Considers (64) H.R. 12717.

Excerpt from Agriculture Appropriation Bill: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Sixty-Fourth Congress, Second Session on the Agriculture Appropriation Bill; Bureau of Soils; Monday, December 11, 1916 The chairman. Now, we will take up the Bureau of Soils, on page 127 of the Book of Estimates. Dr. Whitney is here to present his estimates. Doctor, your first matter is the question of your statutory roll, and the first suggested change is found in item 2, page 127, where have increased the amount of the salary of the chief clerk $220. $1011 give us a very brief statement and explain the reason for that. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.