A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
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U. S. Serial Set : Contents to Number 601 House Executive Document No. 32 Part 2, 31st Congress, 2nd Session
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U. S. Serial Set : Contents to Number 601 House Executive Document No. 32 Part 2, 31st Congress, 2nd Session
CONTENTS.
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Review of Principal Crops ... 1
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Wheat and other Crops in Oregon ... 12
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Corn in the United States ... 17
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The Study of Soils. By Daniel Lee, M.D.
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A General View of the Subject.
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Chap. I.--Origin of Soils ... 25
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Chap. II.--Sand in Soils ... 31
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Chap. III.--Clay in Soils ... 36
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Chap. IV.--Critical Study of the Elements of Fertility ... 42
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Chap. V.--Philosophy of Improving Soils ... 58
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Chap. VI.--Chemical Effects of Tillage ... 72
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Fruit Culture. By J. J. Thomas, of Macedon, N. Y. ... 82
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Management of Wheat Harvest. By E. Ruffin, Esq. ... 102
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Rearing Neat Cattle ... 114
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Preparation of Manure. By D. Lee, M.D. ... 118
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Dairy--Cows, Rotation of Crops &c. By H. Johnson ... 120
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Sheep Husbandry and Wool Growing. By H. S. Randall, Esq. ... 129
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Agricultural Education. By D. Lee, M.D. ... 145
COMMUNICATIONS.
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From Delaware County Institute of Science ... 149
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From Hon. Abbott Lawrence, on Tea Culture in Assam. By Frank Bonynge, Esq. ... 169
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From Cyrus Catlin, Litchfield, Connecticut ... 180
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From L. Young, Louisville, Kentucky ... 181
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From John S. Raymond, Cumberland county, Maine ... 186
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From D. C. Graham, Meadville, Franklin county, Mississippi ... 187
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From Franklin S. Clark, Clarksville, Red River, Texas ... 188
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From Robert Evans, Erie, Pennsylvania ... 189
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From J. E. Dodge, Potosi, Grant county, Wisconsin ... 191
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From H. B. Everest, Fair Water, Wisconsin ... 191
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From Junius Smith, Greenville, South Carolina ... 192
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From John M. Swoop, Cortland, Lawrence county, Alabama ... 194
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From T. S. Huntington, Hadley, Massachusetts ... 196
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From Samuel Colcord, Sweet Home, Bond county, Illinois ... 198
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From William Parry, Cinnaminson, Burlington, New Jersey ... 200
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From A. Marshall, West Chester, Pennsylvania ... 205
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From Charles B. Meek, Canandaigua, New York ... 208
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From Humphrey Howland, Aurora, New York ... 211
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From H. Creamer, Jeffersonville, Fayette county, Ohio ... 211
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From Robert Waterman, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania ... 212
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From R. G. Morris, Amherst county, Virginia ... 213
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From S. G. Parsons, Warsaw Prairie, Kaufman county, Texas ... 215
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From B. F. Eastman, Philips, Franklin county, Maine ... 218
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From F. R. Gregory, Granville, North Carolina ... 219
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From C. Goodrich, Burlington, Vermont ... 221
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From Jacob L. Kintern, Rock Haven, Indiana ... 222
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From Anderson Wade, Henry County, Virginia ... 224
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From W. R. Flint, North Anson, Somerset county, Maine ... 226
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From Wilmot Gibbs, Chestnut Grove, Chester District, South Carolina ... 231
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Wine Making, near Cincinnati ... 238
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From John Cox, Quincy, Adams county Illinois ... 241
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From John H. Farr, Jefferson, Fayette county, Pennsylvania ... 246
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From Henry Merrill, Riversville, Marion county, Virginia ... 247
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From Eusebius Weston, Bloomfield, Somerset county, Maine ... 248
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From Mark R. Cockrill, Nashville, Tennessee ... 253
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From E. Ford, Spring Cottage, Marion county, Mississippi ... 257
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From Dr. M. W. Phillips, Edwards, Mississippi ... 261
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From Bird Smith, Woodford county, Kentucky ... 265
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From Harvey Dodge Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts ... 268
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From Urban E. Jones, South Union, Kentucky ... 277
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From Y. R. Pitts, Great Crossings, Scott county, Kentucky ... 278
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From Moses French, Victor, Ontario county, New York ... 281
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From Jno. H. Dent, Barbour county, Alabama ... 284
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From Thos. A. Beatty, Lake Swamp, Horry District, South Carolina ... 288
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From S. B. Beckett, Portland, Maine ... 291
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From B. F. Robins, Augusta, Maine ... 295
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From W. P. Gates, Wyndham, Connecticut ... 300
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From Elbert A. Holt, Montgomery, Alabama ... 301
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From Thomas Lincoln, Dennysville, Maine ... 302
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From James Thorton, Jr., Byberry, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania ... 305
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From W. Bacon, Richmond, Massachusetts ... 306
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From W. L. Booth, Kalamazoo, Michigan ... 309
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From Benjamin Benson, Townsend, Huron county, Ohio ... 310
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From Harry Hazeltine, Waldo county, Maine ... 311
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From Samuel Wood, Monroe county, New York ... 313
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Teasel, and its Culture. By L. Rouse ... 315
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From E. B. Jeffress, Union, Franklin county, Missouri ... 319
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From W. A. Gillespie, Hickory Creek, Louisa county, Virginia ... 320
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From James Word, Tishomingo county, Mississippi ... 321
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Rice Culture. By R. F. W. Allston, Pee Dee, South Carolina ... 323
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From Julius S. Pritchard, Brunswick, Medina county, Ohio ... 325
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From Joshua Harris, Harris, Cabarras county, North Carolina ... 326
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From W. D. Hayden, Madison county, Maine ... 326
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From J. G. Chadsey, N. Kingstown, Rhode Island ... 328
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From William S. Maynard, Ann Arbor, Michigan ... 330
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From Obed Brooks, Jr., Harwich, Barnstable county, Massachusetts ... 331
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From Francis Peters, Martinsburg, Berkley county, Virginia ... 334
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From Israel Goodwin, East Montpelier, Vermonts ... 335
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From W. L. Cowles, Farmington, Connecticut ... 338
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From James C. Bruce, Fairfax, Virginia ... 340
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From John Carr, Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio ... 344
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From Washington A. Smith, M.D., Dorchester, Maryland ... 344
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From Charles Yancy, Buckingham county, Virginia ... 348
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From James M. Nalle, Spottsylvania county, Virginia ... 352
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From Edward Johnstone, Fort Madison, Iowa ... 355
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From Daniel McCready, Fort Madison, Iowa ... 357
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From Edson Harkness, Peoria, Illinois ... 358
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Irrigation from L'Echo Agricole ... 361
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From Hon. A. G. Brown, M. C., Mississippi ... 365
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From E. W. Wright, Union county, Arkansas ... 366
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From J. Hammer, Jefferson county, Missouri ... 367
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From R. H. Bennett, Statesville, North Carolina ... 368
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From Benjamin Sommers, Vermillion, Erie county, Ohio ... 370
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From A. Hoover, Centreville, Wayne county, Indiana ... 373
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From J. W. Bingham, Orange county, North Carolina ... 375
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From J. L. Hendrick, Litchfield, Conneticut ... 377
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From Joseph Coudon, Perrysville, Cecil county, Maryland ... 378
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From Paoli Lathrop, South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts ... 379
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From James Cook, Lockington, Ohio ... 381
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Fruit Culture in Michigan. By A. C. Hubbard ... 382
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From G. W. Knapp, Washington, Macomb county, Michigan ... 385
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Root Crops. By Levi Risley, Fredonia, New York ... 386
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From N. M. Dart, North Harpersfield ... 387
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From W. A. Twigg, New Harmony, Indiana ... 389
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From Henry Miller, Ashland, Ashland county, Ohio ... 389
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From W. C. Dickson, Milledgeville, Georgia ... 393
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From J. Hendershott, Springfield, Ohio ... 395
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From Smith Minturn, Urbana, Ohio ... 397
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From G. W. Thompson, Fort Jessup, Louisiana ... 398
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From Samuel C. Fithian, Greenwich, New Jersey ... 398
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From John H. Davis, Dunlapville, South Carolina ... 400
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From J. B. Ashley, M. D., Magnolia, Putnam county, Illinois ... 402
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From W. W. Jackson, Hamptonburg, Orange County ... 404
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From O. F. Marshall, Wheeler, Steuben county, New York ... 406
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From Reed Cummings, Hancock, New Hampshire ... 408
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From S. Hale, Keene, Cheshire county, New Hampshire ... 409
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From G. W. Bowlsey, Hudson, Leanawee county, Michigan ... 410
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From A. K. Shriver, Union Mills, Carroll county, Maryland ... 411
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From J. P. Schenck, Franklin, Warren county, Ohio ... 413
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From Aaron Bragg, W. Springfield, Massachusetts ... 414
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From J. B. Garber, Columbia, Pennsylvania ... 415
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From Rubens Peale ... 418
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From Aaron Riley, E. Aurora, Erie county, New York ... 419
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From Lewis Browning, Jr., Manheim, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania ... 419
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From Chester Hunt, Somerset Hills, Dale county, Michigan ... 421
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From G. W. Drisko, Jonesboro', Washington county, Maine ... 422
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From G. B. Avery, Shaker Village, Columbia county, New York ... 429
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From Gershom Wiborn, E. Salisbury, Massachusetts ... 429
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From S. G. Hubbard, Hatfield, Massachusetts ... 429
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From Timothy Judson, Portland, Chatauque county, New York ... 432
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From William Carr, Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania ... 436
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From John Hurlburt, Arkport, Steuben county, New York ... 440
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From W. S. Morton, Cumberland county, Virginia ... 442
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From J. W. Davis, and S. W. Williams, on China Fruits ... 450
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From J. W. Warden, Springfield, Ohio ... 453
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Transplanting Forest Trees. H. F. French, New Hampshire ... 455
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From J. A. Brown, Talageda, Alabama ... 459
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From C. R. Boyer, Williamsport, Warren county, Indiana ... 462
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From Burr Butler, Palmyra, Wayne county, New York ... 464
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From W. W. Edwards, Hunter, Greene county, New York ... 467
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From David McVean, Wheatland, New York ... 468
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From Charles Allen, Allentown, Washington county, Rhode Island ... 475
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From John Jackson, Benton, Elkhart county, Indiana ... 480
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From S. P. Champman, Clockville, Madison county, New York ... 480
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From Jonathan Clark, Goshen, Connecticut ... 481
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From Zadock Thompson, Burlington, Vermont ... 494
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From D. C. Ross, Union county, Arkansas ... 498
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From Jos. McD. Mathews, Hillsboro', Ohio ... 499
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The Inorganic Constituents of Paris ... 500
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Cotton Trade. By Prof. McKay, Georgia ... 506
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Potato Rot ... 517
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Sugar-cleansing Machine ... 518
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Analysis of the Apple. By J. H. Salisbury, M. D. ... 518
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Analysis of Rhubarb. By J. H. Salisbury, M. D. ... 524
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Oxygen, per cent., in the Oxides of the Inorganic Elements of Plants ... 529
Statistical Information.
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Lake Trade of the United States ... 531
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Exports from Boston--Ice, Boots and Shoes ... 531
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Breadstuffs Exported from the United States, from 1821 to 1850 ... 532
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Ship--building in Connecticut ... 532
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Foreign Commerce of Charleston ... 532
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Deposites and Coinage at Philadelphia, 1850 ... 533
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Consumption of Cotton Goods in the United States, 1850 ... 534
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Imports of Dry Goods into the United States, 1848, 1849, 1850 ... 535
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Commerce of Baltimore ... 536
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Resources of Ohio ... 543
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Pork trade of the West ... 544
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Analysis of the Ash of the Hop ... 545
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Trade of St. Louis ... 548
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Whale Fishery ... 553
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Imports into St. Louis in 1850 ... 556
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Navigation of the United States ... 557
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Official Statistics of the City and County of Philadelphia, for 1850 ... 559
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Importations of Coffee, from 1790 to 1844 ... 561
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Hog Statistics ... 561
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Imports and Exports of Galena ... 563
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Erie Canal Statistics ... 563
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Lumber Trade ... 566
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Surfaces of States and Territories ... 568
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United States Census of New York State ... 571
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United States Census of Delaware ... 573
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United States Census of Maryland ... 574
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United States Census of Maine ... 575
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United States Census of New Mexico ... 576
APPENDIX
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Communications from John D. Patterson, Westfield, New York ... 577
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Communications from O. C. Motley, Clatsop Plain, Oregon Territory ... 577
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Communications from John Wilkinson, Germantown, Pennsylvania ... 578
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