Report of the Secretary of AgricultureU.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 |
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... receiving ACP cost - sharing of $ 1,607 on 114 of these acres . They invested some of their own money in materials , and they furnished labor and equipment for land preparation and planting . The following specific example shows how one ...
... receiving ACP cost - sharing of $ 1,607 on 114 of these acres . They invested some of their own money in materials , and they furnished labor and equipment for land preparation and planting . The following specific example shows how one ...
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... receiving total ACP cost - sharing assistance of $ 1,865 . While making these land adjust- ments , they carried on ... received 20 $ 390.40 15 210.80 lin . ft .. 500 50.00 17 85.00 16 254.44 20 120.00 10 153.55 12 80.50 1,344.69 Thus ...
... receiving total ACP cost - sharing assistance of $ 1,865 . While making these land adjust- ments , they carried on ... received 20 $ 390.40 15 210.80 lin . ft .. 500 50.00 17 85.00 16 254.44 20 120.00 10 153.55 12 80.50 1,344.69 Thus ...
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... received technical aid from the Soil Conservation Service through their locally organized and operated soil conservation district . Watershed Protection The Tongue River watershed in Cavalier and Pembina. Almost every winter In 1955 they ...
... received technical aid from the Soil Conservation Service through their locally organized and operated soil conservation district . Watershed Protection The Tongue River watershed in Cavalier and Pembina. Almost every winter In 1955 they ...
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... received contributions in cash or direct participation in the work from local communities ( the towns of Narrows and Marion , Va .; and Blanding , Utah ) . During the fiscal year , 6.9 billion board - feet of timber were cut on the ...
... received contributions in cash or direct participation in the work from local communities ( the towns of Narrows and Marion , Va .; and Blanding , Utah ) . During the fiscal year , 6.9 billion board - feet of timber were cut on the ...
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... received about $ 2,000 more for the marked timber than he had been offered for the land and timber . He still has his land and the prospect , within 20 years , of another harvest cutting of better quality timber . During fiscal 1956 ...
... received about $ 2,000 more for the marked timber than he had been offered for the land and timber . He still has his land and the prospect , within 20 years , of another harvest cutting of better quality timber . During fiscal 1956 ...
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Page 60 - We, here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.
Page 27 - Service, provides assistance to gum turpentine farmers who follow conservation practices. In the...
Page 58 - AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE Price and Income Farmers' realized net income was $11.8 billion in 1956, compared with $11.3 billion for 1955. Cash receipts from farm marketings in 1956 were up 2.5 percent over 1955, owing to an increase in the volume of farm marketings. Farmers' nonmoney income, including the value of homeconsumed farm products and the rental value of farm dwellings, was about the same as in 1955. However, the new incentive payments for wool, started in July, and payments for participation...
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Page 60 - Free enterprise is based on freedom of choice — free agency — an eternal God-Given principle. The Founding Fathers, inspired though they were, did not invent the priceless blessing of individual freedom and respect for the dignity of man. No, that priceless gift to mankind sprang from the God of Heaven and not from Government.
Page 16 - It was during this period (the 18 months of her mother's illness, ending in death) that I really appreciated, and my family also, all that I had learned in my 4-H Club work. I took over the complete management of our household, doing all the cooking, laundry, cleaning, and everything else that needed to be done. The experience that I gained during that time, I know, will be of great value in my future years as a wife and mother.
Page 27 - The Forest Service cooperated with 43 States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico in the production and distribution of trees to farmers and other landowners for the planting of woodlands and farm shelterbelts. Distribution under the cooperative program in 1955 amounted to approximately 475 million trees, enough to plant about 475,000 acres.
Page 44 - Department is encouraging to the maximum extent cooperative participation of farm and trade groups and other interested organizations in market development work. The following 17 such groups and organizations participated in export promotion programs: Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association, Inc. Tobacco Associates, Inc. Burley and Dark Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association National Dairy Council Dairy Industries Society, International Oregon Wheat Growers...