Congressional Serial SetU.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... In the work on the processing of Japanese persimmons it has been found that all varieties can be satisfactorily processed on a large scale by keeping them in carbon dioxid for a time 52 YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .
... In the work on the processing of Japanese persimmons it has been found that all varieties can be satisfactorily processed on a large scale by keeping them in carbon dioxid for a time 52 YEARBOOK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .
Page 53
... varieties of apples , pears , strawberries , raspberries , blackberries , cherries , currants , gooseberries , quinces , huckleberries , apricots , and peaches . The shipping of fresh rasp- berries and blueberries from New Brunswick and ...
... varieties of apples , pears , strawberries , raspberries , blackberries , cherries , currants , gooseberries , quinces , huckleberries , apricots , and peaches . The shipping of fresh rasp- berries and blueberries from New Brunswick and ...
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... varieties of wheat grown on land cropped the previous year with potatoes , as compared with land in wheat the year before . Irrigation investigations at this station showed that wheat receiving from 18 to 20 inches of water during the ...
... varieties of wheat grown on land cropped the previous year with potatoes , as compared with land in wheat the year before . Irrigation investigations at this station showed that wheat receiving from 18 to 20 inches of water during the ...
Page 98
... varieties of timothy , originated at the New York Cornell Station , have shown strikingly superior qualities in drought resist- ance . The average yield for 17 new varieties in a dry season was 7,153 pounds per acre as compared with ...
... varieties of timothy , originated at the New York Cornell Station , have shown strikingly superior qualities in drought resist- ance . The average yield for 17 new varieties in a dry season was 7,153 pounds per acre as compared with ...
Page 103
... varieties bearing fruit for the first time . The work of producing hybrid strawberries is being continued , and about 1 acre of land has been set to the best of the new hybrids . Other hybrid fruits have been produced and are under ...
... varieties bearing fruit for the first time . The work of producing hybrid strawberries is being continued , and about 1 acre of land has been set to the best of the new hybrids . Other hybrid fruits have been produced and are under ...
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Page 229 - 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 233 - This variety has been grown to some extent in the work of the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the Bureau of Plant Industry of this department and inventoried as SPI No.
Page 208 - This is logical, for all food products, most of the raw materials for clothing, and many of the materials used for shelter are supplied by agriculture, and it is as important to study their use as their production, since the two are interdependent. The Department of Agriculture not only helps the farmer to make two blades of grass grow where one grew before, but also, through its studies of the use of agricultural products as food, helps the housekeeper in her efforts to make one dollar do the work...
Page 325 - He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening ye say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.' And in the morning, 'It will be foul weather today; for the sky is red and lowering.' O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Page 19 - March tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, or any subsequent decisions or instructions of the Secretary of the Interior or the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Page 199 - 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...
Page 455 - Some of the nutritive material present in green vegetables may escape into the water in which they are cooked, and if the water is discarded this means a corresponding loss. In experiments made in connection with the nutrition investigations of the Office of Experiment Stations it was found that when cabbage, which contains...
Page 466 - College instruction in agriculture is given in the colleges and universities receiving the benefits of the acts of Congress of July 2, 1862, August 30, 1890, and March 4, 1907, which are now in operation in all the States and Territories, except Alaska. The total number of these institutions is 67, of which 65 maintain courses of instruction in agriculture.
Page 188 - ... sold or offered for sale in the District of Columbia or the territories, or...