General index of the agricultural reports of the Patent Office, for twenty-five years, from 1837 to 1861 : and of the Department of Agriculture, for fifteen years, from 1862 to 1876 / U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1 v.; Index to the annual reports of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the years 1837 to 1893, inclusive / U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1 v.
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Summary:
Prior to 1862, when the Department of Agriculture was established, the report on agriculture was prepared and published by the Commissioner of Patents, and forms a volume or part of a volume, of his annual report, the first being that of 1840. Cf. Checklist of public documents ... Washington, 1895, p. 148.
