 | American periodicals - 1900 - 750 pages
...are thus defined : — "A Department of Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and 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... | |
 | United States. Dept. of the Interior - Natural resources - 1900 - 232 pages
...maintain a great executive department "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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing, John Fiske, Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1901 - 516 pages
...indirectly through the influence brought to bear upon the great political parties already in power. In 188S a department of labor was created by act of Congress,...acquire and diffuse among the people of the United Slates useful informal ion on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive... | |
 | United States. Congress - Directories, Governmental - 1901 - 370 pages
...cattle-carrying vessels. He is charged especially with carrying out the chief purpose of the Department, which is "to acquire and diffuse among the people of the...States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute... | |
 | Sociology - 1901 - 906 pages
...was not a member of the President's cabinet. The duties of the department as defined in this act are "To acquire and 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... | |
 | Canada. Department of Labour - Labor - 1925 - 1312 pages
...have remained unchanged since its organization in 1886. The act creating the bureau provides that it " acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...States useful information on subjects connected with labour in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and especially upon its relation to... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture. Division of Publications - Agriculture - 1901 - 946 pages
...* the general design and duties of which [the Department of Agriculture] 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... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1902 - 1010 pages
...present inadequately housed. As defined in the act of establishment, the duties of the department are, "to acquire and 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... | |
 | Australia. Parliament - Australia - 1902 - 1538 pages
...shall be established, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse amongst the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of the word, and to procure, propagate, and... | |
 | James Laughlin Hughes, Louis Richard Klemm - Education - 1903 - 558 pages
...pursuits, a good general education can bo obtained. Besides this the function of the Bureau of Agriculture is " to acquire and diffuse among the people of the...States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of the word, and to procure, propagate, and... | |
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There is hereby established at the seat of Government of the 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 useful information on subjects connected... 
