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REPORT

I.-AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

II.-GENERAL VIEW OF AMERICAN AGRICULture.

III.—AGRICULTURAL METeorology.

IV.—REPORT OF PROF. LEWIS C. BECK ON THE BREADSTUFFS OF

THE UNITED STATES.

V.-REPORTS AND LETTERS RELATING TO CROPS, &c.

VI.-MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS.

VII.-ANALYTICAL TABLES.

VIII. STATISTICAL TABLES.

WASHINGTON:

OFFICE OF PRINTERS TO HOUSE OF REPS.

1850.

CONTENTS.

Letter of Commissioner to Speaker of the House of Representatives....

Introductory Remarks, by D. Lee, M. D......

Agricultural Statistics, by D. Lee, M. D..

A General View of American Agriculture, by D. Lee, M. D.............

Agricultural Meteorology, by D. Lee, M. D......

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Second Report on Breadstuffs of the U. States, by Lewis C. Beck, M. D................................................................ 49

Letters and Reports relating to Crops......

Essay on Grasses for the South, by Thomas Affleck, Esq.

Culture of Wheat, by D. Lee, M. D.

Wheat Crop of the United States, by Hon. C. P. Holcomb.......

Corn, condensed account of..

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The Vine of North Carolina, by Hon. L. Sawyer...

Transplanting Grape Vines, by Robert Neale, Esq..

Oats...

Hay....

Domestic Animals.

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Application of Lime, by E. Kohler, Esq..

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Analysis of Cotton Seed and Wool, by Prof. Sheppard, S. C...

Centennial Hemp, translated by F. G. Skinner, Esq..

Explanation of Plate 2.....

Prize Essay on the Culture of Tobacco, by W. W. W. Bowie, Esq.........

Culture of Cuba Tobacco..

Cost of growing Hemp, by G. W. Samuel, Esq....

New mode of water-rotting Hemp, by J. Anderson, Esq...

Observations on various Insects...

Explanation of Plate 3......

Observations on Insects affecting Peas and Beans................

Irrigation, by F. G. Skinner, Esq..

Improved Hay Fork, by M. Larkin, Esq....

Time for felling Timber, by William Painter, Esq................

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Chemical properties of Milk and Butter, by Wm. P. Fogg, Esq..

Sweet-scented Vernal Grass and Butter, by G. Emerson, Esq.

New York Dairies, by B. P. Johnson, Esq...

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Cultivation of Tea Plant in the U. States, by Junius Smith, Esq.....