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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... pounds of cotton lint to 1 bushel of grain sorghums , and this is based on a 12 - year period . On the basis of 20 cents a pound for cotton , this would indicate $ 2 as the value of such 10 pounds , as against some 50 cents to a dollar ...
... pounds of cotton lint to 1 bushel of grain sorghums , and this is based on a 12 - year period . On the basis of 20 cents a pound for cotton , this would indicate $ 2 as the value of such 10 pounds , as against some 50 cents to a dollar ...
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... pounds ? Mr. HINDS . Practically 100 pounds of lint . The CHAIRMAN . I see you give figures here of 18 pounds ; five times 18 would be 90 pounds , as an average ? Mr. HINDS . Pardon me , that is 18 per cent , which is the net . The ...
... pounds ? Mr. HINDS . Practically 100 pounds of lint . The CHAIRMAN . I see you give figures here of 18 pounds ; five times 18 would be 90 pounds , as an average ? Mr. HINDS . Pardon me , that is 18 per cent , which is the net . The ...
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... pound ? Mr. HINDS . The price at the present time is practically 20 cents ; in addition to that there is the value ... pound . The CHAIRMAN . How many pounds did you say ? 40 PINK BOLLWORM ERADICATION.
... pound ? Mr. HINDS . The price at the present time is practically 20 cents ; in addition to that there is the value ... pound . The CHAIRMAN . How many pounds did you say ? 40 PINK BOLLWORM ERADICATION.
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... pounds to the acre . The CHAIRMAN . According to your estimate you have eighteen- hundredths of a bale . Mr. BUCHANAN . That is 100 pounds . The CHAIRMAN . At 500 pounds to the bale that is 90 pounds to the acre , and at 20 cents per pound ...
... pounds to the acre . The CHAIRMAN . According to your estimate you have eighteen- hundredths of a bale . Mr. BUCHANAN . That is 100 pounds . The CHAIRMAN . At 500 pounds to the bale that is 90 pounds to the acre , and at 20 cents per pound ...
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... pound to produce cotton in my section and it costs 10 cents a pound in the infested sections . We do not rent any land for less than $ 5 an acre , cash money . The CHAIRMAN . How does your section compare with this section as to the ...
... pound to produce cotton in my section and it costs 10 cents a pound in the infested sections . We do not rent any land for less than $ 5 an acre , cash money . The CHAIRMAN . How does your section compare with this section as to the ...
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