Report of the Secretary of AgricultureU.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 Contains administrative report only. |
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... obtained from the distressed sections and have greatly aided in arranging for their transportation . As a result of their efforts it is estimated that approximately 300,000 head of cattle were saved from star- vation or premature ...
... obtained from the distressed sections and have greatly aided in arranging for their transportation . As a result of their efforts it is estimated that approximately 300,000 head of cattle were saved from star- vation or premature ...
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... obtained through them and through voluntary reporters throughout the country is disseminated by means of a monthly publication en- titled " The Seed Reporter . " The workers connected with this service have cooperated fully with the ...
... obtained through them and through voluntary reporters throughout the country is disseminated by means of a monthly publication en- titled " The Seed Reporter . " The workers connected with this service have cooperated fully with the ...
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... obtained in previous investigational work along these lines were made the basis of exten- sive demonstrations . Producers were given practical advice regard- ing the proper methods of picking , grading , packing , handling , stor- ing ...
... obtained in previous investigational work along these lines were made the basis of exten- sive demonstrations . Producers were given practical advice regard- ing the proper methods of picking , grading , packing , handling , stor- ing ...
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... obtained from merchants revealed the fact that 60 per cent of them were operating under the " advancing system . " The men I have es- pecially in mind are those whose operations are on a small scale and who are not in most cases ...
... obtained from merchants revealed the fact that 60 per cent of them were operating under the " advancing system . " The men I have es- pecially in mind are those whose operations are on a small scale and who are not in most cases ...
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... obtained and disseminated valuable information . Because of the importance of this matter for the whole Union , I believe that the Federal Government should participate in this work and that an adequate sum should be made available to ...
... obtained and disseminated valuable information . Because of the importance of this matter for the whole Union , I believe that the Federal Government should participate in this work and that an adequate sum should be made available to ...
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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.