Report of the New York State Food Supply Commission: Organized April 17, 1917, Under Chapter 205, Laws of 1917 |
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Page 40 - ... pests. Particular emphasis was laid upon the initial signs of injury in order that the insects might be controlled before material damage had been inflicted. The survey was closely articulated with the control work in the field under the supervision of Messrs Crosby and Matheson of Cornell University. The more important crops received first attention, especially the insect enemies of potatoes, fruits (such as apples, pears, peaches and . cherries) , cereal and forage crops and truck and garden...
Page 42 - June and was very serious, the loss on seed alone in one 9 acre field in Genesee county amounting to $70, while from 50 to 75 per cent of 16 acres were destroyed. One Monroe county grower lost over $300 on seed alone. The damage for Erie county was put at 40 per cent and it was estimated that one-fourth of $96,000 worth of seed was destroyed in Orleans county. Untoward weather conditions and deep planting on the wetter land...
Page 11 - The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), or *ллл"л• so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this act. Such money shall be paid to the commission or to its order by the state treasurer from time to time on the warrant of the comptroller, upon requisition signed by the chairman of such commission and the governor.
Page 132 - ... water supply: Therefore be it Resolved, That the Western Association of State Game and Fish Commissioners does hereby recommend to the members of the United States Congress that they endeavor to secure an appropriation for the construction of such a dam for the above mentioned purposes: And be it further Resolved, That this resolution be sent to the Governor of the State of Utah and the Representatives of the Western States in the United States Congress. (Adopted by Twenty-first Annual Conference,...
Page 11 - ... of the state of New York who shall be appointed by the governor and who shall serve for a period of three years, and until their successors are appointed. The governor and comptroller of the state shall be ex-officio members of such board in addition to those appointed. The trustees of such memorial shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties under this act, but shall be paid their actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection therewith. Such trustees shall render...
Page 8 - ... and women's organizations, etc., concerned in the production, distribution, and utilization of food supplies and agricultural raw materials. This body should be designated by the governor and, if the state has a central council of safety or defense, should be coordinated with it.
Page 40 - Entomologist's office, sent out 729 letters, 4763 copies of circulars, 1729 copies of the fifteen weekly digests prepared, 1754 report blanks and 12,174 pages of circular matter. It received 606 reports from over 100 correspondents located in all parts of the State, mostly representatives of the New York State Food Supply Commission. The main purpose of the survey was to secure early and accurate reports from all over the State, to summarize the information thus obtained...
Page 22 - I am glad to join you in the service of food conservation for our Nation, and I hereby accept membership in the United States Food Administration, pledging myself to carry out the directions and advice of the Food Administrator in the conduct of my household insofar as my circumstances permit.
Page 16 - ... examination of school children, to broaden the scope of her usefulness to include instruction in home nursing, prenatal care, and many of the other usual activities of the public-health nurse. Very recently the State (through the department of home economics at its agricultural college, at Bozeman), in cooperation with the States Relations Service of the United States Department of Agriculture...
Page 41 - ... another season to susceptible crops, such as corn and potatoes planted upon sod land near badly affected trees. In cooperation with the Insect Pest Survey and Information Service it has been possible to make what is practically a May or June beetle survey of the State and as a result there has been brought together a mass of data which can be used to great practical advantage in indicating areas where serious injury by the destructive white grub is likely to occur next year. The information has...