| Annual Report, Department of Agriculture |
| Year |
Location |
Notes |
| 1862 |
office |
Donated by Elizabeth Fessenden in honor
of her father.
[Condition: Complete but poor. Cover
detached.]
Contents: Isaac Newton, Commissioner of Agriculture. The first annual report
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture which was established by Congress on May
15, 1862. Illustrated with 47 full page plates in the front, 20+ on pears &
apples, race horses, sheep, steers, butterflies, etc & 32 additional
illustrations of cutaway apples & pears in the text as well as 20 plus
woodcuts of poultry & hen houses, aquatic fowl houses some quite elaborate
feeding troughs, etc. 27 woodcuts of insects & butterflies in the Entomology
section, etc., in the text. 632 pages. |
| 1863 |
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Presented to the 38th Congress, 1st Session of the House of
Representatives and President Lincoln. Includes the report itself, a
narrative on the agricultural exhibition at Hamburg, some notes on a few
individual states, the tobacco crop, root crops, flax, apples, pears, grapes,
cavaly horses, the conestoga horse, mule raising, cattle, goats, sheep,
meteorology for 1863, agricultural statistics. 47 numbered wood-engraved
plates of fruit, sheep, mules, horses, cattle, pigs, etc. ; wood-engraved
plates of farm machinery; wood-engraved figures throughout the text. Articles
include popular varieties of the apple, pear and grape (20 plates , 8
figures). Cranberry culture (2 plates), grape culture in the US. 698 pages. |
| 1864 |
office |
Contents include articles on Sorghum, Flax culture, The Hop Plant, Garden
vegetables, Hybridising native grapes, Popular varieties of hardy fruits (19
plates + figures), Holstein cattle (3 plates + 5 of other breeds), Fine wooled
sheep & Spanish merinos (9 plates), Texel sheep (2 plates + 1 of Cotswolds & 2
Cotswold crosses), Game birds of the US (5 plates), Oology of New England land
birds, Fresh and salt water aquaria (2 plates). 676pp, 47 plates. |
| 1865 |
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Contents: "Resources and industrial condition of the southern States" by
Daniel R. Goodloe; "The peach, its propagation, cultivation, varieties, et."
by Isaac Pullen; "American forests, their destruction and preservation" by
Rev. Frederick Starr, Jr.; "Market gardening in the vicinity of New York" by
Peter Henderson; "Potato culture in Lake county, Ohio" by L. S. Abbott;
"Botanical history of sorghum" by F. Pech; "American dairying, its rise,
progress, and national importance" by X. A. Willard; "Bee-keeping" by Mrs.
Ellen S. Tupper; "White Chester breed of swine" by Paschall Morris; "The
American Merinoes of Vermont;" "The cattle plague in Europe" by J. R. Dodge;
among others. 608 pages. |
| 1866 |
office |
656 pages, in fair
condition: cover is faded and worn on edges, spine exposed between 2nd page
and frontispiece, back cover inside lining split partway, much foxing of
pages or discoloration due to its use as a fern press. |
| 1867 |
office |
512 pages. |
| 1868 |
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Fold-out illustration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Building in
Washington. Topics include: Agricultural resources of Alaska; Hints in
horticulture; American grape culture; Cultivation of the peanut; The potato;
Osage hedges; Espanto grass; Statistics on bee-keeping; Silk culture in the
United States; Practical entomology for farmers' sons; Progress in American
fish culture; Country roads & road laws; The Marl Region of Virginia; Mineral
fertilizers of the Atlantic States; Concentrated fertilizers in the southern
states; State reports in agriculture; Our agricultural colleges; American
works in agriculture & the rural economy; Agricultural & horticultural
periodicals; Meteorlogy of 1868; Food & habits of beetles. 671 pages. |
| 1869 |
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| 1870 |
office |
Presented at the Forty-first Congress, Third Session. March 3,
1871. Contents include 33 illustrations and reports and papers that
include: Tests of Department Seeds,
The Opium Poppy, Forest Culture, Silk Culture, The Texas Cattle-trade and so
much more. [Historical Note: This book
is from the estate of Thompson Van Hyning who was the director of the Iowa
Sate Museum from 1904 until 1914 when he was appointed as the first director
of The Florida Museum of Natural History (formerly known as the Florida State
Museum). He ran the Museum virtually unassisted for 29 years.] 688 pages. |
| 1871 |
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524 pages. |
| 1872 |
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Contents: Influenza in horses; reclamation of waste & swamp lands in
California; microspopic investigations; fish-culture in the United States; one
hundred years of progress in U.S. agriculture; silk-cultivation in the U.S.;
city milk supply; progress of industrial education by State; recent rural
publications on farming; farm equipment; digest of state agricultural reports
(for Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, & Ohio); the
forests of the United States; U.S. agriculural exports; market prices in key
U.S. cities for farm products in 1872; livestock market in major cities;
harmful insects to farming; forest cultivation on the Plains; organization of
swine-breeding. 524 pages. |
| 1873 |
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| 1874 |
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| 1875 |
office |
536 pages. Catalog of forest trees of the U.S., Microscopic
Observations, The sheep and wool of the world, Statistics of foresry, Tests
of department seeds, Popular varieties of fruit, Improved Minnesota flour,
Potato flour, or farina, Alfalfa, French mode of curing forage, Dairy-record,
The short-horned breed of cattle, Hog-cholera, Introduction to the alpaca,
History of our rural organizations, Progress of industrial education, Farm
facts and experiments, Agricultural-experiment stations in Europe. |
| 1876 |
office |
447 pages.
