Yearbook of agriculture. 1907U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 |
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... obtained in this manner are placed before the fore- cast official in Washington each night . The latter is thus informed of the vertical gradients of temperature and the direction of the wind for altitudes varying on the average from ...
... obtained in this manner are placed before the fore- cast official in Washington each night . The latter is thus informed of the vertical gradients of temperature and the direction of the wind for altitudes varying on the average from ...
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... obtaining pure and wholesome milk and to advise as to proper legislation to that effect . In order to assist in this work , the Secretary of Agriculture , about April 1 , directed the Bureau of Animal In- dustry to apply the tuberculin ...
... obtaining pure and wholesome milk and to advise as to proper legislation to that effect . In order to assist in this work , the Secretary of Agriculture , about April 1 , directed the Bureau of Animal In- dustry to apply the tuberculin ...
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... obtained . A poultry - feeding experiment was begun in the fall of 1906 at the Bureau quarantine station at Halethorp , Md . , to determine the respective values of the moist mash , dry mash , and hopper methods of feeding . Further ...
... obtained . A poultry - feeding experiment was begun in the fall of 1906 at the Bureau quarantine station at Halethorp , Md . , to determine the respective values of the moist mash , dry mash , and hopper methods of feeding . Further ...
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... obtained by the adoption of better dairy methods in the South . The work has met with uniform favor . So encouraging have been the results of the Department's work that similar work is being taken up by some of the States . It is ...
... obtained by the adoption of better dairy methods in the South . The work has met with uniform favor . So encouraging have been the results of the Department's work that similar work is being taken up by some of the States . It is ...
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... obtain better prices . OTHER DAIRY WORK . Farmers and dairymen are being encouraged to keep records of their dairy herds . It is believed that if this practice were more gen- erally adopted much pecuniary and other benefit would accrue ...
... obtain better prices . OTHER DAIRY WORK . Farmers and dairymen are being encouraged to keep records of their dairy herds . It is believed that if this practice were more gen- erally adopted much pecuniary and other benefit would accrue ...
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Popular passages
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...