Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture 1903
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WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1904
Original antique prints over 120 years old.
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![Storing Apples in a Field](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/Apple-Storage-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XXV |
Fig 1: Storing Apples in a Field, a Practice Common in the Allegheny Mountain District.
Fig 2: Allowing Apples to Remain in Piles in the Orchard, a Practice Common in Many Sections.
DELAYING THE STORAGE OF APPLES. |
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PLATE XXV |
Fig 1: Apples Stored in Boxes, a Package Especially Desirable for Tender Varieties.
Fig 2: Apples Stored oin Barrels, the Package Commonly Used
APPLE STORAGE PACKAGES |
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![Mesquite Mine Sagebrush Land](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/Mesquite-Mine-Sagebrush-Land-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XXVIII |
Fig 1: The 'Mesquite Mine,' near Imperial, Cal.
Fig 2: Unimproved Sagebrush Land near Sunnyside, Wash. |
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![land scrapers](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/land-scrapers-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XXIX |
Fig 1: Leveling Land with Scrapers.
Fig 2: Buck Scraper. |
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![Garner's Ferry Road Columbia S.C.](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/clay-farm-roads-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XXX |
Fig 1: Garners Ferry Road, 3.5 Miles from Columbia, S.C., Used Five Years Without Repairs.
Fig 2: Sand-Clay Road Built at Newbern, N.C., Under the Direction of the Office of Public Road Inquiries. |
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![Garner's Ferry Road Columbia S.C.](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/sand-clay-road-sc-and-nc-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XXXI |
Fig 1: Sand-Clay Road at Tarboro, N.C.
Fig 2: View 3 Miles Northwest of Columbia, S.C., on the Winnsboro Road, Near Hyatts Park. |
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![bark borer insect](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/bark-borer-insect-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XXXIX |
Fig 1: Character of Larval Mines of Oak-destroying Bark-Borer in Inner Surface of Bark.
Fig 2: Larval Mines of Destructive Bark-Borer in Surface of Wood of Dying Cottonwood Tree. |
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![Licorice Plant](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/Licorice-Plant-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XL |
Licorice Plant |
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![Capsicum Sage](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/Capsicum-Sage-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XLI |
Fig 1: Capsicum Plant, Grown at Washington, D.C.
Fig 2: Sage Plant, 1 Year Old, Grown at Washington, D.C.
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![Belladonna Plant](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/Belladonna-Plant-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XLII |
Belladonna Plant, 1 Year Old, Grown at Washington, D.C. |
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![model farm buildings](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/model-farm-buildings-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XLIII |
Fig. 1: Farm Buildings on the Model Farm
Fig. 2: A 15-year-old Cow Stall-fed Since Birth---Still a Profitable Milker
Fig. 3: A 2-year-old Daughter of Cow Shown in Fig. 2.
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![Field of Rye](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/Field-of-Rye-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XLIV |
Fig. 1: Handling Manure on the Model Farm
Fig. 2: Field of Rye on the Model Farm in April.
Fig. 3: Field of Rye on the Adjacent Farm with Same Soil Conditions Shown in Fig. 2. |
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![Cotton Bolls](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/Cotton-Bolls-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XLV |
Fig. 1: Soft Fibers. [Flax, Hemp, dew-retted, Hemp, water-retted, Jute]
Fig. 2: Hard Fibers. [Manila, Sisal, Mauritius, Istle]
Fig. 3: Cotton Bolls [American Upland, Sea Island, India]
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PLATE XLVI |
Fig. 1: American Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
Fig. 2: Sea Island Cotton ( (Gossypium barbadense)
Fig. 3: India Cotton ( (Gossypium herbaceum) |
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PLATE XLVII |
Fig. 1: Flax Grown for Fiber at Northfield, Minn., Ready for Harvest.
Fig. 2: Hemp on Alluvial Soil at Gridley, Cal.
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![bahamas sisal new zealand flax](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/bahamas-sisal-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XLVIII |
Fig. 1: Abaca, Seedling of Plant Producing Manila Fiber.
Fig. 2: New Zealand 'Flax.'
Fig. 3: Sisal Plants, Growing in the Bahamas.
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![lechuguilla plants](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/lechuguilla-plants-c.jpg) |
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PLATE XLIX |
Fig. 1: Lechuguilla Plants, Producing Jaumave Istle.
Fig. 2: Palma Samandoca, from which Palma Istle is Obtained.
