Report, Volume 6U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 - United States |
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Page 356 - Any inclosure in which cows are kept shall be graded and drained so as to keep the surface reasonably dry and to prevent the accumulation of water therein, except as may be permitted for the purpose of supplying drinking water; no garbage, urine, fecal matter or similar substances shall be placed or allowed to remain in such inclosure; and no open drain shall be allowed to run through it.
Page 27 - Does not the wheat grower of the Northwest and the cotton planter of the South plant, cultivate, and harvest his crop with an eye on the prices at Liverpool, New York, and Chicago?
Page 355 - Every person using any premises for keeping cows for daily purposes shall, when so directed by the health officer, erect and maintain in the stable, stall, shed, or yard connected...
Page 224 - It is not so many years ago since a large and representative meeting of Western American farmers passed a resolution against options on the score that they tended to unfairly reduce the price of wheat...
Page 2 - That it shall be the duty of this commission to investigate questions pertaining to immigration, to labor, to agriculture, to manufacturing, and to business, and to report to Congress and to suggest such legislation as it may deem best upon these subjects.
Page 29 - But this adjustment of production and distribution according to values will be accurate only when he thinks he can get a return greater than his outlay. The merchant buys only when he thinks he can sell at a higher price. In both cases there is always the risk that before the production is completed or the sale made the value of the commodity may fall. Similarly, there is a chance that it may rise. In the one case there is a loss, in the other a gain, to the producer or the merchant. Hence, it may...
Page 356 - ... or which may reasonably be believed to be infected, and to exercise such other precautions AS may be directed, in writing, by said health officer.
Page 122 - The last column of the foregoing table discloses the present importance of these states, two of which produced no surplus wheat until the middle of the period under examination. The westward and northward movement of the wheat-raising areas has had a very decisive influence in the selection of the agencies employed in the movement eastward of the grain produced. When the grain to be shipped was raised in Ohio and Indiana, and in the southern portions of Michigan and Illinois, it was almost sure to...
Page 403 - ... of one cent per quart retained for stock, as herein provided, cash payments to be made monthly on or before the 10th day of each month, for milk delivered the month previous, stock payments as and when said stock is paid for, and to receive and cool said milk at all points where it is now received, and to furnish each and several the parties of the first part cans in which to bring said milk to the station, upon the party of the first part depositing an amount of money equal to the value of said...
Page 225 - Seventh. Because evidence believed to be conclusive has been presented showing that, under speculation, prices prevailing at the time when producers dispose of the greater part of their products are greater in comparison to the rest of the year than they were before the advent of modern speculation.