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1860 and
before
1833
Hog cholera first reported in the
U.S. (more)
1843
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia
first introduced into the U.S.
1860
Farmers made up 58 percent of the
labor force.
1861
Civil War began.
Proved that Phytophthora infestans
caused Irish potato famine.
1862
USDA created.
Morrill Land-Grant College Act authorized public
land grants for colleges to teach agriculture and mechanic arts.
(more)
First man-made plastic invented.
First USDA research
bulletin issued, on sugar content of several varieties of grapes and their
suitability for wine.
Homestead Act passed.
Library of the USDA
established.
1863
First monthly crop report published by
USDA.
Dry farming, as type of commercial agriculture,
began in Utah.
1864
Pasteurization invented.
Deficiency Act provided first statutory
provision for employment of women.
1865
Slavery abolished by 13th amendment to
the Constitution.
1866
Gregor Mendel showed that traits pass
from parents to offspring, the foundation of modern genetics.
1867
Patrons of
Husbandry, later known as the National
Grange, organized by USDA employee. This was the first general farmers
organization to permit women equality of membership and
privilege.
First patent issued for barbed-wire
fencing.
1868
Division of Botany created to preserve
herbarium material collected in government expeditions.
(more)
Refrigerator railroad car patented.
USDA began research on
animal diseases. (more)
1869
First transcontinental railroad
completed.
Gypsy moth accidentally brought into the U.S.
from France; established in Medford, MA. (more)
Suez Canal opened.
First practical spring-toothed harrow patented;
eliminated breaking teeth on roots and stones.
Dmitry Mendeleyev published the organizational
groundwork for the periodic table of elements.
First analysis of food
published in the U.S., for corn. (more) |
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