Report of the Secretary of AgricultureThe Department, 1921 |
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... increased greatly since 1914. In addition , the labor supply was approximately 37 per cent short , and wages had risen to such a point in 1919 that the farmers were ap- palled at the thought of paying still higher wages in 1920. Many of ...
... increased greatly since 1914. In addition , the labor supply was approximately 37 per cent short , and wages had risen to such a point in 1919 that the farmers were ap- palled at the thought of paying still higher wages in 1920. Many of ...
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... increases ranging as high as 25 per cent on cattle , calves , hogs , sheep , and goats shipped in car lots by single ... increased rates or charges . They not only did not comply with the orders , but some of them instituted suits in the ...
... increases ranging as high as 25 per cent on cattle , calves , hogs , sheep , and goats shipped in car lots by single ... increased rates or charges . They not only did not comply with the orders , but some of them instituted suits in the ...
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... increased only 20 per cent during the 40 years from 1860 to 1900 , the price in 1920 is two and one - half times ... increases the difficulties of a tenant who is seeking to become an owner . If he borrows a considerable part of the ...
... increased only 20 per cent during the 40 years from 1860 to 1900 , the price in 1920 is two and one - half times ... increases the difficulties of a tenant who is seeking to become an owner . If he borrows a considerable part of the ...
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... increasing scarcity of land available for agricultural use . This scarcity is not statisti- cally apparent , for , in ... increased the net cash income of the farmer and stimulated a temporary expansion of the crop area , this was due in ...
... increasing scarcity of land available for agricultural use . This scarcity is not statisti- cally apparent , for , in ... increased the net cash income of the farmer and stimulated a temporary expansion of the crop area , this was due in ...
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... increased standards of living of the American people as a whole have caused a great expansion in all industries centering in cities ; and the industrial bid for workers , accelerated by conditions during and immediately following the ...
... increased standards of living of the American people as a whole have caused a great expansion in all industries centering in cities ; and the industrial bid for workers , accelerated by conditions during and immediately following the ...
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Page 100 - This is the first time that an attempt has been made to gather together the whole broad subject of home economics into one correlated series of volumes.
Page 262 - An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes,' " approved March 3, 1913, shall include and shall be construed to include wrapped meats inclosed in papers or other materials as prepared by the manufacturers thereof for sale.
Page 590 - That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized in his discretion to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture all available war material, equipment, and supplies not needed for the purposes of the War Department, but suitable for use in the improvement of highways, and that the same be distributed among the highway departments of the several States to be used on roads constructed in whole or in part by Federal aid...
Page 438 - It would seem that at lower temperatures the line representing this relation must become concave upward, and it is hoped that in the near future it will be possible to carry out some experiments on this equilibrium below 1000 degrees, to test this point.
Page 607 - AN ACT For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded Paris greens, lead arsenates, and other insecticides, and also fungicides, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes.
Page 587 - Such permits may not include land or deposits in (a) national parks; (6) forests created under the act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat., 961), known as the Appalachian Forest Reserve act; (c) lands in military or naval reservations; or (d) Indian reservations.
Page 636 - 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 496 - July 11, 1916, is hereby amended to provide that the term "rural post roads," as used in section 2 of said act, shall be construed to mean any public road a major portion of which is now used, or can be used, or forms a connecting link not to exceed ten miles in length of any road or roads now or hereafter used for the transportation of the United States mails...
Page ii - [AN ACT Providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents...
Page ii - Secretary, be specially suited to interest and instruct the fanners of the country, and to include a general report of the operations of the Department for their information. There shall be printed of Part One, one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand copies for the House, and three thousand copies for the Department of Agriculture; and of Part Two, one hundred and ten thousand copies for the use of the Senate, three hundred and sixty thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives,...