Yearbook of AgricultureU.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 |
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Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
acreage acres alfalfa Algona amount animals association AUSTRIA-HUNGARY average beets better breeding brown-tail bull Bureau cannery carcass cattle cent cheese citrus citrus canker color cooperation corms corn cost cotton cottonseed oil creamery crops dairy dasheen Department of Agriculture disease early efficiency erosion established factories farm farmers Federal feed field fruit GERMAN EMPIRE gipsy moth grade grain growers grown handling important increase industry infested inspec inspection inspectors irrigated kelp land large number live stock meat ment methods milk National Forests operation organization owners Plant Introduction possible potash potatoes pounds practically present production profit protection pump pure-bred road RUSSIAN EMPIRE season secure seed sheep shipped soil South southern square miles stallions storage strychnine sugar-beet supply tank tenant tenant farming Tillamook Tillamook County tion trees turkeys United varieties vegetables wool Yearbook U. S. Dept
Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 2 - I... 1895.] ***** [AN ACT Providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents...
Σελίδα 450 - Report published by the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, gives this information, A GOOD YIELD and can be obtained without cost by schools or by individuals.
Σελίδα 50 - 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...
Σελίδα 382 - Mix thoroughly 1 ounce powdered strychnine (alkaloid), 1 ounce powdered bicarbonate of soda, and i ounce (or less) of saccharine. Put the mixture In a tin pepperbox and sift it gradually over 50 pounds of crushed wheat or 40 pounds of crushed oats In a metal tub, mixing the grain constantly so that the poison will be evenly distributed. Dry mixing has the advantage that the grain may be kept any length of time without fermentation.
Σελίδα 2 - Divisions, and such papers prepared by their special agents, accompanied by suitable Illustrations, as shall, In the opinion of the Secretary, be specially suited to Interest and instruct the farmers of the country, and to include a general report of the operations of the Department for their Information. There shall be printed of Part One, one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand copies for the House, and three thousand copies for the Department of Agriculture; and of Part Two, one hundred...
Σελίδα 172 - The peanut is now rapidly coming into prominence as one of the most satisfactory crops for those distripts of the South in which the boll weevil is making the raising of cotton uncertain. The ravages of this pest, which has been gradually working northward and eastward through the Southern States, have decreased the production of cotton in some sections to such an extent that the local oil mills have been forced to ship their seed long distances or find some other material upon which to operate....
Σελίδα 31 - Estimates canvassed crop reporters in 36 States in reference to sheep on farms. The replies indicated that the number could be increased 150 per cent without displacing other animals. It is to our settled areas, particularly in the Central, 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 fertility. Dairy farming is increasing...
Σελίδα 264 - ... been supplied for the employment of an assistant to the county home demonstration agent, both women being employed for 12 months in the year. COMMENT. It is difficult to present the results of a work which comes into such intimate contact with the home life. An attempt has been made to describe what is being done rather than to lay down any principles or policies to be pursued in the work. The activities described are typical of the home demonstration work now being conducted in the 15 Southern...
Σελίδα 551 - College instruction in agriculture is given in the colleges and universities receiving the benefits of the acts of Congress of July 2, 1862, August 30, 1890, and March 4, 1907, which are now in operation in all the States and Territories, except Alaska. The total number of these institutions is 67, of which 65 maintain courses of instruction in agriculture.
Σελίδα 503 - To each gallon of water add one quart of salt and a half ounce of sulphuric acid. This mixture should not be kept in a metal container. Thin skins are tanned by this liquor in one day ; heavy skins must remain in it longer, and will not be harmed if left in it indefinitely.