Yearbook of AgricultureU.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 - Agriculture |
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Two tons of roots of the edible aroids were harvested in South Caro- lina as a result of an experiment with these ... long period of years . At the same time it has been carrying to the farmer in a practical way many of the scientific ...
Two tons of roots of the edible aroids were harvested in South Caro- lina as a result of an experiment with these ... long period of years . At the same time it has been carrying to the farmer in a practical way many of the scientific ...
Page 174
... long as the tillage and character of crop are adapted to full use of the entire supply . Illustrative estimates of yields of grain with varying water supply . Corn . Oats . Wheat . Aggre- gate . Mean . Water . Equiv- Jalent in tons ...
... long as the tillage and character of crop are adapted to full use of the entire supply . Illustrative estimates of yields of grain with varying water supply . Corn . Oats . Wheat . Aggre- gate . Mean . Water . Equiv- Jalent in tons ...
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... tons of stalks each year . Certainly not more than one - third of this vast quantity is put to paying uses in ... Long fiber , which , on account of its strength and its good felt- ing and other desirable qualities , is suitable for book , ...
... tons of stalks each year . Certainly not more than one - third of this vast quantity is put to paying uses in ... Long fiber , which , on account of its strength and its good felt- ing and other desirable qualities , is suitable for book , ...
Page 332
... long fiber than do cornstalks . As a result of the experiments that have ... tons was made in the largest sized rotary digester in common use for wood ... long fiber unseparated , together with 50 per cent of poplar , produced 1 ...
... long fiber than do cornstalks . As a result of the experiments that have ... tons was made in the largest sized rotary digester in common use for wood ... long fiber unseparated , together with 50 per cent of poplar , produced 1 ...
Page 333
... tons ; hence , the quantity produced will probably be in the neighborhood of 450,000 tons . Many States grow small ... long fiber of this straw is shown in figure 17. Pith cells are also present in rice straw , but not in such proportion ...
... tons ; hence , the quantity produced will probably be in the neighborhood of 450,000 tons . Many States grow small ... long fiber of this straw is shown in figure 17. Pith cells are also present in rice straw , but not in such proportion ...
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Page 201 - An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded, or poisonous, or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes...
Page 202 - SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the recommendation of the said board, shall fix and establish uniform standards of purity, quality, and fitness for consumption of all kinds of teas imported into the United States, and shall procure and deposit in the customhouses of the ports of New York, Chicago.
Page 492 - ... for the colored race. All of the agricultural colleges for white persons and several of those for negroes offer four-year courses In agriculture and its related sciences leading to bachelors' degrees, and many provide for graduate study.
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Page 201 - Act, or is otherwise dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, or is of a kind forbidden entry Into, or forbidden to be sold or restricted in sale In the country In which it is made or from which It Is exported...
Page 270 - State, still it was along the right lines, and the ultimate result was sure to be a vesting of greater control in the State and an increase in its annual appropriations. The first important change in the law was made in 1894. when the work was taken from the State Board of Agriculture and placed in the hands of a commissioner of public roads, to be appointed by the governor for a term of three years. The control of the work is still largely in the hands of local officials, but the power of the State...
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Page 42 - It conducts the inspection of live stock, meats, and meat food products intended for interstate or foreign commerce, under the act of Congress of June 30, 1906, and also has charge of the inspection of import and export animals, the inspection of ships for the transportation of export animals, and the quarantine stations for imported animals. It investigates the existence of communicable diseases of live stock, makes original scientific investigations as to the nature, cause, and prevention of such...