USDA Agricultural Experiment Stations old bound News 1897 1904 Work Farms Fruit

Description: UP FOR AUCTION: RARE BOOK: USDA Agricultural Experiment Stations Work US Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin "EXPERIMENT STATION WORK" Bound Set :Numbers 1 through 27,except nos. 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15. Dated May, 1897 to 1904 Prepared in the Office of Experiment Stations,A. C. True , DirectorHon. James Wilson, US Secretary of Agriculture This is a large book, bound with 20 old, complete issues of "Experiment Station Work", from the US Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin. The book is bound with complete issues of "Experiment Station Work", Numbers 1 through 27, except nos. 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15. That is 20 total issues. It is approx. 600 pages long. It includes "Experiment Station Work" issues from May, 1897, to 1904. The issues were prepared in the USDA Office of Experiment Stations. (A. C. True , Director, and Hon. James Wilson, US Secretary of Agriculture). It is well-illustrated, with numerous engraved drawings and charts. It includes hundreds of United States agricultural experiments from 1897 - 1904, including many kinds of fruit, vegetables, livestock, flowers, trees, water, dairy products, soil, diseases, insects, etc.. It features experiments in many different states. This is a vintage, 1st Edition bound book. It is beautifully bound in leather, with beautiful, marbleized endpapers, gilded titles, and color-decorative paper-edges. This is a big book, about 600 pages. Book was presented to former owners from US Congressman John A. Sterling (1857 -- 1918; Republican from Illinois). See actual book in ebay pics above. It is a nice, historic, original, vintage, 1904 book in very good condition -- clean and well-bound. Very Good Condition [ Cover-edges and spine-edges are somewhat worn from shelf-handling (see pics), Front page states the book was a gift from US Congressman John A. Sterling (see pics; Republican from Illinois); otherwise, book is very clean, unmarked, well-bound, tight with strong hinges, solid, and strongly printed with many sharp engraved drawings ] about 600 pages ; approx. 9" x 6" x 1.5", bound in leather, with beautiful, marbleized endpapers, gilded titles, and color-decorative paper-edges. Leather Book Welcome International ebay Shoppers.I will reduce price of combining shipping. Domestic shipping includes tracking. Please visit my other auctions, and email any questions. Thanks for looking!

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Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland

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