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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 19 quotes by David F. Houston David Franklin Houston (February 17, 1866 – September 2, 1940) was an American academic, businessman and politician. He served under President Wilson as the 5th Secretary of Agriculture and the 48th United States Secretary of the Treasury. Read full biography of David F. Houston → 1 2 Ctrl → 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... → 0 Rice at present prices provides more food for the money than most of the other cereals. 0 The duty of the individual farmer, at this time, is to increase his production, particularly of food crops. 0 The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems... → 0 The soy-bean, in particular, has proved sufficiently resistant to cold in spring and to adverse weather during summer to warrant heavy planting... → 0 For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundant exceeds the velvet bean in potential value.... → 0 Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop. 0 One could drive a prairie schooner through any part of his argument and never scrape against a fact. 0 The usefulness of cow-peas and soy-beans as human food has been recognized only recently in this country. 0 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... → 0 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... → 0 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... → 0 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... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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