Report of the Secretary of AgricultureU.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 Contains administrative report only. |
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... assistance and guidance to farmers in this field , nor had the laws necessary to remedy abuses and control unfavor- able conditions been formulated or enacted . In view of the com- plexity and novelty of the problems , the ...
... assistance and guidance to farmers in this field , nor had the laws necessary to remedy abuses and control unfavor- able conditions been formulated or enacted . In view of the com- plexity and novelty of the problems , the ...
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... assistance has been rendered to the fruit interests of the States of Oregon , Washington , Idaho , and Montana . An organiza- tion composed of cooperative associations , corporations operating for the producers , and individual growers ...
... assistance has been rendered to the fruit interests of the States of Oregon , Washington , Idaho , and Montana . An organiza- tion composed of cooperative associations , corporations operating for the producers , and individual growers ...
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... assistance in the development of the export trade under normal conditions . A representative of the department recently conducted investigations in Europe along this line . The work , in so far as possible , will be done in close ...
... assistance in the development of the export trade under normal conditions . A representative of the department recently conducted investigations in Europe along this line . The work , in so far as possible , will be done in close ...
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... assistance in keeping the farm free from weeds . The sheep farm is usually a weedless farm . Extension of industry . - In the United States only one in seven farms of over 20 acres now supports sheep , with an average of one sheep of ...
... assistance in keeping the farm free from weeds . The sheep farm is usually a weedless farm . Extension of industry . - In the United States only one in seven farms of over 20 acres now supports sheep , with an average of one sheep of ...
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... assistance of the Public Health Service and the Bureau of Fisheries , sanitary surveys have been made of the oyster beds on the Atlantic coast . Sources of pollution and polluted areas were located and the information conveyed to ...
... assistance of the Public Health Service and the Bureau of Fisheries , sanitary surveys have been made of the oyster beds on the Atlantic coast . Sources of pollution and polluted areas were located and the information conveyed 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 36 - If, when sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia, it differs from the standard of strength, quality or purity laid down therein...
Page 265 - ... the maintenance of a printing office in the city of Washington for the printing of weather maps, bulletins, circulars, forms, and other publications: Provided, That no printing shall be done by the Weather Bureau that can be done at the Government Printing Office without impairing the service of said bureau...
Page 383 - Japan, and adjacent islands, of seed and all other portions of Indian corn or maize (Zea mays L.), and the closely related plants, including all species of Teosinte (Euchlaena...
Page 296 - Number of volumes added during year by binding material not otherwise counted. Number of volumes lost or withdrawn during year...
Page 384 - England), excepting fruit pits, seeds of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs, field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants, and other herbaceous plants and roots...
Page 383 - Mediterranean fruit fly and the melon fly, except that bananas and pineapples may be moved from the Territory of Hawaii in manner or method or under conditions prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. Cotton lint from Hawaii may be shipped to the continental United States only in accordance with the regulations prescribed in the notice of quarantine, on account of the pink boll worm.
Page 286 - The figures for the last five years are given in the following table, from which it will be seen that there has been a considerable expansion in the output during the period covered : Building Materials 1899 to 1903 Material.
Page 160 - June 30, 1916, 176,088,608 acres, including 20,668,328 acres of alienated land. The net National Forest area, or, in other words, the area actually owned by the public, was at the close of the year 155,420,280 acres.
Page 372 - 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...