Deparment of Agriculture for June 30, |
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Page 31
... survey of the Nation's resources in fertilizer materials , par- ticularly in potash , for which this country was entirely REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE . 31 Cooperative agricultural extension work Potash from kelp---
... survey of the Nation's resources in fertilizer materials , par- ticularly in potash , for which this country was entirely REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE . 31 Cooperative agricultural extension work Potash from kelp---
Page 34
... 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 oystermen . Seizures of shipments of polluted oysters were effected and a marked ...
... 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 oystermen . Seizures of shipments of polluted oysters were effected and a marked ...
Page 45
... Survey , and the Bureau of Entomology . Obviously , there are in the Forests many problems relating to live stock , plant growth , predatory animal and insect control , soil conditions , and road and trail work . These great bureaus are ...
... Survey , and the Bureau of Entomology . Obviously , there are in the Forests many problems relating to live stock , plant growth , predatory animal and insect control , soil conditions , and road and trail work . These great bureaus are ...
Page 53
... survey over one of the larger watersheds and have aided the bureau on a survey in one of the smaller watersheds which contribute to the water supply of the city . Aside from the importance of these snow surveys from a practical point of ...
... survey over one of the larger watersheds and have aided the bureau on a survey in one of the smaller watersheds which contribute to the water supply of the city . Aside from the importance of these snow surveys from a practical point of ...
Page 82
... survey , 18 animals were con- demned as unsuitable to be retained for breeding purposes . The mares Indiana and Belladonna and a weanling foal died during the year . The following table shows the number of animals of various ages in the ...
... survey , 18 animals were con- demned as unsuitable to be retained for breeding purposes . The mares Indiana and Belladonna and a weanling foal died during the year . The following table shows the number of animals of various ages in the ...
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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 - ... 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 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 286 - Washington are given in the following table, from which it will be seen that, with three exceptions, books were lent last year to every State in the Union.
Page 297 - ... (3) the Office of Extension Work in the South, including the farmers' cooperative demonstration work and the cooperative extension work in 15 Southern States; (4) the Office of Extension Work in the North and West, including the farmers...
Page 202 - Clearing House Letter" has been issued frequently to food and drug officials. Its purpose is to furnish officials all available current material bearing upon the enforcement of food and drug laws. ' A revision of the Manual of Procedure for the Guidance of State Health, Food, and Drug Officials was published in October, 1916. A compilation of the definitions and standards for foods and drugs that have been enacted into law by the several States was prepared and distributed to many officials. Concrete...
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...
Page 49 - SIR: I have the honor to submit a report of the operations of the Weather Bureau during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910.
Page 20 - ... year. The sum of $250,000 is available for this purpose during the fiscal year 1917. A force of hunters and trappers has been organized in the infested States, and 543 wolves, 19,170 coyotes, and many other predatory animals have been destroyed. As a single wolf has been known to kill more than $3,000 worth of stock in one year, the effect on the stock-raising industry of the elimination of this number of destroyers is apparent. A continuance of the campaign should eliminate a large part of the...