[CONDITION: Foldout
frontispiece map of the United States. edgewear, rubbing and soiling to
boards. Chewing damage or large chip to back cover and corner portion of back
pages of book. Wording within text however is not disturbed and still in good
reading condition. Interior is browned from age with some minor soiling.
Binding is split along front cover edge of spine about 1/2 way. Cover is
still with the book though. Full-page and outline illustrations along with
figures, diagrams and tables. No visible marks/writing within.] |
| 1877 |
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Contents:
Report of the Commissioner, Appendix to the Report on The sugar-cane
industry, Report of the Superintendent of Gardens and Grounds, Report of the
Chemist, Report of the Entomologist and Curator of the Museum, Report of the
Statistician, Maize and sorghum as sugar plants, Rocky Mountain locust,
Cattle improvement in the U. S., The Chinese tea plant, The olive, Shipments
of fresh meat to Europe, Diseases of domestic animals, Departmental
correspondence, Some facts relating to the cultivation and consumption of
oranges, Cranberry culture in New Jersey and European agricultural
statistics. 592 pages. |
| 1878 |
office |
[CONTENTS:Report of grasses and forage plants (including many illustration), A
lot of pages are spent describing diseases of swine. This includes many illustrations - color and
black & white. 609 pages. |
| 1879 |
office |
Donated by Faith & John Barbato Report of the Statistician is a table of the wages paid for Farm Labor by each
state. This table includes individual wages for Transient farm laborers,
Shoemakers, Carpenters, Blacksmithing, Wheel-wrighting. Report on Value of Lands (including tables)
with much information about the Confederate States. TOC: Report of the
Commissioner - Report of the Chemist - Report of the Statistician - Report of
the Entomologist - Report of the Botanist on Grasses - Report of the
Superintendent of Gardens and Grounds - Report of Dr. H.J. Detmers on Swine
Plague - Report of Dr. James Law on Swine Fever. Miscellaneous Papers:
Contagious Pleuro-pneumonia of Cattle - Contagious Pleuro-pneumonia, extent
of its Prevalence - Cattle plague, or Rinderpest - Experiments with
Department Seeds - Vegetable Fibers in the Collection of the Department. 621
pages. |
| 1880 |
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672 pages. |
| 1881 - 1882 |
office |
Donated by Faith & John
Barbato
Missing plate VI (Graphs 16 & 17) 703 pages. |
| 1883 |
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469 pages. |
| 1884 |
office |
580 pages. |
| 1885 |
office |
640 pages. |
| 1886 |
office |
719 pages, many plates of which many are color. Excellent condition. |
| 1886 |
office |
Donated by Faith & John Barbato |
| 1887 |
office |
63 Illustrations, very clear and precise drawings, some colored,
of mostl things pertaining to agriculture, including bugs. 9 Diagrams. 724
pages. Large foldout map of Indian Territory in Wyoming including Indian
Tribal names. Map is slightly torn where it is attached to book. Some pages
are stained, all mostly yellowed from age. Pages are all intact |
| 1888 |
office |
Donated by Kevin Walker Contents: Silk culture & production in the United States;
the Hop-Plant Louse; osterich farming in America; agricultural colleges in
the U.S.; apple-rust; barley production; buckwheat production; cotton crop of
1887; cattle losses; agriculture in Egypt; report of the sparrow-hawk; U.S.
