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Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture 1903

WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1904

Original antique prints over 120 years old.

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.

 

Storing Apples in a Field
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PLATE XXV

Fig 1: Storing Apples in a Field, a Practice Common in the Allegheny Mountain District.
Fig 2: Allowing Apples to Remain in Piles in the Orchard, a Practice Common in Many Sections.
DELAYING THE STORAGE OF APPLES.

$10
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Apple Storage Packages
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PLATE XXV

Fig 1: Apples Stored in Boxes, a Package Especially Desirable for Tender Varieties.
Fig 2: Apples Stored oin Barrels, the Package Commonly Used
APPLE STORAGE PACKAGES

$15
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Mesquite Mine Sagebrush Land
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PLATE XXVIII

Fig 1: The 'Mesquite Mine,' near Imperial, Cal.
Fig 2: Unimproved Sagebrush Land near Sunnyside, Wash.

$5
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land scrapers
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PLATE XXIX

Fig 1: Leveling Land with Scrapers.
Fig 2: Buck Scraper.

$10
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Garner's Ferry Road Columbia S.C.
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PLATE XXX

Fig 1: Garners Ferry Road, 3.5 Miles from Columbia, S.C., Used Five Years Without Repairs.
Fig 2: Sand-Clay Road Built at Newbern, N.C., Under the Direction of the Office of Public Road Inquiries.

$5
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Garner's Ferry Road Columbia S.C.
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PLATE XXXI

Fig 1: Sand-Clay Road at Tarboro, N.C.
Fig 2: View 3 Miles Northwest of Columbia, S.C., on the Winnsboro Road, Near Hyatts Park.

$5
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bark borer insect
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PLATE XXXIX

Fig 1: Character of Larval Mines of Oak-destroying Bark-Borer in Inner Surface of Bark.
Fig 2: Larval Mines of Destructive Bark-Borer in Surface of Wood of Dying Cottonwood Tree.

$5
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Licorice Plant
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PLATE XL

Licorice Plant

$8
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Capsicum Sage
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PLATE XLI

Fig 1: Capsicum Plant, Grown at Washington, D.C.
Fig 2: Sage Plant, 1 Year Old, Grown at Washington, D.C.

$8
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Belladonna Plant
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PLATE XLII

Belladonna Plant, 1 Year Old, Grown at Washington, D.C.

$8
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model farm buildings
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PLATE XLIII

Fig. 1: Farm Buildings on the Model Farm
Fig. 2: A 15-year-old Cow Stall-fed Since Birth---Still a Profitable Milker
Fig. 3: A 2-year-old Daughter of Cow Shown in Fig. 2.

$8
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Field of Rye
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PLATE XLIV

Fig. 1: Handling Manure on the Model Farm
Fig. 2: Field of Rye on the Model Farm in April.
Fig. 3: Field of Rye on the Adjacent Farm with Same Soil Conditions Shown in Fig. 2.

$8
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Cotton Bolls
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PLATE XLV

Fig. 1: Soft Fibers. [Flax, Hemp, dew-retted, Hemp, water-retted, Jute]
Fig. 2: Hard Fibers. [Manila, Sisal, Mauritius, Istle]
Fig. 3: Cotton Bolls [American Upland, Sea Island, India]

$8
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cotton plants
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PLATE XLVI

Fig. 1: American Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
Fig. 2: Sea Island Cotton ( (Gossypium barbadense)
Fig. 3: India Cotton ( (Gossypium herbaceum)

$10
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flax hemp
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PLATE XLVII

Fig. 1: Flax Grown for Fiber at Northfield, Minn., Ready for Harvest.
Fig. 2: Hemp on Alluvial Soil at Gridley, Cal.

$8
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bahamas sisal new zealand flax
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PLATE XLVIII

Fig. 1: Abaca, Seedling of Plant Producing Manila Fiber.
Fig. 2: New Zealand 'Flax.'
Fig. 3: Sisal Plants, Growing in the Bahamas.

lechuguilla plants
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PLATE XLIX

Fig. 1: Lechuguilla Plants, Producing Jaumave Istle.
Fig. 2: Palma Samandoca, from which Palma Istle is Obtained.

