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Number of Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine in Each one of the United States in the
Years 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880....

Poultry...

Story of the Langshan......

The Light and Dark Brahmas.

The Cochins....

The Plymouth Rocks.

The Wyandottes and Dominiques..

Houdans and Crevecoeurs.

The Leghorn...

Polish Fowis

Poultry Diseases.

Scabby Legs-The Pip......

Worms, Overfeeding, Eating Feathers, Lice, etc..
Value of Live Stock and its Products.....

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Value of all the Live Stock in the United States, for the Years 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880...332
Total number of Horses, Mules, Working Oxen, Milk Cows, Other Cattle, Sheep, Swine,

in the United States, in the Years 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, together with Total Wool,
Butter and Cheese Product for those Years..

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Live Stock in Western States and Territories in 1880
Farms in the United States......

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Total Acres in Farms, Acres Improved, Number of Farms, Average Size in the United
States, in the Years 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880......

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Value of Farming Tools and Machinery in the United States, in the Years 1850, 1860,
1870, 1880......

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Production of Standard Crops in the United States, in the Years 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880..334
Production Acreage of the World in Small Grains in 1880..

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Average Price of Wheat in Twelve Great Wheat Producing States for Ten Years..
Visible Supply of Wheat on hand on March 1, of Six Successive Years ....
Aggregate Oat and Rye Production of Each State for Ten Years, together with Yearly
Average...

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Wheat on Hand and Retained for Home Consumption on March 1, 1886, by States. ..338
Corn and Wheat Production of Each of the States for Ten Years-Totals and Yearly
Average

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Barley, Production of Each of the States for Ten Years, with Yearly Average..
Stock on Hand by Groups of States, March 1, 1886....

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Area, Product and Value of Wheat in United States for Each Year, During Eleven Years..341

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Value of Wheat and Wheat Flour Exported from 1859 to 1882..

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Our Corn Productions ..

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Sectional Prices of Corn During Four Years... ..

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Production of Seven Principal Corn Growing States During Four Years...

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Aggregate Quantity of Merchantable and Unmerchantable Corn During Recent Years...343

Number of Bushels and Value of Corn for 1885-6 for all the States

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Corn Crop of 1885 by States, with Local Consumption and Shipment...

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How States and Territories came to be Named

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Alabama, Arizona Territory, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut
Dakota, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho Territory, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa.....
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi...

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Missouri, Montana Territory, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico Territory,
New York, North Carolina..

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Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah
Territory....

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Vermont, Virginia, Washington Territory, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Ter'y...368
Government of the United States

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Functions of its Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Departments

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Revenue of United States-Whence Derived

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Governments of Foreign Countries..

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The Republics of Bolivia, Argentine Republic, Chili, Colombia, Costa Rica.............
Republics Continued-Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, San Domingo, Swit-
zerland, Venezuela..

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Kingdoms and Empires

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Austria and Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, German Empire, Empire of
Great Britain, Greece, Kingdom of the Hellenes, Italy....

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Prices of Wool for Ten Years..

Why Our Teeth Decay...

Advantageous and Deleterious Foods....

Advice as to Care of Teeth...

Why the Breath is Bad.....

Valuable Suggestions as to How Sweet Breath may be Secured..

The New Madrid Earthquake......

Earthquakes in 1885.

Some Famous Upheavals......

Important Facts and Events, and Dates of Great Discoveries, etc.

Seven Wonders of the World

Seven Wise Men of Greece.

Seven Sleepers.....

Seven Hills of Rome.

Facts for Builders

Public Debt of United States at Close of Each Administration.

Legal Holidays of United States..

First Steamboat and Locomotive in the United States.

Origin of the Dollar

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Empires and Kingdoms Continued...

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Japan, Netherlands, Ottoman Empire, Persia, Portugal, Russia, Siam, Spain, Sweden and

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Comparative Rates of Weekly Wages Paid in Europe and in the United States in 1878..379

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Comparative Strength of the Combined Army and Navy of the Principal Nations of the
World

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Comparative Retail Prices of the Necessaries of Life in Europe and United States in 1878..384
Nutriment in Different Poultry Foods......

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Comparative Population of the Principal Cities of the World

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Value of a Ton of Gold and Silver......

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Population of One Hundred Principal Cities of the United States.

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External Manifestations of Some of the Diseases of the Horse (See Fig. 7, Page 394)...399

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Figure 14-Sets forth Position Assumed by Horse Suffering from Grain Founder

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Figure 15-Test of Hemorrhage from the Liver....

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Figure 16-Good Subject for Bronchitis or Founder.....

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Figure 17-Unnatural Attitude Indicative of Abdominal Injury.
Figure 18-A Horse Affected by Surfeit.....

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Weight, Stature and Life Expectancy of Persons at Various Ages..

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Familiar American Names, with their Derivation and Signification..

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