United States Agricultural Society

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Scene at the U.S. Agricultural Society's Fair, Philadelphia, 1856

United States Agricultural Society (USAS) was founded in 1852.

Background

The United States Agricultural Society was founded during a

Washington DC
and held exhibitions in other cities in the United States. It was powerful body with the ability to influence Congress and was able to influence the Congress to bring in enactments the Land Grants Act and creation of Department of Agriculture in 1862 can be attributed to it. [2] [3][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Scene at the U.S. Agricultural Society's Fair, Philadelphia, 1856". World Digital Library. 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  2. JSTOR 3739485
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  3. ^ "The Rise of the Agricultural Welfare State: Institutions and Interest Group Power in the United States, France, and Japan". Princeton University Press. 2001. Archived from the original on 2015-10-18.[ISBN missing]
  4. ^ Alfred Charles True (1929). A History of Agricultural Education in the United States: 1785-1925. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 59–. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  5. ^ U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1929. pp. 59–. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  6. ^ Alfred Charles True (1937). A history of agricultural experimentation and research in the United States, 1607-1925: including a history of the United States Department of Agriculture. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. pp. 37–. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Scene at the U.S. Agricultural Society's Fair, Philadelphia, 1856". www.wdl.org. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
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