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... farming from the deplorable condition in which the Revolutionary War had left it . Particularly inter- ested were those city inhabitants whose economic existence was dependent upon agriculture . In the cities , therefore , rather than ...
... farming from the deplorable condition in which the Revolutionary War had left it . Particularly inter- ested were those city inhabitants whose economic existence was dependent upon agriculture . In the cities , therefore , rather than ...
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... farming utensils . Place this establishment under the superintendence of a professor of agriculture , with suitable assistants . Here to be deposited plants , shrubs , grain , trees , etc. , to undergo experiments to estab- lish their ...
... farming utensils . Place this establishment under the superintendence of a professor of agriculture , with suitable assistants . Here to be deposited plants , shrubs , grain , trees , etc. , to undergo experiments to estab- lish their ...
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... farmers , at least three hours in each day , when so required by the professor , and to conform , in all respects , to the rules and ordi- nances of said institution . Let it be made the duty of these students to be attached the ensuing ...
... farmers , at least three hours in each day , when so required by the professor , and to conform , in all respects , to the rules and ordi- nances of said institution . Let it be made the duty of these students to be attached the ensuing ...
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... farmers such as is now fostered by the Office of Experiment Stations , were likewise early attempted by the ... farmer and that the country schoolmasters might be " secretaries of the county societies , and the schoolhouses the places of ...
... farmers such as is now fostered by the Office of Experiment Stations , were likewise early attempted by the ... farmer and that the country schoolmasters might be " secretaries of the county societies , and the schoolhouses the places of ...
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... farming and began to publish them in book form . Soon exchanges with other libraries in Europe augmented the ... farmers and mechanics at the Gardner Lyceum . Here was supported a professor of agriculture and a practical farm ...
... farming and began to publish them in book form . Soon exchanges with other libraries in Europe augmented the ... farmers and mechanics at the Gardner Lyceum . Here was supported a professor of agriculture and a practical farm ...
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Page 146 - 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 147 - 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 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 147 - 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 149 - That the grants of moneys authorized by this Act are made subject to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories to the purposes of said grants...
Page 158 - ... be sent to each newspaper in the States or Territories in which they are respectively located, and to such individuals actually engaged in farming as may request the same and as far as the means of the station will permit. Such bulletins or reports and the annual reports of said stations shall be transmitted in the mails of the United States free of charge for postage, under such regulations as the Postmaster General may from time to time prescribe.
Page 146 - 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 v - THE INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT RESEARCH STUDIES IN ADMINISTRATION. The System of Financial Administration of Great Britain. By WF Willoughby, WW Willoughby, and SM Lindsay. 378 pp.
Page 152 - States, to the State or Territorial treasurer, or to such other officer as shall be designated by the laws of such State or Territory to receive the same, who shall upon the order of the trustees of the college or the institution for colored students, immediately pay over said sums to the treasurers of the respective colleges or other institutions entitled to receive the same...
Page 157 - SEC. 2. That the sums hereby appropriated to the States and Territories for the further endowment and support of colleges shall be annually paid on or before the thirty-first day of July of each year, by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the warrant of the Secretary of the Interior, out of the Treasury of the United States, { to the State or Territorial Treasurer, or to such officer as shall be designated by the laws of such State or Territory to receive the same, who shall, upon...