...United States a Department of Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States...on subjects connected with agriculture in the most goneral and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people...

...in promoting the usefulness of this branch of the Department's work, assigned to it by Congress — "to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." It is worthy of note, and gratifying to the Department, that applications for small quantities of improved...

...shall appoint a chief clerk», Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States...agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive senseof that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds...

...denominated a National Sanitary Bureau, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with the preservation of the Public Health, and to aid in the establishment and management of efficient...

...Department of Agriculture is under the direction of a commissioner, whose general duties are to obtain and diffuse among the people of the United States useful...information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to procure, propagate, and distribute new and valuable seeds and plants. He employs botanists,...

...interests of our farming population ; and its duty is thus fulfilled of " acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful information...agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of the word." Xamp» of States and Territories. Total number of counties. 84 116 58 16 33 14 Number of...

...Commissioner of Agriculture. The design of such department, as expressed in the act, is to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States...among the people new and valuable seeds and plants. 1379. Although designated a department, it is not to be confounded with or assimilated in character...

...United States a department of health, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with the public health ; to direct the establishment and management of efficient sanitary and quarantine...

...1862, ' to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on »ubject» connected with Agriculture in the most general and...among the people, new and valuable seeds and plants' Each Annual Report contains valuable and varied information, and is fully illustrated with plates and...

...The Difartmint tf Agrifulturt was established by act of Congress dated May 15, 1861, "to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful...agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense or that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and...