...the seat of government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects of agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, and propagate,...

...select. A department of agriculture was established, the design and duties of which are to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sease of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds...

...appointment of a Commissioner of Agriculture whose duty, in the words of the law, is "to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects conreeled with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure,...

...partment of agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be, to acquire tet' '' and to ~ q Department of connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word,...

...Government of the United States a Department of Health, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...States useful information on subjects connected with the public health." A central department thus provided with a competent superintendent and detailed...

...Washington. 14«. per Volume. %* The Department of Agriculture was establishtd by A.ct of Congress in 1862, ' to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful Information on subjecls connected with Agriculture in the most general and comprehensive scnse of that word, and to...

...States a Department of Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...on subjects connected with agriculture in the most goneral and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people...

...appoint a chief clerk», Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive senseof that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds...

...bureau, to be denominated a National Sanitary Bureau, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...States useful information on subjects connected with the preservation of the Public Health, and to aid in the establishment and management of efficient...

...Department of Agriculture is under the direction of a commissioner, whose general duties are to obtain and diffuse among the people of the United States...information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to procure, propagate, and distribute new and valuable seeds and plants. He employs botanists,...