BulletinU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Agriculture |
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... sufficient to ret the straw . From the fifth day examine a few straws , at different parts of the pit , several times daily , and when the fiber pulls readily and entirely off the woody core it is time to remove from the pits . Stand ...
... sufficient to ret the straw . From the fifth day examine a few straws , at different parts of the pit , several times daily , and when the fiber pulls readily and entirely off the woody core it is time to remove from the pits . Stand ...
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... sufficient to furnish power for four . As has been stated , while two operators can run the machine , it is adapted for four persons ; but as the work is light , it is claimed that it can be performed by two women and two children . It ...
... sufficient to furnish power for four . As has been stated , while two operators can run the machine , it is adapted for four persons ; but as the work is light , it is claimed that it can be performed by two women and two children . It ...
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... sufficient to show you why I have necessarily referred to the question of protection , but I have aimed to simply touch matters of fact rather than to submit an argument . The raising of hemp is increasing in quantity , and while the ...
... sufficient to show you why I have necessarily referred to the question of protection , but I have aimed to simply touch matters of fact rather than to submit an argument . The raising of hemp is increasing in quantity , and while the ...
Page 59
... . The first pair of rollers should have a very shallow groove , which will be barely sufficient to grip the flax straw and draw it in , but not enough to prevent the crush- ing of the bolls . The second pair of rollers 59.
... . The first pair of rollers should have a very shallow groove , which will be barely sufficient to grip the flax straw and draw it in , but not enough to prevent the crush- ing of the bolls . The second pair of rollers 59.
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... sufficient to cover the additional cost of labor under our industrial system . The manufact- urers should have a specific duty sufficient to cover the duty on the so - called “ raw material , " and also an ad valorem duty of 50 per cent ...
... sufficient to cover the additional cost of labor under our industrial system . The manufact- urers should have a specific duty sufficient to cover the duty on the so - called “ raw material , " and also an ad valorem duty of 50 per cent ...
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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...