Report on the Work and Expenditures of the Agricultural Experiment StationsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1904 - Agricultural experiment stations |
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... acre will in time serve to irrigate two acres . METHODS OF DISTRIBUTION OF WATER . Another step in the improvement of irrigation methods is the better organization of communities in the distribution of water . When all the water is ...
... acre will in time serve to irrigate two acres . METHODS OF DISTRIBUTION OF WATER . Another step in the improvement of irrigation methods is the better organization of communities in the distribution of water . When all the water is ...
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... and Texas . In 1903 more than half a million acres of land was irrigated in these two States , and the crop grown 44 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS . Irrigation in the semiarid region Irrigation in the humid region.
... and Texas . In 1903 more than half a million acres of land was irrigated in these two States , and the crop grown 44 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS . Irrigation in the semiarid region Irrigation in the humid region.
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... acres for each cubic foot of water per second can be secured the water of the Yakima River will serve to irrigate 300,000 acres of land , but if the low duty now prevailing under a number of canals is continued , not one - third of that ...
... acres for each cubic foot of water per second can be secured the water of the Yakima River will serve to irrigate 300,000 acres of land , but if the low duty now prevailing under a number of canals is continued , not one - third of that ...
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... acres of ground which he can irrigate and which will assure him every year , whether it be a wet or a dry one , an ample supply of vegetables from his garden , a few fruit trees , and enough alfalfa and forage to support his milch cows ...
... acres of ground which he can irrigate and which will assure him every year , whether it be a wet or a dry one , an ample supply of vegetables from his garden , a few fruit trees , and enough alfalfa and forage to support his milch cows ...
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... acres of land 10 miles southwest of Grand Rapids . In this the association has already planted a number of different varieties of vines representing all those grown in the United States and Alaska , as well as others received from ...
... acres of land 10 miles southwest of Grand Rapids . In this the association has already planted a number of different varieties of vines representing all those grown in the United States and Alaska , as well as others received from ...
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Page 259 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 255 - 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...
Page 256 - 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 254 - That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State, a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each senator and representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty : Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
Page 255 - ... 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 several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 258 - Territory shall be twentyfive thousand dollars to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural, and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Page 259 - That the grants of moneys authorized by this Act are made subject to the Legislative assent of the several States and Territories to the purposes of said grants...
Page 258 - Provided, that no money shall be paid out under this act to any State or Territory for the support and maintenance of a college where a distinction of race or color is made in the admission of students, but the establishment and maintenance of such colleges separately for white and colored students shall be held to be a compliance with the provisions of this act, If the funds received In such State or Territory be equitably divided as hereinafter set forth...
Page 254 - That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they '-* may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Page 258 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and an annual increase of the amount of such appropriation thereafter for ten years by an additional sum of one thousand dollars over the preceding year...