Progress Report of the Regional Research Laboratories

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Excerpt from Progress Report of the Regional Research Laboratories: Remarks of Dr. Henry G. Knight, Chief, Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering, United States Department of Agriculture, Before the Land Grant College Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, November 11, 1941Before leaving the cellulose topic I might tell you about the Bureau's work on the'water chestnut which-is clogging navigable streams in increasing numbers along the Eastern Seaboard and in sections of the Gulf Coast region. One day last summer President Roosevelt was cruising down the Potomac River accompanied by Secretary Wickard. The President suggested.that Secretary Wickardfihave some'of the iepartment scientists look into the possibility of making paper or some other industrial product from the thousands of acres of this floating menabe'to navigation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.