Deparment of Agriculture for June 30, |
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... considerably in recent years and that they constitute a larger and more important part of the permanent diet of the people . With all the agencies now available for improving agriculture there is ground for optimism as to the ability of ...
... considerably in recent years and that they constitute a larger and more important part of the permanent diet of the people . With all the agencies now available for improving agriculture there is ground for optimism as to the ability of ...
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... grazing on the public lands outside the National Forests would permit a considerable addition to the country's meat supply . At present these lands 18 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . Development of stock raising_.
... grazing on the public lands outside the National Forests would permit a considerable addition to the country's meat supply . At present these lands 18 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . Development of stock raising_.
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... considerable areas and cause enormous damage to grain and other crops . Ground squirrels occur in large numbers in 18 States . While they are less destructive to forage plants than prairie dogs , they consume large quantities of forage ...
... considerable areas and cause enormous damage to grain and other crops . Ground squirrels occur in large numbers in 18 States . While they are less destructive to forage plants than prairie dogs , they consume large quantities of forage ...
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... considerably increased acre yields gradually will be brought about in a large part of the area adapted to the staple food crops . EXTENSION OF AREAS OF PRODUCTION . Very destructive climatic conditions never occur in this country with ...
... considerably increased acre yields gradually will be brought about in a large part of the area adapted to the staple food crops . EXTENSION OF AREAS OF PRODUCTION . Very destructive climatic conditions never occur in this country with ...
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... considerable extent by the grain sorghums because they more regularly produce profitable crops . Approximately 4 million acres now are devoted to these crops . One of these sorghums has been changed by sys- tematic breeding into a ...
... considerable extent by the grain sorghums because they more regularly produce profitable crops . Approximately 4 million acres now are devoted to these crops . One of these sorghums has been changed by sys- tematic breeding into a ...
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Page 36 - If, when sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, it differs from the standard of strength, quality or purity laid down therein...
Page 265 - ... maintenance of a printing office in the city of Washington for the printing of weather maps, bulletins, circulars, forms, and other publications: Provided, That no printing shall be done by the Weather Bureau that can be done at the Government Printing Office without impairing the service of said bureau...
Page 160 - June 30, 1916, 176,088,608 acres, including 20,668,328 acres of alienated land. The net National Forest area, or. in other words, the area actually owned by the public, was at the close of the year 155,420,280 acres.
Page 286 - Washington are given in the following table, from which it will be seen that, with three exceptions, books were lent last year to every State in the Union.
Page 297 - ... (3) the Office of Extension Work in the South, including the farmers' cooperative demonstration work and the cooperative extension work in 15 Southern States; (4) the Office of Extension Work in the North and West, including the farmers...
Page 202 - Clearing House Letter" has been issued frequently to food and drug officials. Its purpose is to furnish officials all available current material bearing upon the enforcement of food and drug laws. ' A revision of the Manual of Procedure for the Guidance of State Health, Food, and Drug Officials was published in October, 1916. A compilation of the definitions and standards for foods and drugs that have been enacted into law by the several States was prepared and distributed to many officials. Concrete...
Page 372 - Nursery stock, including all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots...
Page 49 - SIR: I have the honor to submit a report of the operations of the Weather Bureau during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910.
Page 20 - ... year. The sum of $250,000 is available for this purpose during the fiscal year 1917. A force of hunters and trappers has been organized in the infested States, and 543 wolves, 19,170 coyotes, and many other predatory animals have been destroyed. As a single wolf has been known to kill more than $3,000 worth of stock in one year, the effect on the stock-raising industry of the elimination of this number of destroyers is apparent. A continuance of the campaign should eliminate a large part of the...