Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture for the Fiscal Year Ended ...: Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, Miscellaneous ReportsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 Contains administrative report only. |
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... Southern field - crop insect investigations_ . 218 Investigations of insects affecting the health of man_ 220 Investigations of insects affecting the health of animals_ 222 Cereal and forage insect investigations____ 223 Investigations ...
... Southern field - crop insect investigations_ . 218 Investigations of insects affecting the health of man_ 220 Investigations of insects affecting the health of animals_ 222 Cereal and forage insect investigations____ 223 Investigations ...
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... southern cattle tick is proceeding more rapidly than ever before and is opening up for beef and dairy production a large territory . During the past fiscal year 31,358 square miles were released from quarantine and , in addition , 9,493 ...
... southern cattle tick is proceeding more rapidly than ever before and is opening up for beef and dairy production a large territory . During the past fiscal year 31,358 square miles were released from quarantine and , in addition , 9,493 ...
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... southern trade , and two of them are holding sales in cooperation with the department . Cattle from southern herds have won the highest honors in northern show rings , and steers from southern feed lots , after being properly fattened ...
... southern trade , and two of them are holding sales in cooperation with the department . Cattle from southern herds have won the highest honors in northern show rings , and steers from southern feed lots , after being properly fattened ...
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... Southern , and Eastern States , that we must look for an increase in the number of sheep . THE DAIRY INDUSTRY . The profits of agriculture ultimately depend on the intelligent cultivation of the soil and the preservation of its ...
... Southern , and Eastern States , that we must look for an increase in the number of sheep . THE DAIRY INDUSTRY . The profits of agriculture ultimately depend on the intelligent cultivation of the soil and the preservation of its ...
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... direction necessarily is slow , it is gratifying to note that in recent years the production of corn in the Southern States has increased greatly . At the same time the 24 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .
... direction necessarily is slow , it is gratifying to note that in recent years the production of corn in the Southern States has increased greatly . At the same time the 24 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .
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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...