$8
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sugar beets colo utah
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PLATE L

Fig. 1: Thirteenth Consecutive Crop of Sugar Beets on a Field at Lehi, Utah.
Fig. 2: A 40-acre Field of Sugar Beets, Grown Under Irrigation at Rockyford, Colo.

$8
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Oregon sugar beets
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PLATE LI

Fig. 1: A Field of Sugar Beets, Grown Under Irrigation at La Grande, Oreg.
Fig. 2: Experimental Field of Sugar Beets at Smithfield, Utah.

$8
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michigan sugar beets
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PLATE LII

Fig. 1: A Field of Sugar Beets Ready for the Factory, at Blissfield, Mich.
Fig. 2: Corner of a 12-acre Field of Sugar Beets at Blissfield, Mich.

$8
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lumber piled to shed water
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PLATE LIII

Fig. 1: Lumber Piled to Shed Water---France.
Fig. 2: Baltic Pine Ties Piled to Shed Water---Germany.

$8
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  (Click image to view an enlarged scan.  Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.)    SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 5.75 X 9 INCHES  PLATE LIV  Fig. 1: Lumber Piled to Shed Water---France. Fig. 2: Baltic Pine Ties Piled to Shed Water---Germany.    $8  (some foxing possible; see enlargement for condition)
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PLATE LIV

Fig. 1: How to Pile Timber to Season it Rapidly.
Fig. 2: Method Recommended for Piling Poles.

$8
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treating wood posts
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PLATE LV

Fig. 1: Vat for Treating Wood with Corrosive Sublimate.
Fig. 2: Tar Oil Vat for Treating Posts.

$5
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joplin mo road
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PLATE LVI

Fig. 1: The Joplin, Mo., Special Road District Committee Inspecting the Fine Roads Constructed of Mining Slag Under Their Supervision.
Fig. 2: Junction of Chester Levee and Bemis Roads, near Jackson, Tenn.

$8
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Fig. 1: Osseo Gravel Road, 3 Years Old, 4 Miles North of Minneapolis.
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PLATE LVII

Osseo Gravel Road, 3 Years Old, 4 Miles North of Minneapolis.

$8
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Osseo Macadam Road, 5 Years Old, 3 Miles North of Minneapolis.
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PLATE LVIII

Osseo Macadam Road, 5 Years Old, 3 Miles North of Minneapolis.

$8
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Graniteveille Cotton Factory
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PLATE LIX

Graniteveille Cotton Factory, Near Aiken, S.C., Founded by William Gregg, Esq., 1846.

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Graniteveille Cotton Factory
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PLATE LX

Fig. 1: Alamance Cotton Mill, Alamance County, N.C., Founded by Edwin M. Holt in 1837.
Fig. 2: Leaksville Cotton Mill, on Dan River, Spray, N.C., Built in 1839.

$8
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cedar falls cotton mill
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PLATE LXI

Fig. 1: Cedar Fall Cotton Mill, Randolph County, N.C., Built in 1848.
Fig. 2: High Shoals Cotton Mill, on Apalachee River, Oconee County, Ga., as it Appreared in 1844, Built by Jacob Klutts.

$8
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cedar falls cotton mill
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PLATE LXII

Cross Sections of Administration and Laboratory Buildings for Department of Agriculture, Showing Arrangement of Corridors, Rooms, Etc.

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1903 rainfall
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PLATE LXIII

Average Daily Departures from Normal Temperature for the Crop Season of 1903 from March 1 to October 5.

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The Total Precipitation for the Crop Season of 1903 from March 1 to October 5.
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PLATE LXIV

The Total Precipitation for the Crop Season of 1903 from March 1 to October 5.

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The Departures from Normal Precipitation for the Crop Season of 1903 from March 1 to October 5.
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PLATE LXV

The Departures from Normal Precipitation for the Crop Season of 1903 from March 1 to October 5.

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