Twentieth Century Agricultural Science (Symposium)

Contents: Introduction (Alan E. Fusonie, Donna Jean Fusonie) -- Welcome (Richard A. Farley) -- Impact of Information on Agricultural Research (Orville G. Bentley) -- Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Today: Progress and Commitment (Paul A. Putnam) -- USDA Scientists: Selected Profiles, Challenges, and Achievements (Wayne D. Rasmussen) -- Underinvestment in Agricultural Research and Man-Made Famines: China as the Case Study (William A. Dando) -- Public Support for Agricultural Science: Evolution and Trends (James H. Shideler) -- Economic Benefits from Research (Robert E. Evenson) -- Meeting U. S. Agriculture’s Needs for Scientific Specificity and Comprehensiveness: Role of State Agricultural Experiment Stations and Land-Grant Universities (Keith A. Huston) -- The Centennial of the Experimental Farm Services, 1886 – 1986 (J. W. Morrison) -- Hidden Obstacles to Creativity in Agricultural Science (Stanislaus J. Dundon) -- Agricultural Journalism and the Diffusion of Scientific Knowledge in Twentieth Century America (John T. Schlebecker) -- The Role of Radio and Television in Communicating Agricultural Scientific Knowledge (Layne R. Beaty) -- Science and Society (Robert L. Clodius) -- Soil Conservation Research and Use of Research Information by the Soil Conservation Service (Ralph J. McCracken) -- The National Forests and the Campaign for Wilderness Legislation (Dennis Roth) -- The XIT Ranch: A British Agricultural Experiment Station on the Northern High Plains of Texas (William M. Holmes) -- The Utility of Plant Exploration (Jack R. Harlan) -- Plant Germplasm Resources (Quentin Jones) -- Comments (Thomas D. Isern) -- Data Banks: Future Directions and Perspectives; A Research View (Martin H. Rogoff) -- Agricultural Computing and Libraries (Stephen M. Welch) -- Future of Computers in American Agriculture and the Relationship to Libraries (Robert C. Kramer) -- Stalking the Specter of Hunger (John S. McKelvey, Jr.).