Deparment of Agriculture for June 30, |
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... possible the issuance of reliable and easily negotiable warehouse receipts , promote the better storing of farm products , and encourage the standardizing of storages and of marketing processes . The Federal Farm Loan Act was approved ...
... possible the issuance of reliable and easily negotiable warehouse receipts , promote the better storing of farm products , and encourage the standardizing of storages and of marketing processes . The Federal Farm Loan Act was approved ...
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... this line . The work , in so far as possible , will be done in close cooperation with the Departments of State and REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE . 7 Marketing live stock and meats___ Demonstration market news service_.
... this line . The work , in so far as possible , will be done in close cooperation with the Departments of State and REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE . 7 Marketing live stock and meats___ Demonstration market news service_.
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... possible . Official standards for shelled corn , effective December 1 , 1916 , were issued on September 1. These standards consist of 6 grades each for white corn , yellow corn , and mixed corn , and also a sample grade , making 19 ...
... possible . Official standards for shelled corn , effective December 1 , 1916 , were issued on September 1. These standards consist of 6 grades each for white corn , yellow corn , and mixed corn , and also a sample grade , making 19 ...
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... possible to supply our large markets with vegetables in greater variety throughout the year . It is a well - known fact that the consumption of fruits and vegetables has increased considerably in recent years and that they constitute a ...
... possible to supply our large markets with vegetables in greater variety throughout the year . It is a well - known fact that the consumption of fruits and vegetables has increased considerably in recent years and that they constitute a ...
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... possible greatly to increase the number of meat - producing animals upon the public ranges . Destruction of forage by rodents . - The grazing value of the western stock ranges is much reduced by the depredations of prairie dogs and ...
... possible greatly to increase the number of meat - producing animals upon the public ranges . Destruction of forage by rodents . - The grazing value of the western stock ranges is much reduced by the depredations of prairie dogs and ...
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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...