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1997 U.S. Agriculture Department estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18
1994 Ezra Taft Benson, Minister of Agriculture/leader of mormon (1985-94), dies at 94 1976 Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke 1945 UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence 1943 Folkert E Posthuma, Minister of Agriculture, dies 1935 John R Block, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1981 - 1986 1933 Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture and land and fishing, CDA 1926 Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses, CDA 1918 Orville Freeman, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Governor-D-Minnesota 1955 - 1961, Secretary of Agriculture, 1961 - 1969 1916 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, dies at 52 1909 Earl Butz, born in Indiana, served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during the Nixon and Ford administrations 1909 Lord Collison, British union leader, agriculture workers 1893 Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture 1874 Folkert E. Posthuma, Dutch minister of Agriculture/Industry 1864 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, Work Law of 1911 1862 Department of Agriculture created 1860 Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st U.S. superintendent of agriculture 1855 Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of Agriculture/Finance 1820 Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies 1794 James Adam, System architect (essays on agriculture), dies at about 64 1785 Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized |
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