| Gardening - 1906 - 522 pages
...the secretary are, among others, to acquire and preserve in his department all information ronceining agriculture which he can obtain by means of books...and by any other appropriate means within his power j to collect, as he may be able, .lew ami valuable seeds and plants ; to test by cultivation the value... | |
| United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1862 - 698 pages
...coticei niiig agriculture which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence, and by pract'cal and scientific experiments, (accurate records of which...and by any other appropriate means within his power; ю collect, as ho тат be able, new and valuable seeds and plants; to test, by cultivation, the value... | |
| Agriculture - 1862 - 588 pages
...kept in his office,) by the collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within liis power ; to collect, as he may be able, new and valuable...and plants ; to test, by cultivation, the value of euch of them as may require such tests ; to propagate such as may be worthy of propagation, and to... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1863 - 734 pages
...correspondence, and by practical and scientific experimeiits, (accurate records of which experiments shall bo kept in his office,) by the collection of statistics,...appropriate means within his power; to collect, as he may be ab!c, new and valuable seeds and plants ; to test, by cultivation, the value of such of them a* may... | |
| Almanacs, American - 1864 - 670 pages
...compensation a salary of three thousand dollars per annum. SEC, 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to...appropriate means within his power; to collect, as he may bo able, new and valuable seeds and plants; to test, by cultivation, the value of such of them as may... | |
| William Vincent McKean - Almanacs, American - 1864 - 668 pages
...correspondence, and by practical and scientific experiments (accurate records of which experiments ehall be kept in his office), by the collection of statistics,...other appropriate means within his power; to collect, ns he may bo able, now and valuable seeds and plants; to test, by cultivation, the value of each of... | |
| Henry Barnard - Education - 1869 - 838 pages
...by a tenure similar to that of other civil officers appointed by the President. The Commissioner is to acquire and preserve in his department all information...within his power ; to collect as he may be able new seeds and plants ; to test, by cultivation, the value of such of them as may require such tests ; to... | |
| David Nelson Camp - Almanacs, American - 1869 - 844 pages
...and preserve in his department all information concerning agriculture which he can' obtain by ffleans of books and correspondence, and by practical and...within his power; to collect as he may be able new seeds and plants; to test, by cultivation, the value of such of them as may require such tests ; to... | |
| United States - Naval law - 1875 - 388 pages
...and scientific experiments, accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his Office, by tho collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within his power; he shall collect new and valuable seeds and plants; shall test, by cultivation, the value of such of... | |
| Sylvester W. Burley - Centennial Exhibition - 1876 - 900 pages
...persons skilled in the natural sciences pertaining to agriculture." It is the duty of the commissioner "to acquire and preserve in his department all information...appropriate means within his power; to collect, as he maybe able, new and valuable seeds and plants ; to test, by cultivation, the value of such as may require... | |
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