forest products; hay production; grasses & forage plants; hog production
& hog cholera; forestry interests of Michigan; oats production; potato
production; rye production; sheep; the English sparrow; U.S. agricultural
imports & exports; the Mink; truck farming; rot of potato, tomato,
cherry; tobacco production; report of new fruits. 707 pages, illustrated, including over 30
plates - several in color lithographs. |
| 1889 |
office |
560 pages. There are 8
half page size color plates of leaves under a microscope. There are 5 full
size color plates of seed oils. There are 2 full page size color plates of
insects and some other pages with b/w drawings.There are 2 full page color
plates of owls. One full size color plate of vegetable pathology. There are 8
full page size color plates of fruit. |
| 1890 |
office |
[CONDITION] There are 12 pages missing (pgs 417-428, most of the color
plates). 612 pages. |
| 1891 |
office |
Donated by Kevin Walker |
| 1892 |
office |
6" x 9-1/4" hardcover, 656 pages. Well-illustrated throughout with text
figures plus 48 black & white plates and 20 color plates. |
| 1893 |
office |
[CONDTION] Fair. Brown cloth. Pages yellowing. Wear to cover,
edges, spine. Spine cracked. Pages brittle. 608 pages. |
| Yearbook of Agriculture |
| Year |
Location |
Notes |
| 1894 |
4 |
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| 1895 |
office |
J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska, founder of Arbor Day, was Secretary of
Agriculture under President Grover Cleveland, and gave the extensive
Secretary's report in this yearbook. 656 pages. |
| 1896 |
office |
Topics Include: Extermination of Noxious Animals by Bounties; Influence of
Environment in the Origination of Plant Varieties; Potash and its Function in
Agriculture; Some Common Poisonous Plants; Timothy in the Prairie Region; Seed
Production and Seed Saving; Migration of Weeds; Cowpeas; Improvement of our
Native Fruits; The Superior Value of Large, Heavy Seeds; Tree Planting in
Waste Places on the Farm; The Asparagus Beetles; Olive Culture in the U. S.;
The Uses of Wood; Some Standard Varieties of Chickens; Methods of Propagating
the Orange and other Citrus Fruits; Improvements in Wheat Culture; Pruning and
Training Grapes.
686 pages. [CONDITION: Some
edge staining.] |
| 1897 |
office |
Topics include:
The Work of the Department for the Farmer; Birds that Injure Grain; Lawns and
Lawn Making; Objet-Lesson Roads; Some Interesting Soil Problems; Additional
Notes of Seed Testing; Some Edible and Poisonous Fungi; The Present Status of
Flax Culture in the U.S.; Leguminous Forage Crops; Utilization of By-products
of Dairy; Danger of Importing Insect Pests; The Agricultural Outlook of the
Coast of Alaska; Agricultural Production and Prices; Rainfall of the Crop
Season. Excellent condition. Many color lithos. 792 pages. |
| 1898 |
office |
Topics include: New work in the Weather Bureau; The Danger of
Introducing Noxious Animals and Birds; The Principal Insects Affecting the
Tobacco Plant; Birds as Weed Destroyers; Insects Injurious to Beans and Peas;
Millets, The Public Domain of the United States; Improvement of Plants by
Selection; The Movement and Retention of Water in Soils; Sand-Binding
Grasses; Keeping Goats for Profit; The Present Condition of Grape Culture in
California; The Hawaiian Islands; Notes on Some English Farms and Farmers.
768 pages. |
| 1899 |
office |
880 pages. Contents: Development of Knowledge Concerning Animal
Diseases; Progress in Economic Entomology; Ag Education; Progress in the
Treatment of Plant Diseases; The Relation of Chemistry to the Progress of Ag;
Soil Investigation; Progress of Economic and Scientific Agrostology; Progress
of Road Building; Dairy Development; Development of the Nutrition
Investigations of the Department of Ag; The Practice of Forestry; Growth of
the Tobacco Industry; Administrative Work of the Federal Government in Relation
to the Animal Industry; Progress of Plant Breeding; Development of Ag
Libraries; Ag Experiment Stations; Seed Selling, Seed Growing and Seed
Testing; Progress of Commercial Growing of Plants Under Glass; Rise and
Future of Irrigation; Succulent Forage for the Farm and Dairy; Work of the
Breeder in Improving Live Stock; Development of Transportation. |
| 1900 |
office |
Donated by Faith & John Barbato |
| 1901 |
office |
James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. Topics include: Relation of Nutrition to the
Health of Plants; Insects as Carriers and Spreaders of Disease; The Future
Demand for American Cotton; The Timber Resources of Nebraska; Progress in
Plant and Animal Breeding; Agriculturals Seeds - Where Grown and How Handled;
The Cotton-seed Industry; Influence of Environment on the Chemical Composition
of Plants; Road Building and Convict Labor in the Southern States;
Little-known Fruit Varieties Considered Worthy of Wider Dissemination; The
Home Fruit Garden; The Hemp Industry in the U.S.; The Chinook Winds; Wheat
Ports of the Pacific Coast; Commercial Apple Orcharding. 846 pages. [CONDITION:
Missing plates 15, 16 & 17] |
| 1902 |
office |
912 pages. Illustrated
with 11 Color Plates, 129 b/w Plates. 1 fold-out map, 33 within-text
illustrations/drawings/charts, 1 color Plate Map, 3 b/w Plate Maps, 11 within
text Maps. Contents: Frontispiece: Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, of Connecticut,
with short Bio, Report of the Secretary, George William Hill, Climate of the
Forest-Denuded Portion of the Upper Lake Region, by Willis L. Moore,
Practibility of Forest Planting in the United States, by William L. Hall, Dairying
at Home and Abroad, by Henry E. Alvord, The San Jose Scale: Its Native Home
and Natural Enemy, by C. L. Marlatt, The Contamination of Public Water
Supplies by Algæ, by Georg T. Moore, Wet and Dry Seasons in California, by
Alexander G. McAdie, Audubon Societies in Relation to the Farmer, by Henry
Oldys, Industrial Progress in Plant Work, by B. T. Galloway, Some Engineering
Feature of Drainage, by C. G. Elliott, Top Working Orchard Trees, by G.
