Annual Report ..., Volume 8Contains the yearbook and annual report of the Department of Household Science and proceedings of the annual meeting of the Illinois Farmers' Institute. |
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Page 37 - 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 with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 119 - If he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before...
Page 242 - America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 54 - Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground ? When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rye in their place ? For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Page 38 - The Division of Biological Survey studies the geographic distribution of animals and plants, and maps the natural life zones of the country; it also investigates the economic relations of birds and mammals...
Page 8 - The salaries of the inspectors provided for by this act shall be eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum, each, and the Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the treasury...
Page 39 - It seeks to promote the interests of agricultural education and investigation throughout the United States. It collects and disseminates general information regarding the colleges and stations, and publishes accounts of agricultural investigations at home and abroad. It also indicates lines of inquiry...
Page 10 - Beekeepers' Association, and approved by the Governor, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the State of Illinois in favor of the treasury of the Illinois State Beekeepers' Association for the sum herein appropriated.
Page 317 - The by-laws may be amended at any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote of members present providing a copy of such amendment has been sent to all members at least 30 days prior to the meeting.
Page 266 - SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or by any three Directors.