Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture 1903
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                WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
                  1904  
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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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            | PLATE XXVIII | 
           
          
            Fig 1: The 'Mesquite Mine,' near Imperial, Cal. 
                Fig 2: Unimproved Sagebrush Land near Sunnyside, Wash. | 
           
          
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            | PLATE XXIX | 
           
          
            Fig 1: Leveling Land with Scrapers. 
              Fig 2: Buck Scraper. | 
           
          
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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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            | 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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            | 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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            | PLATE XL | 
           
          
            Licorice Plant | 
           
          
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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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            | PLATE XLII | 
           
          
                          Belladonna Plant, 1 Year Old, Grown at Washington, D.C.  | 
           
          
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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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            | 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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            | 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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            | 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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            | PLATE XLIX | 
           
          
            Fig. 1: Lechuguilla Plants, Producing Jaumave Istle. 
              Fig. 2: Palma Samandoca, from which Palma Istle is Obtained.
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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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            | 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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            | 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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            | PLATE LIV | 
           
          
            Fig. 1: How to Pile Timber to Season it Rapidly. 
              Fig. 2: Method Recommended for Piling Poles. | 
           
          
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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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            | 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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            | PLATE LVII | 
           
          
            Osseo Gravel Road, 3 Years Old, 4 Miles North of Minneapolis. | 
           
          
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            | PLATE LVIII | 
           
          
             Osseo Macadam Road, 5 Years Old, 3 Miles North of Minneapolis. | 
           
          
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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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            | 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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            | PLATE LXIV | 
           
          
            The Total Precipitation for the Crop Season of 1903 from March 1 to October 5. | 
           
          
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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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