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![sugar beets colo utah](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/sugar-beets-colo-utah-c.jpg) |
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PLATE L |
Fig. 1: Thirteenth Consecutive Crop of Sugar Beets on a Field at Lehi, Utah.
Fig. 2: A 40-acre Field of Sugar Beets, Grown Under Irrigation at Rockyford, Colo. |
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![Oregon sugar beets](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/Oregon-sugar-beets-c.jpg) |
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PLATE LI |
Fig. 1: A Field of Sugar Beets, Grown Under Irrigation at La Grande, Oreg.
Fig. 2: Experimental Field of Sugar Beets at Smithfield, Utah. |
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![michigan sugar beets](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/michigan-sugar-beets-c.jpg) |
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PLATE LII |
Fig. 1: A Field of Sugar Beets Ready for the Factory, at Blissfield, Mich.
Fig. 2: Corner of a 12-acre Field of Sugar Beets at Blissfield, Mich. |
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PLATE LIII |
Fig. 1: Lumber Piled to Shed Water---France.
Fig. 2: Baltic Pine Ties Piled to Shed Water---Germany. |
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![(Click image to view an enlarged scan. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.) SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 5.75 X 9 INCHES PLATE LIV Fig. 1: Lumber Piled to Shed Water---France. Fig. 2: Baltic Pine Ties Piled to Shed Water---Germany. $8 (some foxing possible; see enlargement for condition)](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/lumber-pile-c.jpg) |
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PLATE LIV |
Fig. 1: How to Pile Timber to Season it Rapidly.
Fig. 2: Method Recommended for Piling Poles. |
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![treating wood posts](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/treating-wood-posts-c.jpg) |
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PLATE LV |
Fig. 1: Vat for Treating Wood with Corrosive Sublimate.
Fig. 2: Tar Oil Vat for Treating Posts. |
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![joplin mo road](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/joplin-mo-road-c.jpg) |
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PLATE LVI |
Fig. 1: The Joplin, Mo., Special Road District Committee Inspecting the Fine Roads Constructed of Mining Slag Under Their Supervision.
Fig. 2: Junction of Chester Levee and Bemis Roads, near Jackson, Tenn.
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![Fig. 1: Osseo Gravel Road, 3 Years Old, 4 Miles North of Minneapolis.](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/Osseo-road-Minneapolis-Minn-c.jpg) |
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PLATE LVII |
Osseo Gravel Road, 3 Years Old, 4 Miles North of Minneapolis. |
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![Osseo Macadam Road, 5 Years Old, 3 Miles North of Minneapolis.](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/osseo-macadam-c.jpg) |
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PLATE LVIII |
Osseo Macadam Road, 5 Years Old, 3 Miles North of Minneapolis. |
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![Graniteveille Cotton Factory](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/Graniteveille-Cotton-Factory-c.jpg) |
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PLATE LIX |
Graniteveille Cotton Factory, Near Aiken, S.C., Founded by William Gregg, Esq., 1846. |
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PLATE LX |
Fig. 1: Alamance Cotton Mill, Alamance County, N.C., Founded by Edwin M. Holt in 1837.
Fig. 2: Leaksville Cotton Mill, on Dan River, Spray, N.C., Built in 1839.
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![cedar falls cotton mill](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/cedar-falls-cotton-mill-c.jpg) |
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PLATE LXI |
Fig. 1: Cedar Fall Cotton Mill, Randolph County, N.C., Built in 1848.
Fig. 2: High Shoals Cotton Mill, on Apalachee River, Oconee County, Ga., as it Appreared in 1844, Built by Jacob Klutts. |
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PLATE LXII |
Cross Sections of Administration and Laboratory Buildings for Department of Agriculture, Showing Arrangement of Corridors, Rooms, Etc. |
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PLATE LXIII |
Average Daily Departures from Normal Temperature for the Crop Season of 1903 from March 1 to October 5. |
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![The Total Precipitation for the Crop Season of 1903 from March 1 to October 5.](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/1903-precip-c.jpg) |
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PLATE LXIV |
The Total Precipitation for the Crop Season of 1903 from March 1 to October 5. |
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![The Departures from Normal Precipitation for the Crop Season of 1903 from March 1 to October 5.](images/US Dept of Ag 1903/BW 2/normal-rainfall-1903-c.jpg) |
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PLATE LXV |
The Departures from Normal Precipitation for the Crop Season of 1903 from March 1 to October 5. |
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