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26 Cards in this Set
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What are the origins of the following crops:
tobacco? soybeans? corn? cotton? |
tobacco - England
soybeans - China corn - North and Central America cotton - Mexico |
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What are the four crops that feed the world?
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Rice, wheat, corn and potatoes
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Why was land in sections of 40 to 80 acres?
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Thomas Jefferson believed that would give everyone equal opportunities.
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What were the land distribution theories of the following people:
Alexander Hamilton? Thomas Jefferson? |
Alexander Hamilton - fewer owners and many laborers. plantation-like
Thomas Jefferson - Small tracts of land, more equality |
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Who developed what we now know as modern day field corn out of two types of Indian corn?
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Robert Reid
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When was the USDA established?
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1862
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Who established the USDA?
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Abraham Lincoln
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When was the Morril Land Grant Act established?
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1862
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Why was the Morril Land Grant Act established?
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To set up land grant universities for researching
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When was the Smith lever Act established?
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1914
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When was the American Farm Bureau established?
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1919
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Why was the American Farm Bureau established?
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To give farmers a voice
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What was the beginning of Modern Ag Policy?
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American Farm Bureau, Ag Adjustment Act, and Farm Credit Services
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What is Norman Borlaug known for?
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Father of the Green revolution
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What effect did the depression have on agriculture?
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Caused them to diversify and were paid by the government to leave land out of production
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Why is agritourism important?
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Increases knowledge and interface with those who have nothing to do with agriculture.
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What has helped agritourism develop here in kentucky?
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Pahse 2 tobacco money
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What is the name of the campaign promoting agritourism?
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Kentucky farms are fun
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Who is the largest food retailer in the world?
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Walmart
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What are the top two employers in America?
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US government and resteraunt industry
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How much money does a farmer recieve from every dollar spent on food at home and away from home?
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$.20
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What impact did the early Indian civilizations have on agriculture?
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Settlers would have starved
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What are the breadbaskets of the world?
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North American midwest, South America, Argentina/Brazil, Asia (manchuria and mongolia), USSR, Syria
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What is the significance of the Hatch Act?
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Experiment stations 1887
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What happened in 1929?
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Stock market crash
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What percentage of our population is involved in Production Agriculture?
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1.8%
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