Statement of Expenditures of the Department of Agriculture for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1907

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 - 391 pages
 

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Page 64 - Agriculture to investigate and report upon the organization and progress of farmers' institutes and agricultural schools in the several States and Territories, and upon similar organizations in foreign countries, with special suggestions of plans and methods for making such organizations more effective for the dissemination of the results of the work of the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural experiment stations, and of improved methods of agricultural practice...
Page 183 - For all necessary expenses in the investigation of fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, tobacco, vegetables, grasses, forage, drug, medicinal, poisonous, fiber, and other plants and plant industries, in cooperation with other branches of the department, the State experiment stations, and practical farmers, and for the erection of necessary farm buildings ; Provided, That the cost of any building erected shall not exceed $1,500; for field and station expenses, including...
Page 65 - Economics for conducting, either independently or in cooperation with other agencies, investigations of the relative utility and economy of agricultural products for food, clothing, and other uses in the home, with special suggestions of plans and methods for the more effective utilization of such products for these purposes, and such economic investigations, including housing and household buying, as have for their purpose the improvement of the rural home, and for disseminating useful information...
Page 179 - ... to investigate the causes of decay in forest timber and timber used for construction purposes, and to devise means for preventing the decay of the same; to investigate the practical application in agriculture of the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by bacteria and other micro-organisms in soils and in the root tubercles of leguminous and other plants...
Page 205 - That twenty thousand dollars of the sum thus appropriated, or so much thereof as the Secretary of Agriculture shall direct, may be used to collect, purchase, test, propagate, and distribute rare and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, from foreign countries for experiments with reference to their introduction into this country; and the seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants thus collected, purchased, tested, and propagated shall not be included in...
Page 188 - For continuing the necessary improvements to establish and maintain a general experiment farm and agricultural station on the Arlington estate, in the State of Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April 18, 1900...
Page 187 - to investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods of farm management and farm practice...
Page 204 - ... the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in the city of Washington and elsewhere. And...
Page 57 - ... surface of the earth and at various altitudes; determinations of its temperature, moisture content, pressure, state of electrification, direction and magnitude of its movements, its cloudiness, dust content, absorption of light, of heat, and of electric waves, and its various other properties.
Page 204 - ... traveling expenses, and all necessary material and repairs for putting up and distributing the same...

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