Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture 1903
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WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1904
Original antique prints over 120 years old.
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Sheet size: approximately 5.75 x 9 inches
Blank verso
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SOME CORNER/EDGE WEAR AND/OR FOXING TO BE EXPECTED FOR THESE ANTIQUE PRINTS.
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![Proposed New Buildings for the Department of Agriculture (Frontispiece)](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/Proposed-US-Dept-of-Ag-buildings-c.jpg) |
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FRONTISPIECE |
Proposed New Buildings for the Department of Agriculture. |
$5
(some foxing) |
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![Seeds with Lint Attached, Illustrating Types of Long Staple Cotton](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/Long-Staple-Cotton-c.jpg) |
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PLATE I |
Seeds with Lint Attached, Illustrating Types of Long Staple Cotton. |
$5
(some foxing) |
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![Seeds with Lint Attached, Illustrating Types of Long and Short Staple Cotton](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/short-staple-cotton-c.jpg) |
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PLATE II |
Seeds with Lint Attached, Illustrating Types of Long and Short Staple Cotton. |
$5
(some foxing) |
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![Field of Allen improved cotton at Port Gibson, Miss., showing method of Ridge Culture, etc.](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/Field-of-Allen-improved-cotton-c.jpg) |
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PLATE III |
Field of Allen improved cotton at Port Gibson, Miss., showing method of Ridge Culture.
Field of well-open long staple upland cotton, at Yazoo City, Miss.
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$5
(some foxing) |
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![Mature open and unopen bolls of lon staple upland cotton](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/upland-cotton-c.jpg) |
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PLATE IV |
Mature open and unopen bolls of lon staple upland cotton. |
$10 |
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![Plant of Sunflower Cotton, grown at Columbia, S.C.](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/sunflower-griffin-cotton-c.jpg) |
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PLATE V |
Plant of Sunflower Cotton, grown at Columbia, S.C.
Plant of Griffin Cotton, grown at Columbia, S.C.
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$5
(some foxing) |
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![Mulberry Trees and Leaf Gatherers, Lombardy, Italy](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/Mulberry-Trees-c.jpg) |
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PLATE VI |
Mulberry Trees and Leaf Gatherers, Lombardy, Italy. |
$5
(some foxing) |
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![Fig 1: Reel in operation at the Department of Agriculture, with French and Italian Operators Fig 2: Reeled and Waste Silk](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/Reeled-and-Waste-Silk-c.jpg) |
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PLATE VII |
Fig 1: Reel in operation at the Department of Agriculture, with French and Italian Operators.
Fig 2: Reeled and Waste Silk.
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$10 |
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![Silk Reeled at Department of Agriculture from American-grown Cocoons](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/american-silk-c.jpg) |
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PLATE VIII |
Silk Reeled at Department of Agriculture from American-grown Cocoons. |
$10
(minor foxing in lower left)
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![American-grown Cocoons Used in the Reeling Experiments of the Department of Agriculture](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/American-grown-Cocoons-c.jpg) |
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PLATE IX |
American-grown Cocoons Used in the Reeling Experiments of the Department of Agriculture. |
$10 |
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![American-grown Cocoons Used in the Reeling Experiments of the Department of Agriculture](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/silk-cocoons-c.jpg) |
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PLATE X |
American-grown Cocoons Used in the Reeling Experiments of the Department of Agriculture. |
$8 |
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![cotton and corn growing](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/cotton-and-corn-growing-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XI |
Fig 1: Soil Washing Prevented by Terraces.
Fig 2: Cotton and Corn Growing on a Well-terraced Farm in Alabama.
Fig 3: Wide Planting, with Pindars Between the Corn Rows.
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$8 |
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![poor topsoil](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/poor-topsoil-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XII |
Fig 1: Soil Too Poor for Profitable Corn Growing.
Fig 2: Average Production Reduced by Infertile Spots.
Fig 3: Average Production Reduced by Undrained Spots. |
$8 |
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![farm implements](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/farm-implements-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XIII |
Fig 1: Average Production Reduced by Close Proximity to Trees.
Fig 2: Implements Used in Producing 100 Bushels of Corn Per Acre.
Fig 3: Narrow Shovels and Fenders for Early Cultivation. |
$8
(some foxing)
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![Pennsylvania Corn Field](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/Pennsylvania-Corn-Field-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XIV |
Fig 1: Pennsylvania Field that Produced over 100 Bushels of Corn Per Acre.
Fig 2: Root Distribution at Silking Time.
Fig 3: Injurious Results from Cultivation Given After Ground had Become Too Dry. |
$8
(some foxing) |
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![farm cultivators](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/farm-cultivators-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XV |
Fig 1: The Prout Horse Hoe or Hoeing Machine.
Fig 2: Surface Cultivator and Disk Cultivator at Work.
Fig 3: A Good Modern Double Cultivator. |
$10
(some foxing) |
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![texas boll weevil](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/texas-boll-weevil-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XVI |
Fig 1: Laboratory and Headquarters of Boll-Weevil Investigation, Victoria, Tex.
Fig 2: Experimental Fields in Boll-Weevil Investigations, Calvert, Tex. |
$5
(some foxing) |
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![farm cultivators](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/Egyptian-Cotton-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XVIII |
Fig 1: Mit Afifi Egyptian Cotton, with Two Boll-Weelvils Feeding.
Fig 2: American Immature Bloom, Hollowed Out by Boll-Weevil Larva. |
$10
(some foxing) |
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![american square cotton boll weevil](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/american-square-cotton-boll-weevil-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XIX |
Fig 1: American Square, Showing Exit of Adult Boll-Weevil.
Fig 2: Mit Afifi Egyptian Cotton Boll, Infested with Three Boll-Weelvil Larvae. |
$10
(some foxing) |
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![american square cotton boll weevil](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW/boll-weevil-egg-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XX |
Fig 1: Square Showing Feeding (left) and Egg (Right) Puncture of Boll-Weevil.
Fig 2: Typical Flared Square, Caused by Feeding Punctures of Male Boll-Weevils, Covered with their Excrement. |
$8
(some foxing) |
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