Desiring to include in the Report of Agriculture for 1870

Item Information

• Description
  Single-sided letter from the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture seeking information from farmers concerning "the status of rural husbandry in Virginia" and "how far agencies at work for its improvement" have been successful. Requests particular reports concerning the use of crop rotation, labor-saving implements, fertilizers and livestock increases.

• Item ID
  bdsdc20197
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  District of Columbia
  District of Columbia
  Washington (D.C.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  Desiring to include in the Report of Agriculture for 1870
• Extent
  1 scan
• Date
  1870-11-22
• Folder
  DC2
• Type
  Text
  circular letters
• Subject
  Agriculture
  Politics and government
  Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

• Copyright & Usage
  None