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02968aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 58FC537C74A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200402010032 008 190920t20202020enk e b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2019955637 020 $a 1785272624 020 $a 9781785272622 020 $a 1785272659 020 $a 9781785272653 035 $a (OCoLC)1120096782 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d CDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a S540 A2 F47 2020 100 1 $a Ferleger, Lou $e author. 245 10 $a Planting the seeds of research : $b how America's ultimate investment transformed agriculture / $c Louis A. Ferleger. 264 1 $a London, UK ; $b Anthem Press, an imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company, $c 2020. 300 $a xii, 112 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-108) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: The anatomy of the ultimate investment -- Uplifting American agriculture: experiment station scientists and the Office of Experiment Stations in the early years after the Hatch Act; -- Higher education for an innovative economy: land-grant colleges and the managerial revolution in America -- Arming agriculture: how the USDA's top managers promoted agricultural development -- Transatlantic travails: German experiment stations and the transformation of American agriculture -- European agricultural development and institutional change: German experiment stations, 1870-1920 -- The managerial revolution and the developmental state: the case of US agriculture. 520 $a "'Planting the Seeds of Research' explores why by the beginnings of the twentieth century the United States dominated agricultural production worldwide. The thesis is that the ultimate investments made by the United States Department of Agriculture and state governments created the research structure that made American agriculture spectacularly successful. The social commitment, by business, government, and farmers built the productive capabilities that generated sustainable prosperity in American agriculture. The ultimate investment in agriculture enabled Americans over time to spend less of their disposable income on food and more on other goods and services, and compete in international agricultural markets"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Department of Agriculture $x History. 650 0 $a Agriculture and state $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Agricultural experiment stations $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Agriculture $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 610 17 $a United States. $b Department of Agriculture $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01852329 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781785272646 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305043013.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20220209011157.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=58FC537C74A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search