APPOINTMENT CLEEK. 



1083 



ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



AGRICULTURE. 



Growth of the force of the department from Sept. SO, 186S, to July 1, 1912. 



Date. 



1803, Sept. 30 

 1867, Sept. 30 

 1871, Sept. 30 

 1873, Sept. 30 

 1875, Sept. 30 

 1877, Sept. 30 

 1879, June 30. 

 1881, July 1.. 

 1883, July 1.. 

 1885, July 1.. 

 1887, July!.. 

 1889. July 1.. 

 1891, July H. 

 1893, July 1.. 

 1895, July 1... 

 1897, July 1... 



Number 



em- 

 ployed. 



29 



99 



84 



92 



90 



77 



93 



108 



239 



214 



328 



48S 



1,577 



1,870 



2,043 



2,444 



Date. 



1899, July 1.. 



1900, Nov. 16 



1901, July 1.. 



1902, July 1.. 



1903, July 1.. 



1904, July 1.. 



1905, July 1.. 



1906, July 1.. 



1907, July 1.. 



1908, July 1.. 



1909, Mar. 4. 



1909, July 1.. 



1910, July 1.. 



1911, July 1.. 



1912, July 1.. 



Number 



em- 

 ployed. 



2,965 



3,128 



3,388 



3,789 



4,200 



4,504 



5.446 



0,242 



9,107 



10.420 



10,280 



11,140 



12,480 



12,704 



13,858 



1 The large increase of July 1, 1891, resulted from the transfer of the Weather Bureau to the Department 

 of Agriculture on that date. 



COMMISSIONERS AND SECRETARIES OF AGRICULTURE. 



Narne and length of service of each Commissioner and of each Secretary of Agriculture 

 since the organization of the United States Department of Agriculture, July 1, 1862. 



POSITIONS FOR WHICH SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS WERE HELD, 

 JULY 1, 1911, TO JUNE 30, 1912. 



Dairy chemist. 



Dairyman (dairy farming). 



Dairyman (butter makini?).* 



Dairyman (market milk investigations). 



Assistant in bacteriology. 



Inspector's assistant. 



Veterinary inspector. 



Animal husbandman. 



Dairyman. 



Preparator. 



Assistant pharmacologist. 



Microanalyst. 



Assistant chemist. 



Food and drug inspector. 



Bacteriological chemist. 



Laboratory helper. 



Assistant pharmaceutical chemist. 

 Pharmaceutical chemist. 

 Medico chemical analyst. 

 Food technologist. 

 Foreman. 

 Preparator. 



Entomological draftsman. 

 Chief of Drainage Investigations. 

 Specialist of rural engineering. 

 Specialist in botany. 

 Irrigation engineer. 

 Messenger boy. 

 Watchman-fireman. 



Superintendent of telephone construc- 

 tion. 

 Practical paper maker. 



