Excerpt from The United States Department of Agriculture, 1961-1989, Vol. 1: The Kennedy-Johnson AdministrationWorld War II threatened to diminish agriculture's political strength. Not only did farmers make up barely percent of the labor force in 1960, the Supreme Court's 1964 decision to require legislative districting on the basis of population rather than geographical area eroded the power of agricultural districts in legislative bodies. In Congress, however, agriculture remained a potent force despite a shrinking number of representatives from farm districts. Because the House and Senate usually deferred to committees on specialized legislation, most decisions relating to agricultural matters were made in the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Without exception, these committees in 1961 were composed of members representing rural areas. Both committees had a strong core of senior members-one-third of the House committee and nearly half its Senate counterpart had served 12 years or more. Thus.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.