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Washington Govenment Printing Officcce. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE , FOR THE YEAR 1879 . SIR : I have the honor to transmit this my third annual preliminary report of the agricultural condition of the country and of the ...
Washington Govenment Printing Officcce. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE , FOR THE YEAR 1879 . SIR : I have the honor to transmit this my third annual preliminary report of the agricultural condition of the country and of the ...
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... Agriculture has done what was possible to en- courage the production of sugar from the tropical cane as well as from beets and other plants , and there has been a large increase in area and in production of sugar from this source during ...
... Agriculture has done what was possible to en- courage the production of sugar from the tropical cane as well as from beets and other plants , and there has been a large increase in area and in production of sugar from this source during ...
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... agricultural periodicals . Much of it is doubtless valuable , and much is worthless . It is proposed to critically try , so far as is possible , all of the more important remedies , and to publish in compact form the ... AGRICULTURE . 15.
... agricultural periodicals . Much of it is doubtless valuable , and much is worthless . It is proposed to critically try , so far as is possible , all of the more important remedies , and to publish in compact form the ... AGRICULTURE . 15.
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... Agriculture by which the botanical collections were transferred to the Department of Agriculture , and committed to the care of a properly - qualified bot- anist connected with the department . This arrangement was entered into for two ...
... Agriculture by which the botanical collections were transferred to the Department of Agriculture , and committed to the care of a properly - qualified bot- anist connected with the department . This arrangement was entered into for two ...
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... agriculture . This botanical collection has also a special scientific value . It is the custom of all enlightened countries to collect at government centers specimens of the productions of the country , both for practical purposes and ...
... agriculture . This botanical collection has also a special scientific value . It is the custom of all enlightened countries to collect at government centers specimens of the productions of the country , both for practical purposes and ...
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Page 505 - Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire. New Jersey, New York...
Page 393 - ... at the end of the old and the beginning of the new year...
Page 459 - ... district, that are of a kind susceptible to contract such disease, and ordering all persons to take such precautions against the spreading of the disease, as the nature thereof may in his judgment render necessary or expedient, and which he may specify in such notice.
Page 459 - District to be detained at any place or places for the purpose of inspection and examination; to prescribe regulations for...
Page 216 - Island, and by 1862 had multiplied to such an extent as to occasion a loss of over one-third of the crop in some localities. In this year it first attracted the notice of Dr. Fitch, and his observations are published in the Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society for 1862.
Page 459 - ... which might convey infection or contagion, (provided that no animal shall be destroyed unless first examined by a medical or veterinary practitioner in the employ of the Governor...
Page 459 - ... which they may receive from the governor in the premises. To employ such and so many medical and veterinary practitioners and such other persons as he may from time to time deem necessary to assist in performing his duties as set forth in the first section of this act, and to fix their compensation.
Page 459 - To order that any premises, farm or farms where such disease exists or has existed be put in quarantine, so that no domestic animal be removed from or brought to the premises or places...
Page 372 - Grande, and from there northward over a large portion of Western Texas. The bulbs are produced in clusters like some kinds of sweet potatoes, some clusters weighing several pounds, and can be procured, it is stated, at a cost not exceeding $1 per 100 pounds.
Page 459 - ... on being certified as correct by the governor : Provided^ That animals coming from a neighboring State that have passed a veterinary examination in said State, and have been quarantined and discharged, shall not be subject to the provisions of this act.