ANTIQUE BOOK COLLECTIBLE order 1851 patent report agricultural info cotton hogs whale fishery

Absolutely amazing book in content and condition. 1851! Cover intact pages intact and not torn, just age browning in areas, cover has scuffing, inside covers intact…. Some waving of the paper in places but all very readable. Agriculture statistics charts …. Pretty boring stuff until you look deeper …. As for myself I love the fun facts of crops soils fruit culture sheep husbandry meteorological tables communications …. 1851 style. One page has how many runaway slaves there were from Maryland…. How many males and females….supply of cotton, agriculture education with list of schools by country and USA has none and russia has 68 but France had 75. Some “countries ” listed are Schleswig Holstein, principality of Anhault, Grand Duchy of Baden, and Saxe Meiningen. Charts on whale oil trade and number of ships. Coffee trade tobacco hog statistics census, imports of feathers hemp hides lard molasses nails iron whisky… on and on. Letters from Congressmen and esquires. Rain and heat charts. Analysis of rhubarb. Deposits and coinage at the USA mint. Preparing manure. Fascinating read, awesome home library display, peek into order life pre civil war.