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Definition of Agriculture Department
1. Noun. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agriculture Department
Literary usage of Agriculture Department
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"Ouy X. Collins, Assistant Botanist in Tropical Agriculture, Department of ...
Botanist in Charge of Tropical Agriculture, Department of Agriculture. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washingtonby Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1896)
"Department of Agriculture. Department of Agriculture. Department of Agriculture.
Department of Agriculture. Smithsonian Institution. ..."
3. A Handbook of United States Public Documents by Elfrida Everhart (1910)
"CHAPTER I. Agriculture Department. Although from the first the question of ...
In 1862 the Agriculture Division became the Agriculture Department, ..."
4. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"Agriculture, Department of,—Established as a bureau by act of Congress May 15, 1862;
... Agriculture, Department of (see also Weather Bureau): Creation of, ..."
5. Indian Polity: A View of the System of Administration in India by George Tomkyns Chesney (1894)
"Revenue and Agriculture Department. Survey Department. The two mints of Calcutta
and Bombay are under the Finance Department. The coinage being of silver, ..."
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