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comprehensive bibliography that was com-
piled, a record of what was preserved and
what remains to be preserved, and detailed
instructions for conducting a similar bibli-
ographic project. This primer will serve as
a procedural guide for other states inter-
ested in systematically preserving the re-
cord of their state's agricultural history.
Historians have suggested that this ap-
proach to setting preservation priorities
might have application in other disciplines
as well.
 The New York State Agriculture and
Rural Life Preservation Project has suc-
cessfully involved scholars in a project to
identify and preserve the most significant
historical literature relating to New York
State agriculture. This project is a first step
in preserving the state-level agricultural
literature of our nation. Using the
methodologies developed at A.R. Mann
Library, land-grant libraries and agricul-
tural and historical institutions nationwide
could proceed similarly to preserve sys-
tematically the agricultural literature of
their state or region, Each state project
would significantly contribute o the over-
all plan to preserve the historic agricultural
literature of our nation.

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 APPENDIX A
 SUBJECT CATEGORIES
Citations Sent ror review No. Citntions
Monographs 1820-1945 (by subject)
 Agricultural Economics 83
 Agricultural Engineering 16
 Animal Science 29
 Soils, Crops and Atmospheric Science 63
 Forestry and Natural Resources 67
 Food and Nutrition 35
 Rural Life 107
 Miscellaneous 166
 Total monographs for review 566

Serials 1820-1945
 Serials about New York State agriculture 197
 Serials published by the State of New York 114
 Cornell publications and other State agricultural-related state
 institution publications 90
 County publications 75
 Published in New York, but not necessarily focusing on New York 306
 Total serials for review 782


Citations Excluded From Review No. Citations
Serials 1820-1945


Pamphlets (less than 50 pages) not already preserved
Theses
Monographs already preserved reformattedd or reprinted)
Serials already preserved reformattedd or reprinted)
 Total citations not reviewed


826
494
 80
 142
1,542


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