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Department of Agriculture   /dɪpˈɑrtmənt əv ˈægrɪkˌəltʃər/   Listen
Department of Agriculture

noun
1.
The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862.  Synonyms: Agriculture, Agriculture Department, USDA.






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"Department of agriculture" Quotes from Famous Books



... he said to me himself; 'they've found the weak points; we must send an amended draft;' and so we did, and got a very satisfactory reply. It was a schedule about swine fever, 972 in the Department of Agriculture. I have had the pleasure of reading it in public circulation when on ...
— McClure's Magazine, Volume VI, No. 3. February 1896 • Various

... in this bulletin, the Department of Agriculture employed a rotary digester of its own design,[2] comprising a shell 5 feet 5 inches in length by 4 feet in diameter, capable of holding about 300 pounds of air-dry hurds. It is believed that a test of this size is large ...
— Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material - United States Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 404 • Lyster H. Dewey and Jason L. Merrill

... owner's soul. There was not a severe nor yet a weak line anywhere. He was a well-meaning young fellow, happily dispositioned, and a great favorite with the tribe at Robinson's Post, whither he had gone in the service of the Department of Agriculture, to assist the local agent through the tedium ...
— The Moccasin Maker • E. Pauline Johnson

... land tilled by one family in Japan does not exceed one hectare" (2.471 acres), less than two and a half acres. ("Japan in the Beginning of the Twentieth Century," page 89. Published by the Department of Agriculture ...
— Three Acres and Liberty • Bolton Hall

... bulletin to a neighbor. Additional copies may be obtained free from the Division of Publications, United States Department of Agriculture ...
— Determining the Age of Cattle by the Teeth • George W. Pope


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