Deparment of Agriculture for June 30, |
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... Progress in administration ... Unwise legislation _ - _- Recreation use of the forests_ National Forests and National Parks . Clear - cut policy necessary- 35 36 37 37 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 43 43 44 REPORTS OF CHIEFS . Report of the ...
... Progress in administration ... Unwise legislation _ - _- Recreation use of the forests_ National Forests and National Parks . Clear - cut policy necessary- 35 36 37 37 38 39 39 40 40 41 41 43 43 44 REPORTS OF CHIEFS . Report of the ...
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... progress for a time . There was an 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 ...
... progress for a time . There was an 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 ...
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... progress , owing in part to the importation of carefully selected dairy cows and registered bulls from the East and Middle West . Its development in the South has been very marked during the past year . A beginning was made in the work ...
... progress , owing in part to the importation of carefully selected dairy cows and registered bulls from the East and Middle West . Its development in the South has been very marked during the past year . A beginning was made in the work ...
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... progress in this direction necessarily is slow , it is gratifying to note that in recent years the production of corn in the Southern States has increased greatly . At the same time the 24 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .
... progress in this direction necessarily is slow , it is gratifying to note that in recent years the production of corn in the Southern States has increased greatly . At the same time the 24 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .
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... Progress has been made in determining their exact character and in develop- ing methods of control , but the destructiveness of certain diseases under climatic conditions favorable to their spread necessitates 72412 ° - -AGR 1916- -3 ...
... Progress has been made in determining their exact character and in develop- ing methods of control , but the destructiveness of certain diseases under climatic conditions favorable to their spread necessitates 72412 ° - -AGR 1916- -3 ...
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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...