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Distribution Of Maine Potatoes, Byron Emerson Titcomb Jul 1932

Distribution Of Maine Potatoes, Byron Emerson Titcomb

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The potato crop ranks sixth in farm value of all the crops grown in the United States. Its average farm value for the years 1924 to 1928 was $417,225,000, being surpassed only by corn, cotton, hay, wheat, and oats1. No other vegetable crop is so widely grown and so regularly consumed for food as potatoes.

The potato sections of the United States may be classified as early, intermediate and late crop areas. The early crop is produced in the southern states extending north to Virginia. The intermediate crop is produced north of this region to Pennsylvania. Long Island is in …


An Investigation Of The Suitability Of Pinus And Chamaecyparis From Fukien Province, China For Pulp And Paper Manufacture, Tsung Ho Wang Jun 1932

An Investigation Of The Suitability Of Pinus And Chamaecyparis From Fukien Province, China For Pulp And Paper Manufacture, Tsung Ho Wang

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Public Utility Control And Regulation In Maine, Vance Gerald Springer Jun 1932

Public Utility Control And Regulation In Maine, Vance Gerald Springer

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Although there sprang up a widespread movement for the establishment of commissions by the states, the movement did not make a great deal of headway until about 1905. Due to the depression of 1873 all the earlier commissions were repealed except that of Illinois. With the establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1887 the movement for state commissions was resumed, and by means of new laws and successive amendments to old laws, the movement for a strong type of commission continued unabated.

About 1905 another reform and expansion movement set in in the movement for a strong public utilities …


Woody Plant Materials Suitable For Landscape Planting In Maine, Roger Clapp Jun 1932

Woody Plant Materials Suitable For Landscape Planting In Maine, Roger Clapp

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The aim of this study has been to determine the full range of woody plant materials suitable for landscape planting in Maine. Essentially, the survival of a perennial plant out-of-doors in this State is determined by its hardiness. It is desirable not only to know that a particular plant exists or is hardy at a given place, but also to know over what area the plant may reasonably be expected to be thrifty. This immediately suggests dividing the State into climatic or plant zones. Such a zoning of the State is undertaken in this paper and the plant material is …


The Status Of Cooperative Organizations In Maine, Vernon Alfred Gamage Jun 1932

The Status Of Cooperative Organizations In Maine, Vernon Alfred Gamage

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