Bulletin of the U.S. Department of AgricultureThe Department, 1913 |
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100 pounds gain 12 steers acreage acres acres in crops Acres in pasture Argentine ant Avena sterilis average daily gain Average profit binder Blancmange Brooks County bushel calf calves of lot carbohydrate cattle in Lot cent corn silage corn stover corn-and-cob meal cottonseed cake cottonseed hulls cottonseed meal cowpeas ear corn endosperm farm leases farmers fattening forest fruit fly grain Grams grass grazing harvesting header horses hundredweight including manure_ inoculated kafir labor Land in crops land on farms larvæ manure Mediterranean fruit fly methods milk oats orchards pasture land pasture per 100 pecan oil plants pounds cottonseed pounds of corn pounds of cottonseed pounds of gain pounds per head production profit per head protein roughage seed steers in Lot stem rust straw summer TABLE II.-Pasture land thrashing ton_ total farm land total gain Total profit uredinia varieties weight wheat winter-grazed yield
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Page 9 - These concessions are all right as far as they go. But they do not go far enough.
Page 16 - Some Reasons for Spraying to Control Insect and Mite Enemies of Citrus Trees In Florida. (Department Bulletin 645.) The Argentine Ant in Relation to Citrus Orchards. ( Department Bulletin 647. ) Preparations for Winter Fumigation for Citrus White Fly. (Entomology Circular 111.) Spraying for White Flies in Florida. (Entomology Circular 168.) FOR SALE BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
Page 9 - Landlord reserves the right of himself, his employees, assigns, or prospective buyers, to enter upon said premises at any time for the purpose of viewing the same or making repairs or improvements thereon, or of...
Page 5 - Freezing and freezer storage will hold fish for many months In the condition in which they were received, but will not repair deterioration due to previous heating or mishandling. Freezers should accept only fish that are in prime condition. Unless delivered within three or four hours after being taken from the water, fish should be kept under refrigeration In the boats. Rapid freezing at as low temperature...
Page 5 - I spent five days around Harrison and I saw abandoned farms in great numbers. I will bet I saw 100 farmhouses boarded up and desolate, and in some of them were the cook stoves, rocking chairs, and a lot of other stuff left behind, for they evidently had no money to cart it away. A whole lot of life's tragedy is written on the Michigan sand barrens.
Page 3 - The four essential factors in the production of milk of low bacterial content" in US Department of Agriculture Bulletin 642, 1918.
Page 9 - Neither party shall have the right to bind the other party by any contract outside the scope of this agreement, or by any purchases made within the scope of this agreement, except with the consent of the other, unless hereinbefore provided for.
Page 2 - TABLE 3. — Quantity and cost of feed required to make 100 pounds of gain.
Page 11 - The following table gives the average dates of the last killing frost in the spring and the first in the fall, at various stations within the area and at Menomonee, Michigan.
Page 24 - Pinna virginiana. (Forestry Bulletin 94.) Price, 5 cents. Western Yellow Pine in Arizona and New Mexico. (Forestry Bulletin 101.) Price, 15 cents. Identification of Important North American Oak Woods Based on Study of Anatomy of Secondary Wood. (Forestry Bulletin 102.) Price. 10 cents.