Author: U. S. Agricultural Research Service

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-09

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780260644725

Excerpt from Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1954 Scientific research at the State agricultural experiment stations and those in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico contributes daily to the abundance of American life. That there is an abundance of food is reflected in the increase per capita food consumption of the Nation, even in the face of a 22 percent increase in population since 1940. Farm produc tion of food and fiber has increased by 44 percent, however, since that time, resulting in an ample supply of food and feeds, and even in some cases in a surplus. This record rate of farm production, which now appears to be the rule and not the exception, may be attributed in large measure to the increased efficiency arising from better management practices derived from the agricultural research program. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.