Historical Sketch of the U. S. Department of Agriculture: Its Objects and Present Organization, Volumes 3-1907U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 - 97 pages |
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... June 19 , 1862 , was passed the first act , known as the Morrill law , for the establishment of agricultural colleges . COMMISSIONER NEWTON'S TERM . The first Commissioner of Agriculture was Hon . Isaac Newton , already mentioned as ...
... June 19 , 1862 , was passed the first act , known as the Morrill law , for the establishment of agricultural colleges . COMMISSIONER NEWTON'S TERM . The first Commissioner of Agriculture was Hon . Isaac Newton , already mentioned as ...
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... June 19 , 1867 . During Commissioner Newton's time the foundations were laid for the Department library and museum . The first appropriation for the library was $ 4,000 , in 1864 , for the library and laboratory jointly . The Glover ...
... June 19 , 1867 . During Commissioner Newton's time the foundations were laid for the Department library and museum . The first appropriation for the library was $ 4,000 , in 1864 , for the library and laboratory jointly . The Glover ...
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... to develop agriculture , and they chose General Capron as chief adviser . He resigned the commissioner- ship on June 27 , 1871 . COMMISSIONER WATTS'S TERM . Judge Frederick Watts , of Carlisle COMMISSIONER CAPRON . 13.
... to develop agriculture , and they chose General Capron as chief adviser . He resigned the commissioner- ship on June 27 , 1871 . COMMISSIONER WATTS'S TERM . Judge Frederick Watts , of Carlisle COMMISSIONER CAPRON . 13.
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... June 10 , 1872 , made an appropriation with which the War Department was directed to collect and publish meteo- rological information for the benefit of agriculture . The Division of Statistics at this time had about 3,000 voluntary ...
... June 10 , 1872 , made an appropriation with which the War Department was directed to collect and publish meteo- rological information for the benefit of agriculture . The Division of Statistics at this time had about 3,000 voluntary ...
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... June 19 , 1855. He received his early education in his native town and graduated from Hampden - Sidney College in 1873 and from the Uni- versity of Virginia in 1877. He then went to Germany and studied at the University of Berlin and ...
... June 19 , 1855. He received his early education in his native town and graduated from Hampden - Sidney College in 1873 and from the Uni- versity of Virginia in 1877. He then went to Germany and studied at the University of Berlin and ...
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Page 64 - That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same; the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the analysis of soils and water; the...
Page 63 - 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...
Page 67 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 64 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 67 - SEC. 4 That on or before the first day of July in each year, after the passage of this act, the Secretary of the Interior shall ascertain and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury as to each State and Territory whether it Is entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriation...
Page 63 - SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall l>e applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Page 62 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress...
Page 66 - That there shall be, and hereby is, annually appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, arising from the sales of public lands, to be paid as hereinafter provided, to each State and Territory for the more complete endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 59 - An act for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals," and to co-operate with the authorities of the United States in the enforcement of the provisions of such act.
Page 68 - Territory of its appropriation the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President, and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress...