NRS-54 | Agriculture special files

These files relate to such matters as the establishment of the Department and the appointment of the first Secretary; the establishment and administration of agricultural colleges, experiment farms and agricultural research stations; agricultural legislation; land settlement for ex-servicemen; emergency food control; surveys and experiments; use of aircraft in agriculture; eradication/control of pests and diseases; drought relief and flood mitigation; wheat stabilization; dairy and other agricultural research. The files are numerical with an "ASF" prefix. Many files were formerly part of NRS-53 Miscellaneous ('M") correspondence and include "M" numbers but had been renumbered by the Department of Agriculture.

本批档案涉及多项事务，涵盖农业部的设立与首任秘书任命、农业学院、试验农场及农业研究站的设立与管理、农业立法、退役军人土地安置、应急食品管控、调研与试验、航空在农业中的应用、病虫害根除与防控、抗旱救灾与防洪减灾、小麦市场稳定、乳制品研究及其他农业相关研究。该批档案均采用带"ASF"前缀的编号格式，其中多数档案原属NRS-53杂项（"M"类）函件，带有"M"类编号，后由农业部重新编排了档案编号。