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1935 Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, establishes a “National Agricultural Research Center” at Beltsville, MD to focus on a more “basic” research approach in solving agricultural problems.

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1935 Henry A. Wallace,

Secretary of Agriculture,establishes a

“National AgriculturalResearch Center”

at Beltsville, MD to focus on a more “basic”

research approach in solving agricultural

problems.

National Agricultural

Research Center

Beginning in 1910, the Beltsville location wasthe home for part of the

Bureau of Animal Industry.

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1910 1920 1930 1940 1950

Acres of Land at Beltsville

Year

Bureau of Plant Industry moves to National Agricultural Research Center

CCC constructsroads & buildings

at the National Agricultural

Research Center

1942

1942 Building 003 Construction

Range 1 Greenhouses

1946

1946

SamuelEmsweller Joseph

Uhring

1940

1938

Floyd Smith

GV Johnson

1939

WJ NolanLorry

Van Houten

Congress selects Arlington Experimental Farm as the site for the

Pentagon.

Current view of Henry A. WallaceBeltsville Agricultural Research Center

eastern borderAdministration

Building

Once Bureau of Plant Industry & American Arboretum moved, elm tree boulevard created on the Mall.

1930

1941

1953Agricultural Research Servicewas established to conduct

research to develop & transfersolutions to agricultural

problems of high national priority

Through the years,new USDA agencies and

new government Departmentswere created to carry out

the other functions