The New International Year BookDodd, Mead and Company, 1921 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... average of 6-7 weeks during the year , and 33 per cent make butter to sell . Only 11 per cent of those selling butter and 16 per cent of those selling eggs have the money for their own use . Nearly one - third are keeping home and farm ...
... average of 6-7 weeks during the year , and 33 per cent make butter to sell . Only 11 per cent of those selling butter and 16 per cent of those selling eggs have the money for their own use . Nearly one - third are keeping home and farm ...
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... average yield of corn grown by club members was 48 bushels per acre , as compared with the general average of 21 bushels in the Southern States . Interest in the club work throughout the country by exhibits of club products and com ...
... average yield of corn grown by club members was 48 bushels per acre , as compared with the general average of 21 bushels in the Southern States . Interest in the club work throughout the country by exhibits of club products and com ...
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... average , the rye crop was considerably larger than the five year average , the rice crop was one - fourth greater than the largest ever before harvested , and the grain sorghum crop was 18 per cent larger than that of the record year ...
... average , the rye crop was considerably larger than the five year average , the rice crop was one - fourth greater than the largest ever before harvested , and the grain sorghum crop was 18 per cent larger than that of the record year ...
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... average cost of producing the 1919 crop of wheat for the entire United States was estimated by the Department of Agriculture to be $ 2.15 a bushel , and as it was not less for the crop of 1920 , the average farmer stood to lose his ...
... average cost of producing the 1919 crop of wheat for the entire United States was estimated by the Department of Agriculture to be $ 2.15 a bushel , and as it was not less for the crop of 1920 , the average farmer stood to lose his ...
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... average of hard- ly more than three bushels per work day of 10 hours . As a result of improved agricultural methods and machinery one day's labor now averages a production of 60 bushels , or 20 times as much . By using machinery and ...
... average of hard- ly more than three bushels per work day of 10 hours . As a result of improved agricultural methods and machinery one day's labor now averages a production of 60 bushels , or 20 times as much . By using machinery and ...
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Page 380 - Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country...
Page 96 - That the purpose of this corporation shall be to promote, through organization and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in Scoutcraft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods which are now in common use by Boy Scouts.
Page 202 - Said sums shall be allotted to the States in the proportion which their population bears to the total population of the United States...
Page 389 - It shall be the duty of said bureau to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Page 38 - Tennessee. The bauxite from all localities in the United States, though it may vary in chemical composition, is on the whole similar in general appearance, with the exception of the " granitic bauxite
Page 380 - Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people...
Page 355 - This International Congress of Women expresses its deep regret that the terms of peace proposed at Versailles should so seriously violate the principles upon which alone a just and lasting peace can be secured, and which the democracies of the world had come to accept.
Page 152 - Columbia, consisting of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds of the District of Columbia...
Page 16 - Bringing about higher standards of comfort and beauty for the farm home. (4) Safeguarding the health of the farm family, and especially the health of the mother and growing child. (5) Developing and introducing money-yielding home industries where necessary in order to make needed home improvements.
Page 203 - Association shall be entitled to elect one delegate and one alternate to the Representative Assembly for each...