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ings, its discoveries, and its improvements are permeating the na- 

 tional agricultural life. The forces that are at work must cause 

 ever-increasing results. 



The great and growing movement carried on by the department 

 for agricultural betterment has not been sustained solely by one man, 

 nor by a few men. A choice corps of scholarly experts in their 

 special lines of endeavor has been growing in membership, in breadth 

 of view, and in the practical application of their efforts. They have 

 been and are men both good and true, men with high ideals, often 

 sacrificing greater remuneration in private employment for love of 

 the great results of their public service. No great work can be begim, 

 nor sustained, by this department without such men. 



Men grow old in service and in years, and cease their labor, but 

 the results of their labor and the children of their brains will live 

 on; and may whatever of worth that is in these be everblooming. 



The details of the operations of the department will be found in the 

 reports of the heads of the several bureaus, divisions, and offices. 



Respectfully submitted. 



James Wilson, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



Washington, D. C, Novemler ^7, 1912. 



