Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North Carolina, Volumes 16-25 |
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... soil . There are men from these large number of counties who are willing to leave their business and their homes and come to this good city for the purpose of lending their aid and their ability and their judgment and their means toward ...
... soil . There are men from these large number of counties who are willing to leave their business and their homes and come to this good city for the purpose of lending their aid and their ability and their judgment and their means toward ...
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... soil out there is not any better than your soil here in eastern North Carolina and the climate is not so good . A bushel of corn is worth ten or eight cents more in North Carolina than out there . They cannot raise the vegetables and ...
... soil out there is not any better than your soil here in eastern North Carolina and the climate is not so good . A bushel of corn is worth ten or eight cents more in North Carolina than out there . They cannot raise the vegetables and ...
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... soil is the farmers ' business capital . He exchanges a certain sum of money for it or comes into pos- session of it by inheritance , and to its products he must look for the re- turns from his investment . He must solve the problems of ...
... soil is the farmers ' business capital . He exchanges a certain sum of money for it or comes into pos- session of it by inheritance , and to its products he must look for the re- turns from his investment . He must solve the problems of ...
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... soil . The whole work , to be successful , should be adopted to accomplish this result at all times and under all conditions . The other possible method is in the ultimate reverse of this , the main drainage being from a land level to a ...
... soil . The whole work , to be successful , should be adopted to accomplish this result at all times and under all conditions . The other possible method is in the ultimate reverse of this , the main drainage being from a land level to a ...
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... soil , which has a direct money value to the producer , and second , the increased healthfulness of the community where drainage has reclaimed the waste land . This has a money value which is unquestion- ably very great , but which it ...
... soil , which has a direct money value to the producer , and second , the increased healthfulness of the community where drainage has reclaimed the waste land . This has a money value which is unquestion- ably very great , but which it ...
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Page 18 - Engineer, being the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man...
Page 70 - ... dollars. But this section shall not be construed to prohibit or prevent any railroad company from, piling or keeping upon the right of way cross ties or other material necessary in the operation or maintenance of such railroad.
Page 32 - ... he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days.
Page 39 - SEC. 2. That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated and made available until expended, out of any moneys in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with any State or group of States, when requested to do so, in the protection from fire of the forested watersheds of navigable streams...
Page 47 - OFFICERS 1. The President of the Association shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Executive Committee, and in consultation with the Program Committee, shall prepare the programs for the annual meetings.
Page 38 - Any person who shall maliciously or wilfully destroy, deface, remove or disfigure any sign, poster or warning notice posted under the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than...
Page 38 - ... method for so doing, and providing for the assessment and collection of the costs and expenses of the same, and issuing and selling bonds therefor, and for the care and maintenance of such improvements when constructed, approved if arch IT, 1910.