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The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Adequate Arise Cannot Coming Economic Economic Problems Entrance Food Food Supply Importance May Nation Problems Result States Supply United United States View War Which Year

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One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Against Any Argument Could Drive Fact His Never Part Prairie Scrape Through

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Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Any Crop Feed Grain Larger Other Per Small Succeeds Than Weight Where Yields

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Buckwheat may be planted later than any similar crop, and often does well on old meadows or waste land that can be broken after the more exacting crops are planted.

~David F. Houston

Topics: After Any Broken Crop Crops Does Land Later May More Often Old Planted Similar Than Waste Well

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By the immediate preservation of eggs for home consumption through the use of water glass or lime water, larger supplies of fresh eggs may be made available for marketing later in the season, when production is less and prices higher.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Available Consumption Eggs Fresh Glass Higher Home Immediate Larger Later Less Lime Made Marketing May Preservation Prices Production Season Supplies Through Use Water

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Corn is the leading food and feed crop of the United States in geographic range of production, acreage, and quantity of product. The vital importance of a large acreage of this crop, properly cared for, therefore, is obvious.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Cared Corn Crop Feed Food Geographic Importance Large Leading Obvious Product Production Properly Quantity Range States Therefore United United States Vital

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For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundant exceeds the velvet bean in potential value. This legume possesses also the ability to make a crop when planted relatively late.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Ability Abundant Also Available Bean Crop Gulf Late Make Perhaps Planted Possesses Potential Relatively Seed States Supply Value Velvet Which

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In the southern half of the country perhaps no crop has larger possibilities for quick increase of production of food for both men and animals than the sweet potato.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Animals Both Country Crop Food Half Increase Larger Men Perhaps Possibilities Potato Production Quick Southern Sweet Than

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It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Agriculture Conditions Crops Existing Food Greatest Important Most Obvious Our Production Required Service Staple

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Rice at present prices provides more food for the money than most of the other cereals.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Food Money More Most Other Present Prices Provides Rice Than

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: February 17th, 1866

Died: September 2nd, 1940

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