Harold Powell, The Education Value of Live-Stock Exhibitions, by George M.
Rommell, Some of the Principal Insect Enemies of Coniferous Forests in the
United States, by A. D. Hopkins, Analysis of Waters and Interpretation of the
Results, by J. K. Haywood, Distribution and Magnitude of the Poultry and Egg
Industry, by George Fayette Thompson, The Influence of Forestry Upon the
Lumber Industry, by Overton W. Price, The Agaves, A Remarkable Group of
Useful Plants, by E. W. Nelson, Chemical Studies of Some Forest Products of
Economic Importance, by William H. Krug, Bacteria and the Nitrogen Problem,
by George T. Moore, Systems of Farm Management in the United States, by W. J.
Spillman, Improvement of Cotton by Seed Selection, by Herbert J. Webber, The
Cost of Food as Related to Its Nutritive Value, by R. D. Milner, Grape,
Raisin, and Wine Production in the United States, by George C. Husmann,
Flaxseed Production, Commerce, and Manufacture in the United States, by
Charles M. Daugherty, Use of Mineral Oil in Road Improvement, by James W.
Abbott, Selecting and Judging Horses for Market and Breeding Purposes, by W.
J. Kennedy, Promising New Fruits, by William a. Taylor, Progress in Secondary
Education in Agriculture, by A. C. True, Plants as a Factor in Home
Adornment, by L. C. corbett, Practice, Crop Rotation, by George K. Holmes,
Tests on the Physical Properties of Timber, by F. E. Olmsted, Improvement of
Corn by Seed Selection, by C. P. Hartley, Fertilizers for Special Crops, by
A. F. Woods & R. E. B. McKenney, Crops Used in the Reclamation of Alkali
Lands in Egypt, by Thomas H. Kearney & Thomas H. Means, Some Practical
Results of Experiment Station Work, by W. H. Beal, Cultivation and
Fertilization of Peach Orchards, by M. B. Waite, Rainfall and Irrigation, by
Edward A. Beals, Fot-and-Mouth Disease, by D. E. Salmon. |
| 1903 |
office |
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| 1904 |
office |
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| 1905 |
office |
Gypsy & brown-tail moths & their European parasites;Way in which the Dept of
Ag & the Experiment Stations supplement each other; young trees for forest
planting; diversified farming in the Cotton Belt; Dark, Fire-cured Tobacco of
Virigina and the possibilities for its improvement; extension of the River &
Flood Service of the Weather Bureau; Table Syrups; Insect Enemies of forest
reproduction; the business of seed & plant introduction and distribution,
fruit & its uses as food; the principal insect enemies of the peach; the
handling of fruit for transportation; meadow mice in relation to Ag &
Horiculture; the effect of inbreeding in plants; renovated butter, it's origin
& history; ostrich farming in Arizona; the relation of irrigation to dry
farming; new opportunities in subtropical fruit growing; prolonging the life
of telephone poles; farm practice in the control of field-crop insects;
formaldehyde, its compostion & use; waste in logging Southern Yellow Pine;
