Circular from the Commissioner of Agriculture of the United States, on the Present Agricultural, Mineral, and Manufacturing Condition and Resources of the United States |
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... barrels per diem , and the wells appear to be inexhaustible . Virginia abounds in mineral wealth - iron , coal , salt , copper , and gold - in fact , her resources may be set down as inexhaustible , though , in a great meas- ure ...
... barrels per diem , and the wells appear to be inexhaustible . Virginia abounds in mineral wealth - iron , coal , salt , copper , and gold - in fact , her resources may be set down as inexhaustible , though , in a great meas- ure ...
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... barrels , open to ventilation , to prevent fermentation . Slips or cuttings , and tubers , must be packed in air - tight boxes . In all cases it is recommended to write by mail in advance , stating the manner in which the parcels are ...
... barrels , open to ventilation , to prevent fermentation . Slips or cuttings , and tubers , must be packed in air - tight boxes . In all cases it is recommended to write by mail in advance , stating the manner in which the parcels are ...
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... barrels .. .dollars .. 1,092 , 450 1,092 , 450 sylvania .. Coal oil , daily flow from wells in Penn- Salt , value of , manufactured in the United barrels .. · 5,717 States , 1860 dollars .. 2,265 , 302 Statement of the Population , & c ...
... barrels .. .dollars .. 1,092 , 450 1,092 , 450 sylvania .. Coal oil , daily flow from wells in Penn- Salt , value of , manufactured in the United barrels .. · 5,717 States , 1860 dollars .. 2,265 , 302 Statement of the Population , & c ...
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... barrels .. ... dollars .. 3 , 239 , 545 18,001,135 ... RAILROADS , & c . Aggre'te length of railroads in 1860.ms. 31 , 1961 Cost of construction . dollars .. 1,166 , 422 , 729 City passenger railroads ...... miles .. 402 Cost of ...
... barrels .. ... dollars .. 3 , 239 , 545 18,001,135 ... RAILROADS , & c . Aggre'te length of railroads in 1860.ms. 31 , 1961 Cost of construction . dollars .. 1,166 , 422 , 729 City passenger railroads ...... miles .. 402 Cost of ...
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25 per acre abounding Aggregate agri AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS agricultural societies amity from foreign annually assay office barrels breeds of animals bushels Cane Carolina Cash value Census CIRCULAR citizens co-operation Coal oil Commissioner of Agriculture Congress Copper cotton crops of cereals cultivation culture Department of Agriculture dollars duties Emigrants ending June established farmers farming fertile Fiscal Resources flax flesh foreign countries free fruit gallons gold government grape Hemp hundred improvements impulse increase Indian corn inexhaustible information manufactured Maple ment million mineral products molasses national navy Nickel Number official sources Patent Pennsylvania perfection pertaining Pig iron population potatoes pounds productive mines promote propagate Quicksilver Real and Personal rebellion respectfully Rice richest Rocky mountain rotted rural scientific seeds and plants Silk silver soil solicit Sorghum sugar tabular statement Territory thousand Tobacco tokens of amity tons Treasury undeveloped United valuable plant valuable seeds Value of lands varieties Virginia wealth Wine yielded Zinc
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Page 3 - There shall be at the seat of Government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 3 - The Commissioner of agriculture to acquire and preserve in his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence, and by practical and scientific experiments (accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his office), by collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within his power; to collect as he may be able, new and valuable seeds and plants...
Page 3 - ... to acquire and preserve in his department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence and by practical and scientific experiments (accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his office), by the collection of statistics and by any other appropriate means within his power; to collect as he may be able, new and valuable seeds and plants; to test, by cultivation, the value of such of them as may require such tests ; to propagate such...
Page 3 - Agriculture," who shall be the chief executive officer of the Department of Agriculture, who (shall hold his office by a tenure similar to that of other civil officers appointed by the President, and who shall receive for his compensation a salary of three thousand dollars per annum.
Page 5 - ... the head of a family, who has attained the age of 21 years, on...
Page 5 - Congress for the punctual payment of the interest and the early redemption of the national debt.
Page 3 - With the view of carrying into effect the beneficent and important ends contemplated by its organization...