Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture for the Fiscal Year Ended ...: Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, Miscellaneous ReportsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 |
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... indicated in terms of planting operations . The size of the harvest may not be the measure of the labors of the farmers . Adverse weather conditions and unusual ravages of insects or plant diseases 4 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF ...
... indicated in terms of planting operations . The size of the harvest may not be the measure of the labors of the farmers . Adverse weather conditions and unusual ravages of insects or plant diseases 4 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF ...
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... indicated . Even this record was exceeded the second year of the war . There was planted in 1918 for the same crops 289,000,000 acres , an increase over the preceding record year of 5,600,000 . It is especially noteworthy that , while ...
... indicated . Even this record was exceeded the second year of the war . There was planted in 1918 for the same crops 289,000,000 acres , an increase over the preceding record year of 5,600,000 . It is especially noteworthy that , while ...
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... indicated rather in terms of real commodities , comparative statements of which are given in foregoing paragraphs . The increased values , however , do reveal that the monetary returns to the farmers have increased pro- portionately ...
... indicated rather in terms of real commodities , comparative statements of which are given in foregoing paragraphs . The increased values , however , do reveal that the monetary returns to the farmers have increased pro- portionately ...
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... indicate the variety and extent of their operations . They have actively labored not only to further the plans for increased economical production along all lines and carried to the rural popula- tion the latest and best information ...
... indicate the variety and extent of their operations . They have actively labored not only to further the plans for increased economical production along all lines and carried to the rural popula- tion the latest and best information ...
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... indicate its participation in all di- rections , and reference must therefore be made to reports of the sev- eral ... indicated to farmers in regions of heavy crop production the manner in which the cattle could be REPORT OF THE ...
... indicate its participation in all di- rections , and reference must therefore be made to reports of the sev- eral ... indicated to farmers in regions of heavy crop production the manner in which the cattle could be REPORT OF 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 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 108 - Carolina; with the Office of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior...
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 southeastern Asia (including India, Siam, IndoChina, and China), Malayan Archipelago, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippine Islands, Formosa, Japan, and adjacent islands, in the raw or unmanufactured state, of seed and all other portions of Indian corn or maize (Zea.
Page 480 - ... for enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and certify to shippers the condition as to soundness...
Page 473 - Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.
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.