promising new fruits; causes affecting farm values; progress in drug-plant
cultivation; federal game production. 815 pages. |
| 1906 |
office |
Topics include: Preparation of unfermented apple juice, plant diseases in
1906, boll weevil, lime-sulphur wash methods for scale control, road
construction, game wardens, citrus & pineapple production, pecan types as
promising new fruit, tuberculosis in cattle, new citrus types, forestry, types
of tobacco, apple types, weather of the year, value of crops. 720 pages. |
| 1907 |
office |
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| 1908 |
office |
Contents include: Economic value of predaceous birds, the Wastes
of the Farm, Some Facts About Tuburculous Cattle, The Search for New
Leguminous Forage Crops, Suitable Paper for Permanent Records, The So-called
Change of Climate in the Semiarid West, Nouse Plagues, Their Control and
Prevention, The Relations Between Birds and Insects, Intensive Methods and
Systematic Rotation of Crops in Tobacco Culture, Use of Poisons for
Destroying Noxious Mammals, Instruments for Making Weather Observatios on the
Farm, By-products of the Sugar Beet and Their Uses, Soil Mulches for Checking
Evaporation. |
| 1909 |
office |
Contents include - 1. Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work,
2. Methods and Costs of Marketing, 3.
Conditions Influencing Production of Sugar-beet Seed,
4. Plants Useful to Attract Birds and Protect Fruit, 5. Problems of an Irrigation Farmer, 6. Pocket Gophers as Enemies of Trees, 7. Functions and Value of Soil Bacteria,
8. Tuberculosis of Hogs and How to Control It,
9. Farming as an Occupation for City-bred Men,
10. Introduction of the Hungarian partridge to the U.S., 11. Future Wheat Supply of the U.S., 12. Vegetable Seed Growing as a Business, 13. Information in Regard to Fabricated Wire
Fences and Hints to Purchasers,
14. Methods of Applying Water to Crops, 15. Methods of Producing Higher Yielding
Strains of Corn, 16. Agriculture in the
Coal Regions of Southwestern Pennsylvania, 17. Opportunities in Forest Planting, 18. Comforts and Conveniences in Farmers'
Homes, 19. Prevention of Frost Injury to
Fruit Crops, 20. Handling of Deciduous
Fruits on the Pacific Coast,
21. Promising New Fruits, 22. How
Farmers May Utilize the Special Warnings of the Weather Bureau, 23. Injuries to Forest Trees by Flat-headed
Borers. |
| 1910 |
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| 1911 |
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| 1912 |
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| 1913 |
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| 1914 |
office |
715 pages. |
| 1915 |
office |
Illustrated with 60 B&W photos plates, B&W drawings & color front is of corn.
Topics: Marketing Woodlot Products, How Hawaii Helps Farmers Market Their
Products, Shipping Fish 3000 Miles to Market, The Boys' Pig Club Work, Rural
Cooperative Laundry, Karakul Sheep, Grasshopper Outbreaks, Native Pasture
Management in the West. 616 pages. |
| 1916 |
office |
Articles include Report of the Secretary; Color as an Indication
of the Picking Maturity of Fruits and Vegetables; Farms, Forests, and
Erosion; Some American Vegetable Food Oils, Their Sources and Methods of
Production; Sewage Disposal on the Farm: Destroying rodent Pests on the Farm;
The Thanksgiving Turkey; and many more - A Graphic Summary of World
Agriculture, maps of information on World Population and the geographic
distribution of crops and livestock. 783 pages. |
| 1917 |
office |
An historic report. On April 6,1917, a
state of war with Germany was declared by Congress. According to Secretary, David Franklin
Houston, 1916 was a harsh agricultural year production-wise and going into the
was, the U.S was in a tough position. He called for devotion and willingness
of all to kmake sacrifices and not seek selfish advantage and placed the
service of his department to the efforts of concluding the conflict. Topics include: The Soy-bean Industry in the U. S.; Pesent
Status of the Peanut Industry; Federal Aid to Highways; Value of Records to
the Farmer; Production of Drug-plants in the U.S.; Rest Rooms for Women in
Marketing Centers; A Wasted Sugar Supply (Honey); Sugar Supplu of the U.S.;
the world's Supply of Wheat; The Seed Supply of the Nation. 853 pages. |
| 1918 |
office |
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| 1919 |
office |
Topics include: Prewar Crop Estimates in Germany; Community Tile Drainage
Construction; Farm Practices in Growing Wheat; Three Centuries of Tobacco;
Electric Light and Power the Farm Home; Cooperative Improvement of Citrus
Varieties; The Reorganization of the Country School; Common Sense in Poultry
Keeping; Home Production of Lime by the Farmer; What the Farmer Should Expect
from the Seedsman; Securing a Dry Cellar; Trapping on the Farm.
790 pages. Good condition. |
| 1920 |
office |
Donated by Kevin Walker Topics include: European Corn Borer in American Corn; Pig
Parasites and Thumps, Runts and the Remedy; Flowering of Plants and the
Length of Plants and the Length of Days; Putting Wood Waste to Work. 888
pages. [CONDITION: Binding is separated but repairable.] |
| 1921 |
office |
References liberally illustrated with drawings and photographs.
