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... amount of work connected with the preparation and installation of features of the exhibit other than those involved in this report . The statistics of the stations have been compiled by Miss J. A. Davis . The accounts of the individual ...
... amount of work connected with the preparation and installation of features of the exhibit other than those involved in this report . The statistics of the stations have been compiled by Miss J. A. Davis . The accounts of the individual ...
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... amounts of other cereals , hays , etc. Kentucky heads the list of hemp- growing States , and produces more than 93 per ... amount grown has been very much increased , and the farmers have depended almost entirely on this as their money ...
... amounts of other cereals , hays , etc. Kentucky heads the list of hemp- growing States , and produces more than 93 per ... amount grown has been very much increased , and the farmers have depended almost entirely on this as their money ...
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... amount both east and west until in western Texas it is not sufficient for the support of the forests so generally prevalent over the whole eastern United States . Texas leads all these States in the production of cotton . Its pro ...
... amount both east and west until in western Texas it is not sufficient for the support of the forests so generally prevalent over the whole eastern United States . Texas leads all these States in the production of cotton . Its pro ...
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... amounts of alkali in the soils . In the river valleys and wherever water for irrigation can be had this intensive ... amount of land reclaimed will form but a small percentage of the whole . Irrigation farming requires a high grade of ...
... amounts of alkali in the soils . In the river valleys and wherever water for irrigation can be had this intensive ... amount of land reclaimed will form but a small percentage of the whole . Irrigation farming requires a high grade of ...
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... amount of farm produce yielded is considerable and nowhere in the world can more ideal farming condi- tions be found than in some of the irrigated valleys of these grazing States . THE PACIFIC STATES . These include California , Oregon ...
... amount of farm produce yielded is considerable and nowhere in the world can more ideal farming condi- tions be found than in some of the irrigated valleys of these grazing States . THE PACIFIC STATES . These include California , Oregon ...
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Page 452 - State, which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the...
Page 452 - ... and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective states or territories.
Page 452 - An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 452 - That in order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the application of the same...
Page 451 - States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than one-quarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State...
Page 451 - Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State, or of any Territory of the United States...
Page 452 - ... a just and equitable division of the fund to be received under this Act between one college for white students and one institution for colored students established as aforesaid, which shall be divided into two parts and paid accordingly, and thereupon such institution for colored students...
Page 452 - If any portion of the fund invested as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished...
Page 452 - It shall be the duty of each of said stations, annually, on or before the first day of February, to make to the Governor of the State or Territory in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations, including a statement of receipts and expenditures, a copy of which report shall be sent to each of said stations, to the said Commissioner of Agriculture, and to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Page 452 - That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks...