Agricultural Department Appropriation Bill for 1937: Hearing Before the Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations in Charge of the Agricultural Department Appropriation Bill for 1937. Seventy-fourth Congress, Second SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1936 - 1340 pages |
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... LAND AGRICULTURE Mr. CANNON . The next item is : Dry - land agriculture : For the investigation and improvement of methods of crop production under subhumid , semiarid , or dry - land conditions , $ 215,578 : Provided , That no part of ...
... LAND AGRICULTURE Mr. CANNON . The next item is : Dry - land agriculture : For the investigation and improvement of methods of crop production under subhumid , semiarid , or dry - land conditions , $ 215,578 : Provided , That no part of ...
Page 247
... lands that are not suited for agriculture ? WORK SEEKS TO AID FARMERS ALREADY ON THE LAND Dr. MCCALL . We are not spending money to bring these lands into production , Judge Tarver . They are lands that are already in pro- duction ...
... lands that are not suited for agriculture ? WORK SEEKS TO AID FARMERS ALREADY ON THE LAND Dr. MCCALL . We are not spending money to bring these lands into production , Judge Tarver . They are lands that are already in pro- duction ...
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... land within the National Arboretum . While the general character of the soil is known in its gross features , a more ... land still remains to be cleared and land already cleared should be prepared for planting . Collections of material ...
... land within the National Arboretum . While the general character of the soil is known in its gross features , a more ... land still remains to be cleared and land already cleared should be prepared for planting . Collections of material ...
Page 292
... land ? On corn land ? Mr. THURSTON . On all land , Mr. Cannon , particularly on land where they expect to sow alfalfa or clover seed . I was just wondering whether you had made any studies as to whether that was effective and valuable ...
... land ? On corn land ? Mr. THURSTON . On all land , Mr. Cannon , particularly on land where they expect to sow alfalfa or clover seed . I was just wondering whether you had made any studies as to whether that was effective and valuable ...
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... lands in the total continental United States , which is about one - third of the total continental land area of the country ; 500,000,000 acres of that 615,000,000 acres are capable of producing commercial forests . The rest is brush land ...
... lands in the total continental United States , which is about one - third of the total continental land area of the country ; 500,000,000 acres of that 615,000,000 acres are capable of producing commercial forests . The rest is brush land ...
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