Department of Agriculture Appropriations for 1963: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1962 |
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acreage activities additional Administration agencies Agricultural Research Service amount ANDERSEN appropriation average Brazilian cruzeiros brucellosis bushels BYERLY cattle Chairman chart chemical CLARKSON COCHRANE committee Commodity Credit Corporation Congress conservation consumer cooperation corn cost cotton crop dairy Department of Agriculture dollars economic effect eradication European corn borer expenditures experiment stations exports Extension Service facilities farm farmers Federal feed grain feed grain program fiscal year 1961 food stamp program foot-and-mouth disease Forest funds going Government GRANT HORAN important improved income increase industry infested insecticides khapra beetle KNOBLAUCH labor laboratory land livestock loans ment MICHEL milk NATCHER operations payments percent pest plant poultry pounds price support problem production projects proposed protein Public Law 480 record redevelopment rural areas development Salaries and expenses SANTANGELO screwworm Secretary FREEMAN soil sorghum soybeans studies tion tobacco Total United wheat WHITTEN
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Page 685 - 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 705 - ... 75 percent above the national average for 2 of the preceding 3 calendar years; or (c) 100 percent above the national average for 1 of the preceding 2 calendar years.
Page 551 - economic poison' means (1) any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds, and other forms of plant or animal life or viruses, except viruses on or in living man or other animals, which the Secretary shall declare to be a pest, and (2) any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant. "b. The term 'device...
Page 749 - USC 1001-1008) provides for cooperation between the federal government and the states and their political subdivisions in a program to prevent erosion, floodwater, and sediment damages in the watersheds of rivers and streams; to further the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water; and the conservation and proper utilization of land.
Page 606 - An Act to Authorize the Expenditure of Funds Through Grants for Support of Scientific Research and for Other Purposes," NASA is authorized to make grants for basic scientific research at nonprofit institutions of higher education or at nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is the conduct of scientific research. This...
Page 751 - Service participates in the development of watershed work plans and in the installation of watershed improvement measures. It concerns itself with (a) all national forest and other lands in the authorized watersheds that are administered by the Forest Service, and (6) certain specialized technical assistance on other forest lands in the watersheds. It also provides specialized assistance in forestry aspects of coordinated river basin programs. The Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Indian...
Page 753 - Installing planned land treatment measures when plans are approved. Surveys and investigations are made and detailed designs, specifications, and engineering cost estimates are prepared for construction of structural measures. Areas where sponsors need to obtain land rights, easements and rights-of-way are delineated. Technical assistance Is also furnished to land owners and' operators to accelerate planning and application of needed conservation on their individual units.
Page 659 - The basic job of the Cooperative Extension Service is to help people identify and solve their farm, home, and community problems through use of research findings of the Department of Agriculture and the State land-grant colleges, and programs administered by the Department of Agriculture.
Page 123 - If we can be of further assistance to you in this matter, please call on us. Sincerely yours.
Page 717 - Our total distribution of old and new publications was over 216,000 of which about 75,000 went to county agents and vocational agriculture teachers for educational use. Our staff members participated in 234 cooperative meetings and conferences.