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[LORING, GEORGE B., COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE] REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE YEAR 1884
Washington, D. C., Government Printing Office 1884, First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. ¶ Very solid and clean copy, with all plates and diagrams, of the U.S. Agricultural Commissioner's Report for 1884. Illustrated with 41 Plates, including chromolithographs and many black and white botanical drawings, plus 3 fold-out color maps. Includes reports from the Chemist, Botanist, Chief of the Forestry Bureau, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Entomologist, and Statistician, plus an article on the cultivation of alfalfa. Report of the Statistician includes 27 fascinating statistical diagrams and charts, covering everything from the amount of land devoted to agriculture by state and the production of wheat by country, to the yield of corn per acre by state (Iowa wins, hands down). Brown cloth over boards, black spine lettering; 581 pp.; Index; 9 1/4 in. x 6 in. Cloth worn and rubbed, with lighter spots from insect damage; spine ends curled and worn, corners mildly bumped and worn; front hinge split; pages lightly and evenly toned; one map partially detached; light foxing of endpapers.
Offered for US$ 29.95 by: Basset Books LLC - Book number: 50169
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