Title: History of agricultural price-support and adjustment programs, 1933-84 :
Authors: United States.
Date: 1984
Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service,
Physical description: vi, 52 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: S
Contents: Introduction -- Origin of adjustment programs. pp. 1. Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933. pp. 3. Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 -- Sugar Act of 1937. pp. 11. Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 -- Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. pp. 12. Wartime measures. pp. 16. Postwar price supports. pp .17. Korean War. pp. 20. Toward flexible price supports. pp. 21. Soil bank. pp. 22. Farm Programs in the 1960s. pp. 23. Food and Agriculture Act of 1965. pp. 26. Agricultural Act of 1970. pp. 27. Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973. pp. 29. Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. pp. 31. Emergency Assistance Act of 1978. pp. 35. Agriculture and Food Act of 1981. pp. 36. Recent legislation. pp. 40. Conclusion. pp. 44. Table -- Production, prices, and price supports of three major commodities, 1959-83. pp. 45. Chart -- Number of farms and average size, 1933-83. pp. 46. Index. pp. 47.
Notes: "December 1984"--P. iii. Includes index. Item 4
Subject headings (LCSH): Agricultural price supports--United States.; Agriculture and state--United States.