That We May Eat: The Yearbook of Agriculture 1975

摘要

Contents: Milestones; (Experiment or starve: The early settlers, Jefferson, Washington...and other farmers, Lincoln and the liberation of the man on the land, Vitamins are discovered by agricultural research; The great depression: Farm ills hit the cities); The food destroyers; (Plant disease toll is cut with resistant varieties, The vets save our beef and milk, and the bacon, Antibiotics curb diseases in livestock, boost growth, Natural enemies used to fight insect ravages); Meat, milk, fish; (Beef-from trail drives to America's main course, How chicken on Sunday became an anyday treat); Golden harvest, (The quiet revolution in the apple orchard, Consumer's El Dorado amid swaying palms); Toward a better life; (Home food preparation undergoes big changes, Lots of better things for home sweet home; New sciences spring up to create food 'miracles').