Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1879

621 pp. Includes color plates and fold-outs. CONTENTS: Report of the Commissioner; Report of the Chemist; Report of the Statistician; Report of the Entomologist; Report of the Botanist on Grasses; Report of the Superintendent of Gardens and Grounds; Report of Dr. H.J. Detmers on Swine Plague; Report of Dr. James Law on Swine Fever; Miscellaneous Papers: Contagious Pleuro-pneumonia of Cattle; Contagious Pleuro-pneumonia--Extent of its Prevalence; Cattle Plague, or Rinderpest; Experiments with Department Seeds; Vegetable Fibers in the Collection of the Department.