Yearbook of agriculture. 1907U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 |
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... average crop . They have strug- gled not only with an erratic season but with a scarcity of help in all the States and Territories of the Union . REVIEW OF PRODUCTION . AVERAGE CROPS AND HIGHEST INCOME . Such a year as 1907 has been ...
... average crop . They have strug- gled not only with an erratic season but with a scarcity of help in all the States and Territories of the Union . REVIEW OF PRODUCTION . AVERAGE CROPS AND HIGHEST INCOME . Such a year as 1907 has been ...
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... average for the whole country where it is grown , or twice the average for all kinds of hay , and , besides this , is more nutritious than other hays . EXTENSION . The cultivation of alfalfa has been pressing eastward until now it has ...
... average for the whole country where it is grown , or twice the average for all kinds of hay , and , besides this , is more nutritious than other hays . EXTENSION . The cultivation of alfalfa has been pressing eastward until now it has ...
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... average income per acre , with allowance for subse- quent increase of price of products , the value of the crops raised on irrigated land this year would appear to be worth at least $ 175,000,000 , an increase of 75 per cent over the ...
... average income per acre , with allowance for subse- quent increase of price of products , the value of the crops raised on irrigated land this year would appear to be worth at least $ 175,000,000 , an increase of 75 per cent over the ...
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... average this if the pops of the pawi , Sve years . There have been three larger there of 108 1908 and 1906 . " non that wacht pack of 290. On the assumption that the crop La value the corn crop of this year is much GARA DY KATONA at 8 ...
... average this if the pops of the pawi , Sve years . There have been three larger there of 108 1908 and 1906 . " non that wacht pack of 290. On the assumption that the crop La value the corn crop of this year is much GARA DY KATONA at 8 ...
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... average crop of the previous ive years . Its farm value is probably a little below that of last year's crop . Otherwise it will be the most valuable cotton crop ever raised in this country and 7 per cent above the average farm value of ...
... average crop of the previous ive years . Its farm value is probably a little below that of last year's crop . Otherwise it will be the most valuable cotton crop ever raised in this country and 7 per cent above the average farm value of ...
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Page 206 - That said colleges may use a portion of this money for providing courses for the special preparation of instructors for teaching the elements of agriculture and the mechanic arts : Provided.
Page 264 - Yet it is a very plain and elementary truth, that the life, the fortune, and the happiness of every one of us, and, more or less, of those who are connected with us, do depend upon our knowing something of the rules of a game infinitely more difficult and complicated than chess.
Page 492 - Agriculture, shall have charge of the forecasting of weather, the issue of storm warnings, the display of weather and flood signals for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, and navigation, the gauging and reporting of rivers, the maintenance and operation of seacoast telegraph lines and the collection and transmission of marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and navigation...
Page 2 - L., 1895.] [AN ACT Providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents...
Page 495 - ... assisted by consular, agricultural, and commercial authorities. He records, tabulates, and coordinates statistics of agricultural production, distribution, and consumption, the authorized data of governments, institutes, societies, boards of trade, and individual experts; and issues a monthly crop report for the information of producers and consumers.
Page 106 - With all these data before the board, each individual member computes independently, on a separate sheet or final computation slip, his own estimate of the acreage, condition, or yield of each crop, or of the number, condition, etc., of farm animals for each State separately. These results are then compared and discussed by the board under the supervision of the chairman, and the final figures for each State are decided upon.
Page 321 - ... sold or offered for sale in the District of Columbia or the territories, or...
Page 492 - An Act to enlarge the powers of the Department of Agriculture, prohibit the transportation by interstate commerce of game killed in violation of local laws, and for other purposes.
Page 2 - The Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture shall hereafter be submitted and printed In two parts, as follows: Part One, wblch shall contain purely business and executive matter which it is necessary for the Secretary to submit to the President and Congress; Part Two, which shall contain such reports from the different Bureaus and Divisions, and such papers prepared by their special agents, accompanied by suitable illustrations, as shall, in the opinion of the Secretary, be specially suited...
Page 315 - That the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall make uniform rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act...