1868 OLD FARMING BOOK BARNS WINE SHEEP COTTON BEEKEEPING METEOROLOGY CATTLE RICE

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1868 OLD FARMING BOOK BARNS WINE SHEEP COTTON BEEKEEPING METEOROLOGY CATTLE RICE:
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1868 OLD FARMING BOOK BARNS WINE SHEEP COTTON BEEKEEPING METEOROLOGY CATTLE RICERARE BOOKS MAKE FINE GIFTS!REPORT
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Acting Commissioner John W. Stokes\' report to Congress for the year 1867. The report includes reports and research on a variety of crops and domestic animals; steam and other cultivation, and rural construction; patents; agricultural clubs, schools, associations; also climate and meteorology. The authors include Thomas Antisell (chemist of the department), Thomas Glover (entomologist), F.R. Elliott (on hardy fruit, especially apples), Walter W.W. Bowie (on Tobacco), and Mrs. Ellen S. Tupper (winter bee keeping), to single out a few. Freethinker George Husmann (of Herman, Missouri) \"American Wine and Wine Making.\" Other chapters on the Fruits of Florida, The Rocky Mountain Goat (with illustration); Inventions for Cultivation by Steam (several illustrations); Farm Buildings (several illustrations); Philadelphia Butter (illustrated), Rice Culture, Cotton, Southern Agriculture and much much more. Nice period wood and steel 148 years old! and in solid Good condition for age. Chipping to top and bottom of spine, some splitting to cloth along edges of spine and rubbing to board tips. Inside, tide marks on the first few pages. Light age-toning here and there. All pages present and tightly bound. Endpapers are whole and boards are securely attached. Two former owner\'s signatures in front. 37 illustrations. 9\" x 6\" with 512 pages.
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