Chapter titles include The Corn Crop, Our Beef Supply, The Cotton Situation,
various crop statistics and maps, with much more. 885 pages. |
| 1922 |
office |
[CONDITION: Binding starting to separate. Appears complete. Good reference copy.] |
| 1923 |
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| 1924 |
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| 1925 |
4 |
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| 1926 |
4 |
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| 1927 |
4 |
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| 1928 |
office |
1145 pages. [CONDITION: Cover looks
molded and separated from binding. Intact and interior perfect.] |
| 1929 |
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Not included in Congressional documents |
| 1930 |
4 |
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| 1931 |
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| 1932 |
4 |
The Year in Agriculture; What's New in Agriculture; Farm
Mechanization: Our Land Use Problem: Farm Data in 1930 Census: How to Use
Farm Credit: New Uses for Farm Products; Fertilizer Developments: Living
Standards on the Farm; Agricultural Statistics. 975 pages. |
| 1932 |
office |
The Year in Agriculture; What's New in Agriculture; Farm
Mechanization: Our Land Use Problem: Farm Data in 1930 Census: How to Use
Farm Credit: New Uses for Farm Products; Fertilizer Developments: Living
Standards on the Farm; Agricultural Statistics. 975 pages. |
| 1933 |
office |
Milton S. Eisenhower, editor. Arthur M. Hyde, Agriculture Secretary. Contents:
Agriculture and the World Crisis (discussion of the effects of WW-I and the
depression on agriculture), cotton, wheat, feed grains and forage, livestock,
dairying, poultry and eggs, fruits and vegetables, the farm business and the
farm home. Agricultural statistics on grain, sugar,
cotton, tobacco, misc. crops, beef cattle, hogs, sheep, horses, mules and
asses, dairy and poultry, agricultural trade.
789 pages. Great condition. |
| 1934 |
office |
Milton S. Eisenhower, editor. 783 pages, 541 Data Tables, 117
Photos. |
| 1935 |
office |
Milton S. Eisenhower, editor. Henry A. Wallace, Agriculture Secretary. Rexford G. Tugwell, Under
Secretary. The book outlines economy recovery from the depression, the need
for "production control" to prevent the cycles of over- and
under-production and the 1934 drought, "the worst ever recorded in this
country." 762 pages. |
| 1936 |
4 |
This year it is devoted to exploring a single subject - the creative
development of new forms of life through plant and animal breeding. The
material is the outcome of a survey of superior germ plasm made by the
Committee on Genetics. Chapters include: "Heredity under the Microscope";
"Unusual Possibilities in Breeding"; " Improvement in Wheat"; "Problems and
Results in Barley Breeding"; " Superior Germ Plasm in Oats"; "Improvement in
Rice"; "Corn Improvement"; "Sorghum Improvement"; "Sugarcane: Its Origin and
Improvement"; "Improvement of the Sugar Beet"; Glossary of Genetic Terms.
1189 pages. |
| 1937 |
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Chapter titles include Cucurbits, Blackberries and Raspberries,
Stone Fruits, Miscellaneous
Grasses. 1497 pages. |
| 1938 |
4 |
"Soils & Men " - 1232 pages. |
| 1938 |
office |
"Soils & Men " - 1232 pages. |
| 1939 |
4 |
"Food and Life" - Comprehensive work on human & animal nutrition, showing that
human beings & animals have fundamentally the same needs in terms of nutrition
& their health and productivity. 1165 pages. |
| 1940 |
office |
"Farmer's in a Changing World" - American farming
conditions just at the commencement of WWII. Recent development of
agricultural policy, appraisal of today's agricultural problems,
conservation, soil, foreign trade, industrial markets, inspection of farm
products, crop insurance, rural taxation, overcrowded farms, farm tenancy,
organizations, science and agricultural policy, rural electrification, etc.
1215 pages. 76th Congress, 3rd Session: House Document No. 695. |
| 1941 |
office |
"Climate and Man" - Claude R.Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture. Topics include
artiles on the folowing topics: Climate as a World Influence; Climate and
Agricultural Setlement; Climate and the Farmer; The Scientific Approach to
Weather and Climate; Climatic Data, With Special Reference to Agriculture in
the U.S.
