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1997 Event - U.S. Agriculture Department estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18
1976 Event - Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke 1945 Event - UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence 1943 Death - Folkert E Posthuma, Minister of Agriculture, dies 1935 Birthday - John R Block, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1981 - 1986 1933 Birthday - Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture and land and fishing, CDA 1926 Birthday - Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses, CDA 1918 Birthday - Orville Freeman, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Governor-D-Minnesota 1955 - 1961, Secretary of Agriculture, 1961 - 1969 1916 Death - Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, dies at 52 1909 Birthday - Earl Butz, born in Indiana, served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during the Nixon and Ford administrations 1909 Birthday - Lord Collison, British union leader, agriculture workers 1893 Event - Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture 1874 Birthday - Folkert E. Posthuma, Dutch minister of Agriculture/Industry 1864 Birthday - Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, Work Law of 1911 1862 Event - Department of Agriculture created 1860 Event - Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st U.S. superintendent of agriculture 1855 Birthday - Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of Agriculture/Finance 1820 Death - Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies 1794 Death - James Adam, System architect (essays on agriculture), dies at about 64 1785 Event - Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized |
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