A Compendium of the Ninth Census (June 1, 1870): Compiled Pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution of Congress, and Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1872 - Agriculture - 942 pages
 

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Page 624 - Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina . . Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Arizona . ... Dakota District of Columbia Idaho Montana New Mexico Utah Washington.
Page 620 - Alabama . Arkansas . . California . Connecticut Delaware . Florida . Georgia . Illinois Indiana . • Iowa. . . Kansas Kentucky . Louisiana . Maine Maryland . . Massachusetts . Michigan . Minnesota. . Mississippi Missouri . Nebraska . . Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina.
Page 490 - Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin...
Page 614 - Mobile, Ala Newark, N. J New Haven, Conn. . . . New Orleans, La New York, N. Y Paterson, N.
Page 512 - Д church to deserve notice in the census must have something of the character of an institution. It must be known in the community in which it is located. There mnst be something permanent and tangible to substantiate its title to recognition.
Page 546 - Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Dakota Delaware District of Columbia .... Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada...
Page 680 - No farm will be reported of less than 3 acres, unless $500 worth of produce has been actually sold off from it during the year. The latter proviso will allow the inclusion of many market gardens in the neighborhood of large cities, where, although the area is small, a high state of cultivation is maintained, and considerable value produced. A farm is what is owned or leased by one man and cultivated under his care.
Page 609 - ... occupation does not necessarily embrace all the persons who perform the duties usually associated with that title, but only those who discharge such duties to the exclusion of other gainful occupations, or, at least, as their principal or sole professed means of support. The organization of labor and the subdivision of industry vary in respect to completeness and minuteness with each successive community. As communities advance in industrial character functions become separated and distinct occupations...
Page 3 - ... severally of the colored and the foreign elements of population ; the dispersion over the states of the natives of certain specified foreign countries, viz. : Germany, Ireland, Sweden and Norway, England and Wales, China, and British America ; the illiteracy and the wealth of each section in contrast ; and...
Page 680 - Farms," for the purposes of the agricultural schedule, include all considerable nurseries, orchards, and market gardens which are owned by separate parties, which are cultivated for pecuniary profit, and employ as much as the labor of one able-bodied workman during the year.

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