Minutes and agenda materials of the Board and advisory councils, 1915-1959, 1982-1999.

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Minutes and agenda materials of the Board and advisory councils, 1915-1959, 1982-1999.

Minutes of meetings of Department division heads, 1915-1922; of the Agriculture Commissioners, 1935-1937; and of the Board of Agriculture, 1938-1959, 1982-1999; and advisory councils and committees to the Department, 1983-1999, relating to the appointments of agricultural committees, policy, regulations, procedures, and hearings and decisions concerning the inspection, grading, marketing and promotion of agricultural products, and the operation of the State Fair. The records received for this series from 1983 on consist of agendas, minutes, and related material from the advisory councils and the Board. The related agenda material includes copies of testimony before legislative committees, position statements, proposed legislative correspondence supporting or opposing proposed legislation, and administrator reports. The processed portion of this series is summarized above, dates 1915-1959, 1982-1991, and is described in the register. There are additional accessions dating 1983-1999 which are described below.

8.0 c.f. (20 archives boxes); plusadditions of 7.8 c.f.

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Wisconsin. Department of Agriculture

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Formed in 1915, the Department of Agriculture merged in 1929, with the Department of Markets, the Dairy and Food Commission (WIHV89-A42), State Treasury Agent, State Humane Agent, Live Stock Sanitary Board (WIHV85-A1633), and the State Fair Advisory Board (WIHV85-A1886) to form the Dept. of Agriculture and Markets (WIHV85-A1934). In 1939, it was renamed the Department of Agriculture. Chapter 29, Laws of 1977, renamed the agency the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Prot...

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Wisconsin. Department of Agriculture and Markets

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Wisconsin. State Board of Agriculture

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The State Board of Agriculture was created in 1897 (Chap. 301, Laws 1897), assuming the duties of the State Agricultural Society. In 1915, the Board was abolished as a separate agency and consolidated with several others to form the Department of Agriculture (WIHV85-A353) (Laws 1915, Ch. 413). The Board of Agriculture reappeared in 1939 as the policy-making body for the Department of Agriculture. It did not directly exercise any Department functions. Chapter 29, Laws of 1977, change...