Yearbook of the United States Department of AgricultureU.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 - Agriculture |
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Page 100 - ... 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 532 - ... hereby reserved and set apart, subject to valid existing rights, for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds.
Page 448 - Department printing and illustrations, and has charge of the distribution of all Department publications with the exception of those turned over by law to the Superintendent of Documents for sale at the price affixed by him ; it issues, in the form of press notices, official information of interest to agriculturists, and distributes to agricultural publications and writers synopses of Department publications.
Page 2 - Two, which shall contain such reports from the different Bureaus and Divisions, and such papers prepared by their special agents, accompanied by suitable illustrations, as shall, in the opinion of the Secretary, be specially suited to interest and instruct the farmers of the country, and to include a general report of the operations of the Department for their information.
Page 446 - ... the taking of such meteorological observations as may be necessary to establish and record the climatic conditions of the United States or as are essential for the proper execution of the foregoing duties.
Page 258 - That no article shall be deemed misbranded or adulterated within the provisions of this Act when intended for export to any foreign country and prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser...
Page 2 - An Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents" approved January 12, 1895 (28 Stat.
Page 151 - ... 6. The State needs a wider diffusion of industrial intelligence as a foundation for the highest technical success, and this can only be acquired in connection with the general system of education into which it should enter as an integral part from the beginning.
Page 448 - The Bureau of Soils is intrusted with the investigation, survey, and mapping of soils; the investigation of the cause and prevention of the rise of alkali in the soil, •and the drainage of soils.
Page 446 - Agriculture, shall have charge of the forecasting of weather, the issue of storm warnings, the display of weather and flood signals for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, and navigation, the gauging and reporting of rivers, the maintenance and operation of seacoast telegraph lines and the collection and transmission of marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and navigation...