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... meetings and had been observing the results in Germany of the first agricultural experiment station , which had been organized in 1851 near the University of Leipsic by a company of farmers , and in 1856 the Maryland legislature ...
... meetings and had been observing the results in Germany of the first agricultural experiment station , which had been organized in 1851 near the University of Leipsic by a company of farmers , and in 1856 the Maryland legislature ...
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... meeting in 1887 , was virtually deluged by petitions from citizens of nearly every state , many state legislatures , universities , and 58 Proceedings , Convention of delegates from agricultural colleges and experiment stations , 1885 ...
... meeting in 1887 , was virtually deluged by petitions from citizens of nearly every state , many state legislatures , universities , and 58 Proceedings , Convention of delegates from agricultural colleges and experiment stations , 1885 ...
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... , and as far as the means of the these purposes , the postage - free privileg Within a few months after the enac another meeting of the representatives tions met in Washington and formed a permanent organization known.
... , and as far as the means of the these purposes , the postage - free privileg Within a few months after the enac another meeting of the representatives tions met in Washington and formed a permanent organization known.
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... meetings were held with station directors , and conventions of station workers in three different cities were attended , thus establishing a precedent for leadership rather than directorship in the relation of the Office to the state ...
... meetings were held with station directors , and conventions of station workers in three different cities were attended , thus establishing a precedent for leadership rather than directorship in the relation of the Office to the state ...
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... meetings at the school were organized , and also house - to - house meetings . For young people , short courses in agriculture and home economics were developed , as well as literary societies and boys ' and girls ' study clubs . Field ...
... meetings at the school were organized , and also house - to - house meetings . For young people , short courses in agriculture and home economics were developed , as well as literary societies and boys ' and girls ' study clubs . Field ...
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Page 153 - 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 149 - 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 144 - 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 153 - An act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several states receiving the benefits of an act of congress approved July 2, 1862, and of acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture,
Page 143 - 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 145 - 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 153 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and an annual increase of the amount of such appropriation thereafter for ten years by an additional sum of one thousand dollars over the preceding year...
Page 31 - There shall be at the seat of government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 145 - An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 144 - 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.