Report of the Secretary of AgricultureU.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 Contains administrative report only. |
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... organization of the bureau ... Plant breeding .. Investigations of the quality of seed . 126 127 128 129 Experiments and demonstrations in live - stock production in the cane- 131 135 135 136 141 Seed stocks committee ..... Agronomic ...
... organization of the bureau ... Plant breeding .. Investigations of the quality of seed . 126 127 128 129 Experiments and demonstrations in live - stock production in the cane- 131 135 135 136 141 Seed stocks committee ..... Agronomic ...
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... organized agricultural agencies assisting them , includ- ing the Federal Department of Agriculture , the State colleges and departments of agriculture , and farmers ' organizations , played dur- ing the war in sustaining this Nation and ...
... organized agricultural agencies assisting them , includ- ing the Federal Department of Agriculture , the State colleges and departments of agriculture , and farmers ' organizations , played dur- ing the war in sustaining this Nation and ...
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... organization of our agricul- tural agencies for the purpose of intelligently executing such plans as may seem to be wise . We shall attempt not only to perfect the organization and cooperation of the Department of Agriculture , the ...
... organization of our agricul- tural agencies for the purpose of intelligently executing such plans as may seem to be wise . We shall attempt not only to perfect the organization and cooperation of the Department of Agriculture , the ...
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... organizations and of seeing that nothing was omitted to safeguard all legitimate interests . This body , as a whole and also through its subcommittees , studied the larger and more critical agricultural problems confronting the Govern ...
... organizations and of seeing that nothing was omitted to safeguard all legitimate interests . This body , as a whole and also through its subcommittees , studied the larger and more critical agricultural problems confronting the Govern ...
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... organization of the veterinary corps . Through the Forest Service it rendered valu- able assistance to practically all branches of the Government having to do with the purchase or use of forest products and to many industries which ...
... organization of the veterinary corps . Through the Forest Service it rendered valu- able assistance to practically all branches of the Government having to do with the purchase or use of forest products and to many industries which ...
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acreage acres addition amount animals assistance beans beekeeping birds Board breeding brown-tail Bulletins Bureau of Chemistry Bureau of Entomology Bureau of Markets campaign cattle cent cheese continued cooperation corn cost cottage cheese cottonseed meal county agents dairy demonstrations Department of Agriculture disease distribution district Division eggs eradication especially experiment stations extension farm farmers Federal Federal Horticultural Board feed field fiscal year 1917 Food Administration food production Forest Service funds Government grain growers hogs important improved increase infested insect insecticides inspection investigations issued June 30 labor land large number Library live stock manufacture material meat ment methods Mexico milk National Forests North Dakota Office operation organization pending pink bollworm potatoes poultry pounds practically prepared projects quarantine regulations reports road season secure sheep shipments silage soil supervision supply survey tests Texas tion United various velvet beans Washington wheat
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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.