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Jim Cassell                                        jwcassell@UNC.EDU
Institute for Research in Social Science           Phone:  919-962-0782
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill           Fax:    919-962-4777
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3355   USA

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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 14:15:20 -0400
From: Warren A. Brown <wab4@CORNELL.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list RURSOC-L <RURSOC-L@UKCC.uky.edu>
Subject: USDA Economics and Statistics System

sent for Oya Y. Rieger/Mann Library
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worldwide
access to
agricultural data

       USDA ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS SYSTEM
               ** Reports and Data Sets**

The system provide quick and timely access to more than 250 data sets
and full-text reports from the economics agencies of the USDA.  Searching
the system, you can find data sets and reports about:

        *  Field crops
        *  Fruit, nuts and vegetables
        *  Livestock, Dairy, Poultry and Aquaculture
        *  Agricultural trade
        *  International agriculture

ACCESS METHODS
The reports and the data sets are accessible through four Internet
protocols: WWW, Gopher, Telnet, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP).  The
reports are in text format (txt).  They can be retrieved and read on the
screen without an additional software.  Most of the data sets are in Lotus
1-2-3 format (wk1).  They needed to be saved/downloaded and opened
using a spreadsheet program.  Saving the worksheets is easiest when
Gopher is used.

ACCESS ADDRESSES
WWW      ===>  gopher://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu
Gopher===>  usda.mannlib.cornell.edu
Telnet ===>  usda.mannlib.cornell.edu
        User ID=usda <lower case>
        *need to use a Telnet software capable of
        accepting file transfer (FTP)
FTP     ===>  usda.mannlib.cornell.edu
                User ID=anonymous
                Password=<your email address -- optional>
                *after logging in, change the directory with the
                following command: cd usda


EMAIL DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS
The reports are also distributed through an electronic mailing list.
Through this service, you will receive the reports of your choice within
three hours of their publication via email.  The reports are posted on the
USDA Economics and Statistics Systems and sent to the subscribers
simultaneously.  You can subscribe to as many reports as you wish.  To get
subscription information, send a message to:

        usda-reports@usda.mannlib.cornell.edu

Please leave the subject line blank. The following command needs to be in
the body of the message:

        lists

The data are in public domain and access is free and open to all. The
system is available around the clock, seven days a week.  For more
information, please contact:

Oya Rieger
Mann Library, Cornell University

oyr1@cornell.edu
(607) 255-2199


This service is a joint project of:

Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca,  NY

U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Economic Research Service
National Agricultural Statistics Service
World Agricultural Outlook Board
Washington, DC