The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-01-10
Bill to Create the Department OF
Agriculture. Az

AkK1C0AbuECs
Tho following Bill which passed
the House Of Representatives at its
last session and failed to be reported
from the Senate Committee OF which
Malone was chairman, was agsin in
troduced by Hon. H. L. Muldrow on
the 14th OF December and referred
to tho Committee on Agriculture
A Bill to enlarge the powers and du
ties of the Department of Agricu!
ture.
Be it enacted by tho Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, that the Department OF
Agriculture, established at the seal
Of Government of the United States,
shall be an Executive Department.
under the supervision and control of
q Secretary Of Agriculture, who shal
be an experienced and practical agri
culturist, appointed by the President
by and With the advice and consen
OF the Senate; and section one hur
bred and fifiy.eight Of tho Revised
Statutes is hereby amended to in.
clude such Department, and the pro
visions of title four of the Revised
Statutes are hereb, made applicab,
to said Department.
SEC. q That there shall be in said
Department an Assistant Secretar,
OF Agriculture, who shall be practi
cal agriculturist, and the several
Chiefs of the Bureaus hereinafter
named, to be appointed by the Pres-
dent, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, who shall per
form such duties as may be required
by law or prescribed by the Secretary
SEQ. s. That for the purpose of
collecting and disseminating all i'm
portant and useful information con
corning agriculture, and also con
corning such scientific matters and
industrial pursuits as relate to the
interests of agriculture, the Secretary
shall organize the following Bureaus,
namely:
First. The Bureau OF Agricultural
Products, which shall include divi-
sions of botany, entomology, and
chemistry, and the Chief Of which
Bureau, who shall be a practical ag-
riculturist, shall investigate the
modes Of farming in the several States
and Territories, and shall report
such practical information ss shall
tend to increase the profits Of the
farmer respecting the various meth.
DDS; the crops most profitable in the
several sections; the preferable va.
rieties of sesds, vines, plants, and
fruits; fertilizers; implements; build
ings; and similar matters.
Second. The Bureau of Animal In
dustry, to be in charge Of . compe
tent veterinary surgeon, who shall
investigate and report upon the mum
Der, value, and condition OF the do.
mestio animals OF the United States;
their protection, growth, and use;
the causes, prevention, or cure Of
contagious, communicable, or other
diseases; and the kinds. races, or
breeds best adapted to the several
sections for profitable raising.
Third. The Bureau of Lsnds, the
Chief of which shall investigate and
report upon the resources or cIpa-
bilites OF the public or other Is
for farming, stock.raising, timber,
manufacturing, mining, or Other in.
dustrial uses. And the Secretary
may, through said Bureau, institute
such Investigations and collect such
information, facts, and statistics re
lative to the mines and mining Of
the United States as may be deemed
OF value and importance. The Sec.
rotary may call upon tho Commission
now known as the Geological Survey
for information relating to waste and
other lands, to geological formations
which furnish gypsum and Other
natural fertilizers, and all other mat
ters peculiarly within the knowledge
OF said Commission that may be OF
utility to agriculture, which infor
nation shall be regularly furnished
for the annual report for the De.
partment Of Agricultural. There
shall also be a division of forestry,
the chief of which shall ascertain the
annual amount Of consumption, i'm
portation, aud expectation Of timber
and other forest products; the pros
bable supply for future wants; the
means best adapted to the p.eserva.
ton and renewal OF forests, the in-
flusncs Of forests upon climate; and
kindred subjects.
Fourth. The Bureau of Statistics,
the Chief Of which shall collect and