Report of the Secretary of AgricultureU.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 Contains administrative report only. |
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... effect that an administration ought to be created to secure an increase of produc- tion . These people have seen the windows of cities placarded and papers filled with pleas for conservation , for investment in bonds , and for ...
... effect that an administration ought to be created to secure an increase of produc- tion . These people have seen the windows of cities placarded and papers filled with pleas for conservation , for investment in bonds , and for ...
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... effect the conservation of fuel oils and tars would have upon the vitally important problem of highway maintenance . Accordingly , the matter was taken up with the Fuel Administration and an arrangement perfected whereby the highways of ...
... effect the conservation of fuel oils and tars would have upon the vitally important problem of highway maintenance . Accordingly , the matter was taken up with the Fuel Administration and an arrangement perfected whereby the highways of ...
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... effect a considerable saving in rental . Permanent title having been secured to the reservation occupied by the Weather Bureau station at Bismarck , N. Dak .. since June 1 , 1894 , action was taken during the year to move the residence ...
... effect a considerable saving in rental . Permanent title having been secured to the reservation occupied by the Weather Bureau station at Bismarck , N. Dak .. since June 1 , 1894 , action was taken during the year to move the residence ...
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... effect greatly needed perma- nent improvement in the equipment at that station . An acceptable bid was finally secured for the construction of a new telegraph office and observatory building at Cape Henry , Va . , authorized by Congress ...
... effect greatly needed perma- nent improvement in the equipment at that station . An acceptable bid was finally secured for the construction of a new telegraph office and observatory building at Cape Henry , Va . , authorized by Congress ...
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... effect a more satisfactory distri- bution , improve their equipment , and secure better reports . Cordial cooperation continues between the Weather Bureau and other branches of the Government , and reporting stations , under the ...
... effect a more satisfactory distri- bution , improve their equipment , and secure better reports . Cordial cooperation continues between the Weather Bureau and other branches of the Government , and reporting stations , under the ...
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Page ii - L.. 1895.) [AN ACT Providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents...
Page 71 - I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of the operations of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1906, together with plans and recommendations for the future.
Page 170 - ... which, after due examination by personal inspection of a competent person appointed for that purpose by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be found better adapted for mining or for agricultural purposes than for forest usage, may be restored to the public domain. And...
Page 448 - nursery stock" shall include all field-grown florist stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit, and ornamental trees and 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 449 - 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 43 - Union, included provisions especially designed to assist the farming population. It authorized national banks to lend money on farm mortgages and recognized the peculiar needs of the farmer by giving his paper a maturity period of six months. This was followed by the Federal farm loan act, which created a banking system reaching intimately into the rural districts and operating on terms suited to the farm owners
Page 448 - Prohibits the importation from each and every country of Europe and Asia, and from the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, of all five-leafed pines and all species and varieties of the genera Ribes and Grossularia, on account of the white-pine blister rust.
Page 473 - Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming.
Page 410 - Second. In the case of articles labeled, branded, or tagged so as to plainly indicate that they are compounds, imitations, or blends, and the word " compound,"
Page 111 - Best results may be expected only when every live-stock owner becomes familiar with the provisions of the accredited-herd plan, which are as follows: METHODS AND RULES FOR ACCREDITING HERDS OF CATTLE. The rules below were unanimously adopted by the United States Live Stock Sanitary Association and by representatives of pure-bred cattle-breeders' associations, and approved December 23, 1917, by the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture.