...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 useful...agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive senseof that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds...

...bureau, to be 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...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...

...Government of the 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." Efforts are being made to secure a Veterinary Department in the University of Pennsylvania....

...government of the 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...

...extensive grounds. The Difartmint tf Agrifulturt was established by act of Congress dated May 15, 1861, "to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...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...

...the charge of the Commissioner of Agriculture. The general design and duties of this Department are to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants. The Commissioner...

...14s. per Volume. •»* The Department of Agriculture wa» exlablishal by Act of Congress in 1862, ' to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on »ubject» connected with Agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and...

...for which it was established, as declared in the organic act creating the said Department, to-wit, " to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...subjects connected with agriculture In the most general sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds...