A. AGPilCULTUPiE DEPARTMENT 



[By an appropriation for the collection of agricultural statistics, March 3, 1839, an 

 agricultural section was established in the Patent Office. The section continued 

 until May 15, 1862, when it was made a sei)arate Department, though it was not 

 until February 9, 1889, that it was raised to the dignity of a Cabinet office.] 



Class! flea- 

 tion no. 



Al. SECRETARY 



862 

 863 

 864 

 865 

 866 

 867 

 868' 

 8(59 

 870 

 871 



872 

 873 



874 



875 



H. ex. doc. 78; serial no. 1168. 

 In H. ex. doc. v. 5; serial no. 1184. 



Al.l: Annual reports 



[The annual report on agriculture began in 1837 with a two-page statement in the 

 report of Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents. From that date to 1861 

 it formed a part of the report of the Commissioner of Patents, making a separate 

 volume after 1849. 



In 1S62 the Department of Agriculture was established and its annual report was 

 uniformly issued up to 1893. Beginning with the report for 1894, in accordance 

 with paragraph 2, section 73, of the printing act of January 12, 1895, the report 

 has been prepared in two volumes, one containing the Secretary's report and 

 the purely executive reports of the several chiefs of bureaus, divisions, and 

 offices; the other, ktiown as the Yearbook (ALIO:), embracing the Secretary's 

 report and a collection of special articles on agricultural science. 



The title of the head of the Department was Commissioner of Agriculture until 1889, 

 when he became .'Secretary of A,i,'ricultnre and a member of the Cabinet. 



References to the various repurts and scientific papers contained in this series of 

 annual reports will be found under their proper headings in the Index to this 

 work. 



For further information see notes under Al.l a:] 



Commissioner of Agriculture 



1862 (Newton), 632 pp., 52 pi. 

 Same, 37th Cong., 3d sess., 



1863 (Newton), 698 pp., 48 pi, 

 Same, 38th Cong., 1st sess. 



1864 (Newton), 676 pp., 48 pi 

 Same, 38th Cong., 2d sess., H. ex. doc. 68; serial no. 1228. 



1865 (Newton), iv-|-608 pp., 32 pi. 

 Same, 39th Cong., 1st sess., H. ex. doc. 136; serial no. 1266. 



1866 (Newton), 656 pp., 36 pi. 

 Same, 39th Cong., 2d sess., H. ex. doc. 107; serial no. 1297. 



1867 (Stokes; Capron), xix+512 pp., 37 pi. 

 Same, 40th Cong., 2d sess. In H. ex. doc. v. 21; serial no. 1347. 



1868 (Capron), [4] +671 pp., 19 pi. 

 Same, 40th Cong., 3d sess., H. ex. doc;, unnumbered; serial no. 1383. 



1869 (Capron), 702 pp., 38 pi. 

 Same, 4LstCong., 2(1 sess., 11. ex. doc. niiiiund)ered; serial no. 1428. 



1870 (Capron), 688 pp., 33 pi. 

 Same, 41st Cong., 3d sess., H. ex. doc. unnumbered; serial no. 1461. 



1871 (Watts), [4] I 524 pp., 29 pi. 

 Same, 42d Cong., 2d sess., II. ex. doc. [327]; serial no. 1522. 

 Same, witliout accompanying documents. 42d Cong., 2d sess., H. ex. 



doc. 1, p. 145; serial no. 1502. 



1872 (Watts), 524 ])p., 12 pi. (Not issued in Congressional set.) 



1873 (Watts), 496 pp., 1 \)\. [Erroneously assigned serial no. 1616, but 

 never issued in Congressional set.] 



1874 (Watts), 4()3 pp., 9 pi. 

 Same, 43d Cong., 2(1 sess., 11. ex. doc. unnumbered; serial no. 1652. 



1875 (Watts), 536 pp., (il pi. (Not issued in Congressional set. ) 



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