1248 pages. |
| 1942 |
office |
"Keeping Livestock Healthy" - Sections on:
fundamentals of disease & insect control, important general diseases
common to several species, common diseases & parasites of horses &
mules, diseases & parasites of cattle, diseases of swine, diseases of
sheep & goats, common diseases of poultry, common diseases of dogs &
cats, and wildlife diseases & parasites. 1271 pages. |
| 1943 - 1947 |
office |
"Science in Farming" - Reports, Findings, and Research
into meat production and animal husbandry, animal pests and diseases,
breeding, disease vectors, animal feeds, fruits and field crops, genetics,
science, farming technology, hogs, poultry, milk and dairy production, plant
technology - growth regulators, disease resistance, trees, soils, cereal
grains, sugar crops, insect control, DDT, new products, fibers, new
practices, marketing economics, changes, experiments, theory, forecasting,
science, and etc. 944 pages. |
| 1948 |
office |
"Grass" - This book is divided in two parts, Grass in
the Nations Life (388 pages), and Grass in the Ten [U.S.] Regions (502
pages). Mostly two-column pages, with tables, charts, maps, figures,
half-tones, color plates, Lists of Plant Names, For Further Reference, and
Index; plus xiv pages Foreword, The Editor's Preface, and Contents. 892
pages. |
| 1949 |
office |
"Trees" - 944 pages. |
| 1950 - 1951 |
office |
"Crops in Peace and War" - Reports, Findings, and
Research into crop genetics, science, farming technology, byproduct
utilization, agricultural processing, new resources, fibers, oils, sugars,
starches, feeds, food preservation, cotton, maple sugar, sugar beets, sugar
cane, milk sugar, forest crops, potatoes, fruits, drying, freezing, cereal
grains, rice, citrus, the environment, economics, and livestock. 942 pages. |
| 1952 |
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"Insects" - 72 color plates. 780 pages. Contents Include: Introduction to Insects,
How To Identify Insects, Insects as Helpers, Insects as Destroyers, The
Nature of Insecticides, Applying Insecticides, Warnings as to Insecticides,
Resistance to Insecticides, Fumigants, Quarantines, Other Controls, Economic
Entomology, Insects, Man & Homes, Insects of Cotton, Insects and
Vegetables, Insects on Fruit, Insects on Field Crops, Pests on Ornamentals,
Livestock and Insects, Forests, Trees and Pests, Insects and Wildlife,
Bibliography and Appendix, Color Plates of "Important" Insects . |
| 1953 |
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"Plant Diseases" - Chapters include: Costs and Causes; Bases of Controls;
Growing Healthier Plants; Grasses and Legumes; Cotton; Food and Feed Grains;
Vegetable Crops & Diseases; Sugar Crops & Diseases; The Tobacco Plant &
Diseases: Some Ornamentals & Diseases; Fruits and Nuts & Diseases. 940
pages. |
| 1954 |
office |
"Marketing" - 83d Congress, 2d Session, House Document
No. 280. |
| 1955 |
office |
"Water" - Maps, tables, illustrations; index. Explains the nature, behavior, and
conservation of water in agriculture, hydroelectric power, navigation,
industrial use and pollution are discussed.
751 pages. |
| 1956 |
office |
"Animal Diseases" - 84th Congress, 2d Session, House
Document No. 344. |
| 1957 |
office |
"Soil" - Covered topics include: Principles, Fertility, Practices, Soil Care,
Moisture, Systems, Regions, etc. 784 pages. 85th Congress, 1st Session,
House Doc. No. 30. |
| 1958 |
office |
"Land" - 605 pages. |
| 1959 |
office |
"Food" |
| 1960 |
office |
"Power to Produce" |
| 1961 |
office |
"Seed Edition" - 87th Congress; House Doc. 29. Forward
by Orville L Freeman, Sec. of Ag. Preface by Alfred Stefferud, Ed of
Yearbook. 7 parts including : Seeds: their importance, life processes,
production, processing, certification, testing, & marketing. Over 50 pg
of b/w illustrations. Seeks to provide a new and improved basis for understanding the complex order of
Nature's forces so that man can better shape them in a positive and creative
fashion. 591 pages. |
| 1962 |
office |
"After A Hundred Years" - History of American
agriculture from approx 1862 to 1962. Black and white photos throughout. 688
pages. |
| 1963 |
office |
"A Place to Live" - This is a collection of essays about the state of U.S.
agriculture in the early 1960's, ranging from topics like sprawl to the
importance of developing co-ops. 585 pages. |
| 1964 |
office |
"A Farmer's World" - 592 pages. |
| 1965 |
office |
"Consumer's All" - "This book presents practical
results of the Department's efforts to make the lives of people healthier,
happier, more fulfilling."
Contents include articles on Houses; Furnishings; Equipment; Finances;
Safeguards; Plants; Outdoors; Activities; Clothing; Food. 496 pages. |
| 1966 |
office |
"Protecting Our Food" - Interesting mix of articles from the heart of the Cold
War Era.
Articles referring to space exploration and military operations, war,
government food reserves, and the effects of nuclear fallout on food. Additional article titles include:
"Chemicals: One Key to the Future", "Quarantine - First Line of Defense", "The
Federal-State War on Pests", "The Food and Drug Administration", "Packaging
and Protection", "Supermarket Safeguards", "Plant Diseases and Nematodes",
"The Fight Against Insects", "Safeguarding Our Milk", "Science Against Weeds",
and more.
