Department of Agriculture: Appropriations for 1962: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session Subcommittee on Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations Jamie L. Whitten, Mississippi, Chairman William H. Natcher, Kentucky H. Carl Andersen, Minnesota Alfred E. Santangelo, New York Walt Horan, Washington John M. Slack, Jr., West Virginia Robert H. Michel, Illinois Ross P. Pope, Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee, Volume 2, Parts 2-3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961 |
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... land on which he produces wheat , corn , grain sorghum , and alfalfa . He is a breeder of registered polled Hereford cattle and a past president of the State polled Hereford association . Mr. Luft is vice president of the Home State ...
... land on which he produces wheat , corn , grain sorghum , and alfalfa . He is a breeder of registered polled Hereford cattle and a past president of the State polled Hereford association . Mr. Luft is vice president of the Home State ...
Page 207
... land , little net change in acreages devoted to each of the major agricultural land uses is fore- seen by 1975. Cropland acreage may be expected to decline slightly , about 2 percent . This means that any increases in farm production we ...
... land , little net change in acreages devoted to each of the major agricultural land uses is fore- seen by 1975. Cropland acreage may be expected to decline slightly , about 2 percent . This means that any increases in farm production we ...
Page 211
... land that has either already been treated or is not currently in need of treatment . The red bar represents land where the problem is dominantly an erosion problem , either wind erosion or water erosion or both . The green area indicates ...
... land that has either already been treated or is not currently in need of treatment . The red bar represents land where the problem is dominantly an erosion problem , either wind erosion or water erosion or both . The green area indicates ...
Page 212
... land , conservation problems , and conservation work remaining to be done . Some specific uses of these data by the Service include the further development of long - time agency objectives , annual plans of operation , and annual goals ...
... land , conservation problems , and conservation work remaining to be done . Some specific uses of these data by the Service include the further development of long - time agency objectives , annual plans of operation , and annual goals ...
Page 214
... land use . In order to have efficiency of production , for farmers as well as consumers , these adjustments should be guided by sound soil surveys . If investments are used on soils , which respond to the application of adapted ...
... land use . In order to have efficiency of production , for farmers as well as consumers , these adjustments should be guided by sound soil surveys . If investments are used on soils , which respond to the application of adapted ...
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Page 390 - The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations to be issued hereunder and for such purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act...
Page 470 - States, for the purpose of financing the construction and operation of generating plants electric transmission and distribution lines or systems for the furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas who are not receiving central station service...
Page 132 - ... which may be transported on ocean vessels shall be transported on privately owned United States-flag commercial vessels, to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates...
Page 768 - ... (1) if not treated, will impair or endanger the land, (2) materially affect the productive capacity of the land, (3) represent damage which is unusual in character and, except for wind erosion, is not the type which would recur frequently in the same area, and (4) will be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use, and for reimbursement to the appropriation to the President for "Disaster relief...
Page 395 - All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States.
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Page 463 - I am attaching to my statement and requesting that it be included in the record — a resolution adopted at our annual meeting in Houston, Tex., last fall. At this meeting, more than 500 were in attendance from every State in the West.
Page 391 - Secretary may designate any area in the United States and in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as an emergency area if he finds (1) that there exists in such area a general need for agricultural credit which cannot be met for temporary periods of time by private, cooperative, or other responsible sources...
Page 818 - Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, including crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and improvements, and marketing surveys...
Page 469 - States in the proportion which the number of their farms not then receiving central station electric service bears to the total number of farms of the United States not then receiving such service.