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Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture. 1901. [electronic resource]

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Online Access:	Online Access
Corporate Authors:	United States. Congress. House, United States. Department of Agriculture
Other Authors:	Abbott, James W., Atwater, W.O. (Wilbur Olin), Brackett, G. B. (Gustavus Benson), 1827-1915, Burrows, Alvin T., Cook, O.F. (Orator Fuller), Corbett, Lee Cleveland, Daugherty, Charles Michael, Dewey, Lyster H. (Lyster Hoxie), Dodge, Martin, Evans, Walter H., Fisher, A.K. (Albert Kenrick), Foley, John, Frankenfield, H.C. (Harry Crawford), Hall, William Logan, Hays, W.M. (Willet Martin), Holmes, Edwin S., (Edwin Sanford), Jr., 1862-, Holmes, J. A. (Joseph Austin), 1859-1915, Howard, L.O. (Leland Ossian), Hunter, Walter David, Mead, Elwood, Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), Pieters, A.J, Roth, Filibert, 1858-1925, Salmon, D. E., Saylor, Charles F., Taylor, William A. (William Alton), Thompson, George Fayette, 1860-1906, True, Alfred Charles, Watkins, J.L, Whitney, Milton, Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930, Woods, Albert Fred
Format:	Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC, 1902.
Series:	United States congressional serial set ; serial set no. 4385. House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 57th Congress, no. 661.
Subjects:	United States. > Dept. of Agriculture. Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture. Agricultural education. Agricultural pests. Agricultural production. Agricultural research. Agricultural societies. Agriculture. Animal breeding. Animal diseases. Animals. Apples. Bee culture. Birds. Cattle. Convict labor. Cotton production. Cotton. Crops. Dairy farming. Diet. Exotic plants. Exports. Farms. Floods. Forage. Foreign trade. Forest management. Forest reserves. Fruit. Game and game birds. Government publications. Grasses. Grasshoppers. Grazing. Hemp. Horticulture. Imports. Insect pests. Irrigation. Islands. Mohair. Pest control. Plant diseases. Plants (Botany) Public schools. Reservoirs. Rice. Road construction. Roads and highways. Rural and farm life. Rural areas. Rural free delivery. Schools. Seeds. Soils. Sugar beet. Territories and possessions. Textile fabrics. Textile industry. Timber. Transportation fares and rates. Transportation. Tropical plants. Tuberculosis. Weather. Weights and measures. Wheat. Government employees and officials. Associations, institutions, etc. Environmental aspects. Prices. Great Plains. Nebraska. Rocky Mountains. South (U.S.) Annual Reports. Executive Department Publications. Monographs.

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Item Description:	Table of contents, p. 5. List of illustration, p. 7. Report of the Secretary, p. 9. The purpose of the soil survey, by Milton Whitney, p. 117. Some problems of the rural common school, by A.C. True, p. 133. The relation of nutrition to the health of plants, by Albert F. Woods, p. 155. Insects as carriers and spreaders of disease, by L.O. Howard, p. 177. The future demand for American cotton, by J.L. Watkins, p. 193. The timber resources of Nebraska, by William L. Hall, p. 207. Progress in plant and animal breeding, by Willet M. Hays, p. 217. Agricultural seeds -- Where grown and how handled, by A.J. Pieters, p. 233. The prairie dog of the Great Plains, by C. Hart Merriam, p. 257. Mohair and mohair manufacturers, by George Fayette Thompson, p. 271. The cotton-seed industry, by Charles M. Daugherty, p. 285. Influence of environment on the chemical composition of plants, by H.W. Wiley, p. 299. Road building with convict labor in southern states, by J.A. Holmes, p. 319. Grazing in the forest reserves, by Filibert Roth, p. 333. Agriculture in the tropical islands of the United States, by O.F. Cook, p. 349. The present status of the Mexican cotton-boll weevil in the United States, by W.D. Hunter, p. 369. Little known fruit varieties considered worthy of wider dissemination, by William A. Taylor, p. 381. Dietaries in public institutions, by W.O. Atwater, p. 393. Some tropical reservoirs in the Rocky Mountain states, by Elwood Mead, p. 415. The home fruit garden, by L.C. Corbett, p. 431. The vanishing game birds -- The woodcock and the wood duck, by A.K. Fisher, p. 447. Experimental work with fungous diseases of grasshoppers, by L.O. Howard, p. 459. A working plan for southern hardwoods, and its results, by John Foley, p. 471. Floods and flood warnings, by H.C. Frankenfield, p. 477. Progress of the beet sugar industry in the United States, by Charles F. Saylor, p. 487. Agricultural investigations in the island possessions of the United States, by Walter H. Evans, p. 503. Mountain roads as a source of revenue, by James W. Abbot, p. 527. The hemp industry in the United States, by Lyster H. Dewey, p 541. The Chinook winds, by Alvin T. Burrows, p. 555. Wheat ports of the Pacific Coast, by Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., p. 567. The tuberculin test for tuberculosis, by D.E. Salmon, p. 581. Commercial apple orcharding, by G.B. Brackett, p. 593. Appendix, p. 609. Index, p. 811.
Physical Description:	846 p. : color maps, illustrations, tables.
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