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... Organization of the stations 47 Equipment of the stations .. Lines of work of the stations 50 53 Investigations involving original features .. 54 Verification and demonstration experiments 62 Studies of natural agricultural conditions ...
... Organization of the stations 47 Equipment of the stations .. Lines of work of the stations 50 53 Investigations involving original features .. 54 Verification and demonstration experiments 62 Studies of natural agricultural conditions ...
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... Organization Equipment Financial support . Lines of work .. Relations with institutions for agricultural education and research ... Relations with agricultural experiment stations in the United States ..... Advisory relations ...
... Organization Equipment Financial support . Lines of work .. Relations with institutions for agricultural education and research ... Relations with agricultural experiment stations in the United States ..... Advisory relations ...
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... organized in February , 1879 , by the faculty of agriculture of the university , as a voluntary organization . From that time until the passage of the act of Congress of March 2 , 1887 , the work was carried on by the different ...
... organized in February , 1879 , by the faculty of agriculture of the university , as a voluntary organization . From that time until the passage of the act of Congress of March 2 , 1887 , the work was carried on by the different ...
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... organization and management , with a view of educating and enlightening others by furnishing valuable examples and results in practical agriculture . Second , organize and operate a scientific department devoted to agri- cultural ...
... organization and management , with a view of educating and enlightening others by furnishing valuable examples and results in practical agriculture . Second , organize and operate a scientific department devoted to agri- cultural ...
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... organization by the appointment of a com- mittee to cooperate with the United States Commissioner of Agricul- ture in determining the time of meeting and the business of the next convention , and in forming a plan for a permanent ...
... organization by the appointment of a com- mittee to cooperate with the United States Commissioner of Agricul- ture in determining the time of meeting and the business of the next convention , and in forming a plan for a permanent ...
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Page 452 - State, which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the...
Page 452 - ... and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective states or territories.
Page 452 - An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 452 - That in order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the application of the same...
Page 451 - States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than one-quarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State...
Page 451 - Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State, or of any Territory of the United States...
Page 452 - ... a just and equitable division of the fund to be received under this Act between one college for white students and one institution for colored students established as aforesaid, which shall be divided into two parts and paid accordingly, and thereupon such institution for colored students...
Page 452 - If any portion of the fund invested as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished...
Page 452 - It shall be the duty of each of said stations, annually, on or before the first day of February, to make to the Governor of the State or Territory in which it is located a full and detailed report of its operations, including a statement of receipts and expenditures, a copy of which report shall be sent to each of said stations, to the said Commissioner of Agriculture, and to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Page 452 - That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks...