The annual report on agriculture began in 1837 with a 2-page statement in the Report of the Commissioner of Patents, and formed part of his report (making a separate volume after 1849) until 1862, when the Department of Agriculture was established. The head of the department became a cabinet officer in 1889. No report on agriculture was issued for 1846.
1849-61 published in the Report of the Commissioner of Patents ... Part II. Agriculture, 1862-88 have title: Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
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