Deparment of Agriculture for June 30, |
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Page 76
... silage as the sole roughage in the ration , or to combine silage with a small quantity of corn stover or oat straw . The three car lots of silage - fed steers gained slightly over 2 pounds per head per day for the entire period of 126 ...
... silage as the sole roughage in the ration , or to combine silage with a small quantity of corn stover or oat straw . The three car lots of silage - fed steers gained slightly over 2 pounds per head per day for the entire period of 126 ...
Page 77
... silage they would eat . With corn at 70 cents a bushel , it was more economical to feed the calves on cottonseed meal alone . If corn had been charged at 50 cents a bushel the calves receiving corn would have made consider- ably larger ...
... silage they would eat . With corn at 70 cents a bushel , it was more economical to feed the calves on cottonseed meal alone . If corn had been charged at 50 cents a bushel the calves receiving corn would have made consider- ably larger ...
Page 81
... feeds rich in protein , for fattening hogs . Experiments have also been made to determine the value of potato silage as a feed for swine , and this work is being continued . In view of the great use which is BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY . 81.
... feeds rich in protein , for fattening hogs . Experiments have also been made to determine the value of potato silage as a feed for swine , and this work is being continued . In view of the great use which is BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY . 81.
Page 91
... silage crops last year were good , corn and sorghum having yielded 250 tons of silage at the rate of 6 or 7 tons per acre . Market- ing conditions have improved , and it has been found possible to mar- ket most of the products at fair ...
... silage crops last year were good , corn and sorghum having yielded 250 tons of silage at the rate of 6 or 7 tons per acre . Market- ing conditions have improved , and it has been found possible to mar- ket most of the products at fair ...
Page 95
... SILAGE AND FEEDING STUFFS . The work on the effect of silage on concrete has been completed with the exception of some tests to be made by the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering . This year's results show that cement ...
... SILAGE AND FEEDING STUFFS . The work on the effect of silage on concrete has been completed with the exception of some tests to be made by the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering . This year's results show that cement ...
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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...