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Agriculture was one of the most vibrant fields for technological change in early 19th-century America. The U.S. Patent office was created in 1790 and agriculture was seen as such an essential component of its work. From 1839 until 1862 it was responsible for collecting information about agriculture for Congress. Nearly every item for sale in this Supplement has been patented or "improved." The market for agricultural tools and implements was huge, and new sales could be made for an object that promised huge improvements in productivity. And although some of these items may have been useless, overall the steady improvement of agricultural tools was an essential component in the remarkable increases in productivity of American agriculture during the 1800s.

 

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"Supplement to the New England Farmer, and Gardener's Journal"

publisher   Joseph Breck and Company
date   Jan 9, 1839
location   Boston, Massachusetts
height   12.0"
width   9.75"
process/materials   printed paper, ink
item type   Periodicals/Magazine
accession #   #L02.061


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See Also...

"Manufacture of Silk Not New in New England" from New England Farmer

"The American Farm Book; or Compend of American Agriculture"

"Culture of Silk" from New England Farmer


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