Journal, 1886.

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Journal, 1886.

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Manuscript and typescript journals of a trip to investigate rice cultivation areas and bird life in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana. Included are lists of birds, animals, and plants; description of the methods of rice cultivation on various plantations; and descriptions of experiments with rice as a forage crop.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Fisher, A. K. (Albert Kenrick), 1856-1948

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Albert Kenrick Fisher (1856-1948) was born on March 21, 1856 in Ossining, New York. He attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, graduating with medical training in 1879. He and 21 other people founded the American Ornithologists’ Union and set up studies for migration and distribution. He also founded the Branch of Economic Ornithology in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology, in 1885. In 1905 he played a role in the creation of the Bureau of Biological S...