BulletinU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Agriculture |
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... owing to limited space . As to accidents due to meteorological causes , as high winds straining and toughening the stems , or heavy rain - storms , which sometimes cause the flax in a whole field to lodge or break down , or hail , which ...
... owing to limited space . As to accidents due to meteorological causes , as high winds straining and toughening the stems , or heavy rain - storms , which sometimes cause the flax in a whole field to lodge or break down , or hail , which ...
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... owing to the proximity of the Lys , and to the great sacrifices which the agricultural people of the section impose upon themselves in transporting the product to this stream . Were this form of retting ( the river - retting as ...
... owing to the proximity of the Lys , and to the great sacrifices which the agricultural people of the section impose upon themselves in transporting the product to this stream . Were this form of retting ( the river - retting as ...
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... owing to limited space the complete account , should it be thought nec- essary to give it , must await the publication of the final report . FOREIGN FLAX - CLEANING MACHINERY . There was little of novel interest that could be classified ...
... owing to limited space the complete account , should it be thought nec- essary to give it , must await the publication of the final report . FOREIGN FLAX - CLEANING MACHINERY . There was little of novel interest that could be classified ...
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... Owing to the pecul iar construction of this machine the stalks are fed one at a time , the feed entrance being reached between a number of metal pins one - fourth inch thick , 4 inches long , and placed at proper intervals apart to ...
... Owing to the pecul iar construction of this machine the stalks are fed one at a time , the feed entrance being reached between a number of metal pins one - fourth inch thick , 4 inches long , and placed at proper intervals apart to ...
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... Owing to the comparatively limited supply of ramie fiber hitherto in the market no large firms of manufacturers have thought it worth while to alter the present or put up new machinery to work up Ramie fiber . If appliances or processes ...
... Owing to the comparatively limited supply of ramie fiber hitherto in the market no large firms of manufacturers have thought it worth while to alter the present or put up new machinery to work up Ramie fiber . If appliances or processes ...
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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...