Yearbook of agriculture. 1907U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 |
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... present my Eleventh Annual Report of the work of the Department of Agriculture for the past year . It has been a year of untoward conditions requiring all the industry and skill of the farmers to grow an average crop . They have strug ...
... present my Eleventh Annual Report of the work of the Department of Agriculture for the past year . It has been a year of untoward conditions requiring all the industry and skill of the farmers to grow an average crop . They have strug ...
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... present one , De $ , SOCIOLAN1 or 26 per cent above the Fwy crops . Four crops before had ex- of eight such years as 1907 would For Po , AREY somnis rolling stock , and all prop- k of steam railroads in the United A ka epal simples ...
... present one , De $ , SOCIOLAN1 or 26 per cent above the Fwy crops . Four crops before had ex- of eight such years as 1907 would For Po , AREY somnis rolling stock , and all prop- k of steam railroads in the United A ka epal simples ...
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... present one , its value is estimated to be $ 1,350,000,000 , or 26 per cent above the average value of the previous five crops . Four crops before had ex- ceeded one billion dollars in value . The farm value of the corn crop of eight ...
... present one , its value is estimated to be $ 1,350,000,000 , or 26 per cent above the average value of the previous five crops . Four crops before had ex- ceeded one billion dollars in value . The farm value of the corn crop of eight ...
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... present a fund of information that will be studied with profit by those whose duty it is to add to our limited knowledge of the science that must precede the art of weather forecasting . The upper - air work at Mount Weather is thus ...
... present a fund of information that will be studied with profit by those whose duty it is to add to our limited knowledge of the science that must precede the art of weather forecasting . The upper - air work at Mount Weather is thus ...
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... present calendar year this work has in- cluded 2,307,934 inspections and 775,795 disinfections of cattle . Various approved methods for the eradication of ticks have been used , including pasture rotation and dipping , spraying , and ...
... present calendar year this work has in- cluded 2,307,934 inspections and 775,795 disinfections of cattle . Various approved methods for the eradication of ticks have been used , including pasture rotation and dipping , spraying , and ...
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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...