Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of AgricultureU.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 - 1179 pages |
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| Title | Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 14 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 1179 pages |
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