Die deutsche Mark von 1914-1924

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Identifikator:: 1764920163

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-145636

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Die deutsche Mark von 1914-1924

Edition:: 35.-50. Tsd.

Place of publication:: Nürnberg

Publisher:: Schuster

Year of publication:: [1925]

Scope:: 64 S.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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The United States as a Farming Country 33 lou 0 _ Fig. 19. Irrigation projects carried on by the United States Reclamation. Service since 1902 have added more than 1,700,000 acres of farming land to the amount available in the United States. In the Salt River valley, irrigation makes it possible to grow Egyptian long-staple cotton, the finest kind of cotton, on more than 150,000 acres. In 1914 the Federal and state governments combined in an effort to spread practical information relating to farming. As a result, in nearly every county of every state in the Union, government agents are showing farmers how to raise bigger crops, maintain the rich- ness of the soil, and keep the domestic animals in the best con- dition. Some are showing farmers’ wives the best way to can fruits and vegetables, to preserve eggs, to prepare farm products for the table, and to do economically the many other tasks that represent the women’s share of farm work. Still other government agents are organizing boys’ and girls’ clubs whose object is to show the young people how to carry on farm work in such a way that it will be both interesting and profitable. Public works. In addition to the huge sums spent directly on agricultural problems, the government of the United States has spent enormous sums in building dams and digging canals and even tunnels

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