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The duty of the individual farmer, at this time, is to increase his production, particularly of food crops.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Crops Duty Farmer Food His Increase Individual Particularly Production Time

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The ease with which barley may be substituted directly for wheat in human food and its usefulness to replace wheat milling by-products as feed in the production of the milk supply render its abundant production important.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Abundant Directly Ease Feed Food Human Important May Milk Production Render Replace Supply Usefulness Wheat Which

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The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Adapted Beans Due Field Food Great High Importance Light Regions Render Shortage Supply Them Value Which Yields

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The most effective step that may be taken to increase the production of these crops is to enlarge the acreage devoted to them in the regions where they are grown habitually.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Crops Devoted Effective Grown Increase May Most Production Regions Step Taken Them Where

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The older, thinner, and less productive grass lands, however, frequently can be made to produce much larger yields of feed in corn than if left, as they are, in unproductive grass.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Corn Feed Frequently Grass However Lands Larger Left Less Made Much Older Produce Productive Than Thinner Unproductive Yields

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The soy-bean, in particular, has proved sufficiently resistant to cold in spring and to adverse weather during summer to warrant heavy planting, especially throughout the South.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Adverse Cold Heavy Particular Planting Proved Resistant South Spring Sufficiently Summer Throughout Warrant Weather

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The usefulness of cow-peas and soy-beans as human food has been recognized only recently in this country.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Been Country Food Human Only Recently Recognized Usefulness

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The value of the beans for oil production, as well as for human food, has become recognized so quickly and so generally during the past year that the crop has acquired a commercial standing far in excess of its previous status.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Acquired Beans Become Commercial Crop Excess Far Food Generally Human Oil Past Previous Production Quickly Recognized Standing Status Value Well Year

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What this loss means will be appreciated from the statement that one bushel of wheat contains sufficient energy to support the average working man for 15 days.

~David F. Houston

Topics: Appreciated Average Contains Days Energy Loss Man Means Statement Sufficient Support Wheat Will Working Working Man

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: February 17th, 1866

Died: September 2nd, 1940

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