Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on AppropriationsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1936 - Budget |
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... CANNON . The next item is : Experimental greenhouse maintenance : For maintenance and operation of experimental greenhouses and adjacent experimental grounds and plots , $ 78,632 . Mr. RICHEY . The following is presented for the record ...
... CANNON . The next item is : Experimental greenhouse maintenance : For maintenance and operation of experimental greenhouses and adjacent experimental grounds and plots , $ 78,632 . Mr. RICHEY . The following is presented for the record ...
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... CANNON . I thought we had all the land needed for that . Mr. RICHEY . No ; there are several small parcels on which ... CANNON . What acreage have you now ? Mr. RICHEY . Three hundred and eighty - five acres . Mr. CANNON . What is the ...
... CANNON . I thought we had all the land needed for that . Mr. RICHEY . No ; there are several small parcels on which ... CANNON . What acreage have you now ? Mr. RICHEY . Three hundred and eighty - five acres . Mr. CANNON . What is the ...
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... CANNON . When we buy clover seed , then , we can be sure that all of the Italian are stained ? Mr. RICHEY . I think so . Mr. CANNON . We can be sure that the seeds which are not adapted to our particular climate are so labeled that we ...
... CANNON . When we buy clover seed , then , we can be sure that all of the Italian are stained ? Mr. RICHEY . I think so . Mr. CANNON . We can be sure that the seeds which are not adapted to our particular climate are so labeled that we ...
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... CANNON . What percentage is that ? Mr. SILCOX . Between 32 and 33 percent of the total continental land area of the United States is either timber growing or commercial timber land . About 125,000,000 acres of those 500,000,000 acres ...
... CANNON . What percentage is that ? Mr. SILCOX . Between 32 and 33 percent of the total continental land area of the United States is either timber growing or commercial timber land . About 125,000,000 acres of those 500,000,000 acres ...
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... CANNON . With the overgrazing that we have had out there , resulting in increased erosion , and with the overproduction of do- mestic animals , which the Government under the Agricultural Adjustment Administration has recently been ...
... CANNON . With the overgrazing that we have had out there , resulting in increased erosion , and with the overproduction of do- mestic animals , which the Government under the Agricultural Adjustment Administration has recently been ...
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