BulletinU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Agriculture |
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... cotton . A commission was appointed which examined the whole subject thoroughly , and made a most elab- orate report to Congress . These efforts of the General Government , combined with the high price of flax , stimulated the growth of ...
... cotton . A commission was appointed which examined the whole subject thoroughly , and made a most elab- orate report to Congress . These efforts of the General Government , combined with the high price of flax , stimulated the growth of ...
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... cotton bales . I was doing well at making tow , and thought , if they would let the tariff alone , I could make some money . But it was not to be . The tariff was taken off jute butts , and I was out again . The result was that millions ...
... cotton bales . I was doing well at making tow , and thought , if they would let the tariff alone , I could make some money . But it was not to be . The tariff was taken off jute butts , and I was out again . The result was that millions ...
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... cotton and flax that it can only be manipulated and worked into fabrics by means of machinery specially constructed to deal with it . Owing to the comparatively limited supply of ramie fiber hitherto in the market no large firms of ...
... cotton and flax that it can only be manipulated and worked into fabrics by means of machinery specially constructed to deal with it . Owing to the comparatively limited supply of ramie fiber hitherto in the market no large firms of ...
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... cotton machinery , no changes being made with either . I have spun commercially both coarse and fine yarns , and this by the ton . These yarns bring 75 cents to $ 1 per pound in the gray ; and in colors $ 1.50 to $ 2 per pound . You ...
... cotton machinery , no changes being made with either . I have spun commercially both coarse and fine yarns , and this by the ton . These yarns bring 75 cents to $ 1 per pound in the gray ; and in colors $ 1.50 to $ 2 per pound . You ...
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... cotton having been mixed with the fiber to facilitate the operation of spinning . Figures as to price of the goods were not given , nor the name of the woolen mill stated . The American ramie was grown on the farm at Bristol , Pa ...
... cotton having been mixed with the fiber to facilitate the operation of spinning . Figures as to price of the goods were not given , nor the name of the woolen mill stated . The American ramie was grown on the farm at Bristol , Pa ...
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Page 98 - ... in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty to suspend, by proclamation to that effect, the provisions of this act relating to the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea, and hides, the production of such country, for such time as he shall deem just...
Page 98 - By that section it was declared that "with a view to secure reciprocal trade with countries producing the following articles and for this purpose, on and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, whenever, and so often as the President shall be satisfied...
Page 98 - ... duties or other exactions upon the agricultural or other products of the United States, which in view of the free introduction of such sugar, molasses, coffee, tea and hides into the United States he may deem to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, he shall have the power and it shall be his duty...
Page 36 - ... by law, have the supervision of the waters of the State and of their appropriation, distribution and diversion, and of the various officers connected therewith. Its decisions to be subject to review by the courts of the State. Sec. 3. Priority of appropriation for beneficial uses shall give the better right. No appropriation shall be denied except when such denial is demanded by the -public interests.
Page 36 - There shall be constituted a board of control, to be composed of the State engineer and superintendents of the water divisions, which shall, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, have the supervision of the waters of the State and of their appropriation, distribution, and diversion and of the various officers connected therewith. Its decisions to be subject to review by the courts of the State.
Page 36 - ... years, or until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified. He shall be president of the board of control, and shall have general supervision of the waters of the state and of the officers connected with its distribution.
Page 36 - No person shall be appointed to this position who has not such theoretical knowledge and such practical experience and skill as shall fit him for the position.
Page 51 - The grain is either sown broadcast in the place where it is intended to stand till ripe, or thickly in beds, from which it is transplanted when the blade is about a foot high. As soon as the season will admit after the 21st of March, the land is opened by one or more ploughings, according to its strength, and the clods are broken down by blows with wooden mattocks, managed in general by women, with great regularity and address, after which water is let...
Page 36 - They can be described only by negative characters; without habitations, without water, without trees, without mountains, they support merely a few dwarf plants. Why, then, and the case is not peculiar to myself, have these arid wastes taken so firm a hold on my memory...
Page 37 - ... according to the prior rights of each respectively, in whole or in part, and to shut and fasten, or cause to be shut and fastened, the...