Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on AppropriationsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 - Budget |
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... seed . Best results have been obtained for such crops as corn , cotton , and potatoes when the fertilizer is applied in bands to the side of the seed and at a distance of about 2 inches from the seed . When this practice is followed the ...
... seed . Best results have been obtained for such crops as corn , cotton , and potatoes when the fertilizer is applied in bands to the side of the seed and at a distance of about 2 inches from the seed . When this practice is followed the ...
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... seed , we get a much higher efficiency than if it is placed on the surface or directly below the seed . Now , if you would like to have further details in regard to this work , I will be glad to have Dr. Kunsman go over these projects ...
... seed , we get a much higher efficiency than if it is placed on the surface or directly below the seed . Now , if you would like to have further details in regard to this work , I will be glad to have Dr. Kunsman go over these projects ...
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... seed cotton from the fertilized plots . and on the third type , Bell clay , we obtained 48 percent of the total crop and only 26 percent on the unfertilized , with an increase of 209 pounds of seed cotton from the fertilized as compared ...
... seed cotton from the fertilized plots . and on the third type , Bell clay , we obtained 48 percent of the total crop and only 26 percent on the unfertilized , with an increase of 209 pounds of seed cotton from the fertilized as compared ...
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... seed . Best results have been obtained for such crops as corn , cotton , and potatoes when the fertilizer is applied in bands to the side of the seed and at a distance of about 2 inches from the seed . When this practice is followed the ...
... seed . Best results have been obtained for such crops as corn , cotton , and potatoes when the fertilizer is applied in bands to the side of the seed and at a distance of about 2 inches from the seed . When this practice is followed the ...
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... seed wheat after wheat ? Mr. THURSTON . Yes . Dr. McCALL . The answer depends on the kind of phosphate you used ; if super - phosphate , you would probably get the maximum result the first year , and diminishing results thereafter ...
... seed wheat after wheat ? Mr. THURSTON . Yes . Dr. McCALL . The answer depends on the kind of phosphate you used ; if super - phosphate , you would probably get the maximum result the first year , and diminishing results thereafter ...
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15 percent pay 1934 working funds acres Administration Agricultural Adjustment Administration allotment amount animals appropriation areas AUCHTER average beet Beltsville birds borer breeding Budget estimate Bureau bushels CANNON carried cattle cents Civil Works Administration compared with estimated cooperation corn cost cotton crop curly top Curtailments in 1934 decrease Department disease DUVEL economic effect eradication estimated obligations experiment stations extension farm farmers Federal fertilizer field forest fruit funds for 1935 grade grain HART hogs important Impoundment improvement increase industry infestation insects investigations irrigation Japanese beetle KNIGHT laboratory land livestock McCALL ment methods MOHLER North Dakota OLSEN percent pay cut pests plants problems production Public Works Administration Puerto Rico quarantine reduction reports rodent RYERSON SANDLIN Secretary of Agriculture seed SINCLAIR soil statement studies sugar sugar beets tests THURSTON tion tuberculosis United wheat
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