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U.S. Department of Agriculture. Yearbook U. S. Dept. of Agriculture , 1912 . FRONTISPIECE . NORMAN J. COLMAN , OF MISSOURI . THE FIRST SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE . BORN NEAR RICHFIELD SPRINGS , N. Y. , MAY 16 , 1827 . Lawyer , farmer ...
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Yearbook U. S. Dept. of Agriculture , 1912 . FRONTISPIECE . NORMAN J. COLMAN , OF MISSOURI . THE FIRST SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE . BORN NEAR RICHFIELD SPRINGS , N. Y. , MAY 16 , 1827 . Lawyer , farmer ...
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U.S. Department of Agriculture. · PREFACE This volume contains 781 printed pages , comprising 259 pages for the Report of the Secretary , 282 pages for the 24 special articles , 208 pages for the Appendix , and 34 pages for the index ...
U.S. Department of Agriculture. · PREFACE This volume contains 781 printed pages , comprising 259 pages for the Report of the Secretary , 282 pages for the 24 special articles , 208 pages for the Appendix , and 34 pages for the index ...
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U.S. Department of Agriculture. CONTENTS . Page . Report of the Secretary ...... . 9 Promising New Fruits . By William A. Taylor and H. P. Gould ......... .. Our Meadow Larks in Relation to Agriculture . By F. E. L. Beal .. 261 279 The ...
U.S. Department of Agriculture. CONTENTS . Page . Report of the Secretary ...... . 9 Promising New Fruits . By William A. Taylor and H. P. Gould ......... .. Our Meadow Larks in Relation to Agriculture . By F. E. L. Beal .. 261 279 The ...
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U.S. Department of Agriculture. YEARBOOK OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . Mr. PRESIDENT : REPORT OF THE SECRETARY . I respectfully present my Sixteenth Annual Report , covering the work of the Department of Agriculture for the ...
U.S. Department of Agriculture. YEARBOOK OF THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . Mr. PRESIDENT : REPORT OF THE SECRETARY . I respectfully present my Sixteenth Annual Report , covering the work of the Department of Agriculture for the ...
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U.S. Department of Agriculture. The town does not need the retired farmer , while the farm needs his experience and his capital . A retired farmer is capital going to waste . Taking care of the soil is the first consideration in the ...
U.S. Department of Agriculture. The town does not need the retired farmer , while the farm needs his experience and his capital . A retired farmer is capital going to waste . Taking care of the soil is the first consideration in the ...
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Page 249 - Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 376 - He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather : for the sky is red.
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Page 215 - Agriculture to investigate and report upon the organization and progress of farmers' institutes and agricultural schools in the several States and Territories, and upon similar organizations in foreign countries, with special suggestions of plans and methods for making such organizations more effective for the dissemination of the results of the work of the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural experiment stations, and of improved methods of agricultural practice...
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Page 379 - The moon and the weather May change together; But change of the moon Does not change the weather. If we'd no moon at all, And that may seem strange, We still should have weather That's subject to change. "Notes and Queries.
Page 193 - 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.
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