers, an agricultural timeline, and videos on the history of agriculture.

Discover the philosophical and scientific roots of sustainable, regenerative agriculture through readings dating from the 1500s.