Pink Bollworm Eradication: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Seventieth Congress, First Session on H.J. Res. 237 by Mr. Buchanan ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1928 - Agriculture |
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... Marlatt to appear first in behalf of that bill . STATEMENT OF DR . C. L. MARLATT , CHIEF , BUREAU OF ENTO- MOLOGY , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Mr. MARLATT . I have here a number of maps which indicate the pink - bollworm ...
... Marlatt to appear first in behalf of that bill . STATEMENT OF DR . C. L. MARLATT , CHIEF , BUREAU OF ENTO- MOLOGY , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Mr. MARLATT . I have here a number of maps which indicate the pink - bollworm ...
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... MARLATT . Yes . I have already indicated that its spread from India has been through the agency of cottonseed . We know now that in 1911 two importations of Egyptian seed were brought into Mexico and planted either in or near the ...
... MARLATT . Yes . I have already indicated that its spread from India has been through the agency of cottonseed . We know now that in 1911 two importations of Egyptian seed were brought into Mexico and planted either in or near the ...
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... MARLATT . The storm was in 1915 , and the discovery of the actual infestation was in 1917 . Mr. ANDRESEN . What has the department done since that time to eradicate it ? Mr. MARLATT . This map illustrates what the department has done ...
... MARLATT . The storm was in 1915 , and the discovery of the actual infestation was in 1917 . Mr. ANDRESEN . What has the department done since that time to eradicate it ? Mr. MARLATT . This map illustrates what the department has done ...
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... MARLATT . Seven counties . Mr. KINCHELOE . How do you figure it got across there and did not get across the State all the way ? Mr. MARLATT . The source of that infestation is not definitely determined . It may have come in two or three ...
... MARLATT . Seven counties . Mr. KINCHELOE . How do you figure it got across there and did not get across the State all the way ? Mr. MARLATT . The source of that infestation is not definitely determined . It may have come in two or three ...
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... MARLATT . Yes , cooperation as to enforcement . I may say in explanation that the basis of payment is that a farmer shall be paid for his loss through failure to grow cotton over and above what he makes from growing some other crop . In ...
... MARLATT . Yes , cooperation as to enforcement . I may say in explanation that the basis of payment is that a farmer shall be paid for his loss through failure to grow cotton over and above what he makes from growing some other crop . In ...
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