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Word: shelterbelt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Appropriations Committee presented to the House a third deficiency bill which: 1) knocked out the $20,000,000 Farm Tenancy program: 2) cut the Labor Relations Board's request for $1,800,000 in half; 3) denied the Agriculture Department $500,000 for the Great Plains shelterbelt tree plantings; 4) disapproved an additional $10,000.000 which Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy was seeking for his Maritime Commission. Total intended economies: about 30% of Budget Bureau estimates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Roast Chicken | 8/23/1937 | See Source »

...Senate, Secretary Wallace made a long defense of the shelterbelt program, and the Senate finally put back the $1,000,000 appropriation. Last week the fate of the great 1,200-mile dream belt was settled, as are most legislative matters, in conference. Nurserymen have on hand 60,000,000 seedling trees which the Government has paid them $4 or $5 a thousand to raise. For $2.25 per 1,000, the trees can be raised for another year or two until of suitable age for planting out. For about 50? per 1,000 they can be packed and shipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSERVATION: Orphan Seedlings | 6/8/1936 | See Source »

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