Report of the Secretary of AgricultureU.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 Contains administrative report only. |
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... practically all branches of the Government having to do with the purchase or use of forest products and to many industries which supply war material to the Government , made a thorough study of the lumber situation , aided in many ...
... practically all branches of the Government having to do with the purchase or use of forest products and to many industries which supply war material to the Government , made a thorough study of the lumber situation , aided in many ...
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... practically all of them were returned to the markets later at an average weight of 250 to 275 pounds , mak- ing an aggregate gain of about 40,000,000 pounds of pork . Tuberculosis . - Tuberculosis , the most widely distributed destruc ...
... practically all of them were returned to the markets later at an average weight of 250 to 275 pounds , mak- ing an aggregate gain of about 40,000,000 pounds of pork . Tuberculosis . - Tuberculosis , the most widely distributed destruc ...
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... practically 14,000 miles of leased wires . Many producers , distributors , and others have come to depend on these services and to make less use of commercial price- quoting agencies , which are not able to furnish data so reliable , ac ...
... practically 14,000 miles of leased wires . Many producers , distributors , and others have come to depend on these services and to make less use of commercial price- quoting agencies , which are not able to furnish data so reliable , ac ...
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... practically to become dead stock and to be ex- cluded from use , this Department took steps to secure its proper utilization , particularly through a modification of Government con- tracts . It was believed to be feasible to use lower ...
... practically to become dead stock and to be ex- cluded from use , this Department took steps to secure its proper utilization , particularly through a modification of Government con- tracts . It was believed to be feasible to use lower ...
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... practically all cars and freight coming from Mexico , with the exception of certain cars used for the shipment of ore and lumber . These cars were offered for entry principally at the port of El Paso , and , under arrangement with the ...
... practically all cars and freight coming from Mexico , with the exception of certain cars used for the shipment of ore and lumber . These cars were offered for entry principally at the port of El Paso , and , under arrangement with 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.