...people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure,...among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." THE WEATHER BUBEAU. The Chief of the Weather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture,...

...people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure,...among the people new and valuable seeds and plants. ' ' ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. The Assistant Secretary of Agriculture performs such duties...

...present inadequately housed. As denned in the act of establishment, the duties of the department are, "to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...among the people new and valuable seeds and plants. With the progress of agricultural science, scientific branches have been added, until the department...

...of the United States a Department of Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." The initial report of the new Department, issued under the direction of Isaac Newton, the first Commissioner...

...States a Department of Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and 351 diffuse among the people of the United States useful...among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." The initial report of the new Department, issued under the direction of Isaac Newton, the first Commissioner...

...and deception that is being practiced upon them. The Department of Agriculture was established "to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." (Act May 1.5, 1862; 12 Stat, 387; sec. 520, Rev. Stat.) In pursuance of the general policy thus indicated,...

...has been accomplished by the Department of Agriculture through its scientists. The statute says, " and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." Not a: word about peas and beans and corn and tomato seeds of common varieties, nor, I may add, not...

...information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that term, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." The head of this bureau was called the Commissioner of Agriculture. In the course of time, in view...

...and In 1862 the Department of Agriculture was formally organized, its duties being defined to be " to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." Since its organization, however, the functions of the Department have been constantly enlarged by succeeding...

...and in 1862 the Department of Agriculture was formally organized, its duties being defined to be " to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." Since its organization, however, the functions of the Department have been constantly enlarged by succeeding...