Deparment of Agriculture for June 30, |
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... increase , 1899 to 1909 as shown in census . b Based upon population , June 1 , 190 , 79,230,563 . c Based upon ... increased , in round numbers , 26,000,000 , or 33 per cent . The articles dealt with cover the more important parts of ...
... increase , 1899 to 1909 as shown in census . b Based upon population , June 1 , 190 , 79,230,563 . c Based upon ... increased , in round numbers , 26,000,000 , or 33 per cent . The articles dealt with cover the more important parts of ...
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... increase in production . The figures for Irish potatoes may be taken as a fair index of the normal increase of vege- table products . The potato acreage increased from 2,938,778 in 1899 to 3,668,855 in 1909 , or 24.8 per cent , while ...
... increase in production . The figures for Irish potatoes may be taken as a fair index of the normal increase of vege- table products . The potato acreage increased from 2,938,778 in 1899 to 3,668,855 in 1909 , or 24.8 per cent , while ...
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... increase the meat supply . The activities of the department have taken two principal direc- tions ( 1 ) checking and eliminating diseases and parasites and ( 2 ) increasing and improving stock raising by extending the industry where ...
... increase the meat supply . The activities of the department have taken two principal direc- tions ( 1 ) checking and eliminating diseases and parasites and ( 2 ) increasing and improving stock raising by extending the industry where ...
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... increase in the num- ber of hogs raised in these counties from 859,910 in 1912 to 1,334,644 in 1915 , while during the same period there was a decrease in the number that died from 152,296 to 30,668 . This is an increase of 474,734 in ...
... increase in the num- ber of hogs raised in these counties from 859,910 in 1912 to 1,334,644 in 1915 , while during the same period there was a decrease in the number that died from 152,296 to 30,668 . This is an increase of 474,734 in ...
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... increase of from 15 to 30 per cent in the carrying capacity of the National Forest ranges . This has been brought about by systematic regulation , better methods of handling stock , improving and increasing the number of watering places ...
... increase of from 15 to 30 per cent in the carrying capacity of the National Forest ranges . This has been brought about by systematic regulation , better methods of handling stock , improving and increasing the number of watering places ...
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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...