...Agriculture, now Secretary of Agriculture, was directed to acquire information, "which can be obtained by means of books and correspondence, and by practical and scientific experiments, by the collection of statistics and by other appropriate means within his power" * * *. The Department...

...the Commissioner of Agriculture to acquire and preserve in his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books...collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate moans within his power ; to collect, as he may be able, new and valuable seeds and plants ; to test,...

...the Commissioner of Agriculture to acquire and preserve in his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books...and by any other appropriate means within his power; to collect, as he may be able, new and valuable seeds and plants; to test, by cultivation, the value...

...USC sec. 514:) "The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books...records of which experiments shall be kept in his office * * * and by any other appropriate means within his power; he shall collect new and valuable seeds...

...USC sec. 514:) "The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and preserre all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books...records of which experiments shall be kept in his office * * * and by any other appropriate means within his power; he shall collect new and valuable seeds...

...USC sec. 514:) "The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books...records of which experiments shall be kept in his office * * * and by any other appropriate means within his power; he shall collect new and valuable seeds...

...the Commissioner of Agriculture to acquire and preserve in his department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books...and by any other appropriate means within his power * * *." ' The early Commissioners of Agriculture began at once to collect scientific and technological...

...the Commissioner of Agriculture to acquire and preserve in his department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books...any other appropriate means within his power * * * j . : By 1876 the Department of Agriculture Library was considered the most complete on the continent...

...the Commissioner of Agriculture to acquire and preserve in his department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books...and by any other appropriate means within his power * * *.6 By 1876 the Department of Agriculture Library was considered the most complete on the continent...

...the Commissioner of Agriculture to acquire and preserve in his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books...and by any other appropriate means within his power; to collect, as he may he able, new and valuable seeds and plants ; to test by cultivation the value...