386 pages. |
| 1967 |
office |
"Outdoors USA" |
| 1968 |
office |
"Science For Better Living" - Topics include: Tailoring Vegetable Crops to
Order; Bad Plants and Good Bugs; Redesigning the Tomato for Mechanized
Production; A Living Filter for Sewage; An All-Purpose Potato; Safe Milk in
the Atomic Age; Penicillin: Breakthrough to the Era of Antibiotics. 386 pages. |
| 1969 |
office |
"Food For Us All" -This yearbook tells agriculture's story in terms of good -
how it's produced by the farmer, how it's marketed, and how the consumer can
use it to best advantage in the home. 360 pages. |
| 1970 |
office |
"Contours of Change" - About Rural America and the forces - some obvious, some
subtle - that are constantly reshaping it. The book looks not only at the
technological revolution in agriculture, the changing face of Rural America,
and the growing importance of America's role in world agriculture; it peers
also into the 1970's and, to some extent, into the long-term future. 366 pages. |
| 1971 |
office |
"A Good Life for More People" - This yearbook is part of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture's response to the new era of change in America, and to
President Nixon's new policy of growth for the Nation. 391 pages. |
| 1972 |
office |
"Landscape for Living" |
| 1973 |
office |
"A Handbook For Home" - Stated as being a guide to help families use their
incomes to best advantage. Sections include articles on Families,
Dwellings, Furnishings. And Communities. |
| 1974 |
office |
"Shopper's Guide" - Lays down guidelines to help shoppers compare brands and
make decisions.
Divided into six sections -- Food, Materials, Equipment, gardening,
service, and recreation. 358 pages. |
| 1975 |
office |
"That We May Eat" |
| 1976 |
office |
"The Face of Rural America" - This book captures, photographically American
rural life as it was in 1976, our Bicentennial year. 284 pages. |
| 1977 |
office |
"Gardening For Food and Fun" |
| 1978 |
office |
"Living on a Few Acres" - A homesteader's handbook on how to live self
sufficiently on a few acres, including gardening, building, raising small
animals, bees, herbs and money-making enterprises from the land. ("Book Club Edition",
softcover, reprint) |
| 1979 |
office |
"What's to Eat? And Other Questions Kids Ask About Food" |
| 1980 |
office |
"Cutting Energy Costs" - Topics covered include, among
many others, how to grow crops with less energy, greenhouse production with
lower fuel costs, an energy-saving list for dairy production, landscaping to
reduce year-round energy bills, rural transportation, turning farm wastes
into usable energy, and capturing and storing energy from the sun. |
| 1981 |
office |
"Will There Be Enough Food?" - Poses the question as
to whether farmers and the rest of this marvelous mechanism can keep doing
their job for U.S. food production besides feeling our need for good food,
lines the pockets of countless Americans by providing more paychecks than any
other industry. |
| 1982 |
office |
"Food - From Farm to Table" - Published when the "agricultural system"
generated 20 percent of the Nation's gross national product and employed 23%
of the U.S. work force. As the title implies, topics of the
articles include information about farm economics, agricultural marketing,
and consumer oriented articles. |
| 1983 |
office |
"Using Our Natural Resources" - Describes U. S.
natural resources ". . . in terms of land, water, forests and woodlands,
wildlife, plants, farmlands, people, and urban and suburban greenbelts." |
| 1984 |
office |
"Animal Health - Livestock & Pets" - Published on the centennial of the Bureau
of Animal Industry (created by an act of Congree in 1884). This yearbook "provides
helpful information on animal health to both pet owners and those who have
livestock in their charge." |
| 1985 |
office |
"U.S. Agriculture in a Global Economy" |
| 1986 |
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"Research for Tomorrow" |
| 1987 |
office |
"Our American Land" - On the 200th anniversary of the Constitution of the
United States, this volume centers on the central force behind growth and
expansion - land ownership.
Article topics include: The
Land and the Constitution; Changing Patterns of Settlement; Understanding the
Land; Managing Land Use; Conserving Land; Coping With Nature; New Directions.
323 pages. |
| 1988 |
office |
"Marketing U.S. Agriculture" |
| 1989 |
office |
"Farm Management: How to Achieve Your Farm Business Goals" |
| 1990 |
office |
"Americans in Agriculture: Portraits of Diversity" - Basically a large
collection of (over 60) of one to three page "feel good"" articles.
Although there is interesting information and statistics intermixed within the
stories, they read more like PSAs or press releases. Very different format from the research
reports contained in old yearbooks.
183 pages. |
| 1991 |
office |
"Agriculture and the Environment" |
| 1992 |
office |
"New Crops, New Uses, New Markets: Industrial and Commercial Products from U.S.
Agriculture" - Subject Areas Include: Markets; Researching and Implementing
New Products and Technologies; Prodects from Nontraditional Crops; New
Products from Traditional Crops; Focus on Renewable Fuels; Innovative Products
for Food Industries; Environmental Issues. 302 pages.
This is the last edition after Congress cuts funding. |
| USDA Agricultural Fact Books |
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Congress ended funding for the agriculture yearbooks in 1992.
The USDA produced the "Agricultural Fact Book" starting for the year 1996 but
discontinued it in 2002. The
Agricultural Fact Book is a handy reference tool that offers information
about U.S. Agriculture and describes all USDA programs. It also provides
useful information about food safety, nutrition, rural issues, research,
education, and natural resources. |
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| 1995 |
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| 1996 |
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| 1999 |
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| 2000 |
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