APPENDIX I 



Outline of the Organization of the Department of 



Agriculture as it was during the Fiscal Year 



1917. (Prior to April 6, 1917) 



United States Department of Agriculture. 



A. Institutional Units. 



I. Office of the Secretary. 



a. Secretary's Office proper. 



b. Assistant Secretary's Office. 



c. Solicitor's Office. 



d. Disbursing Office. 



e. Librarj'. 



f. Office of Information. 



g. Office of Inspection, 

 h. Office of Exhibits. 



i. Office of Forest Appeals. 



j. Chief Clerk's Office. 



k. Mechanical Superintendent's Office. 



B. Functional Units and Functions. 



1. Office of Farm Management. 



a. General Administration. 



b. Investigations in Farm Economics. 



c. Application of Farm Economics to Farm Practice. 



d. Clearing and Utilization of Logged-Off Lands. 



2. Weather Bureau. 



a. General Administration. 



b. Collection of Meteorological Data. 



c. Forecasts and Warnings. 



d. General Investigation and Research. 



e. General Educational Work. 



3. Bureau of Animal Industry. 



a. General Administration. 



b. Eradication and Control of Animal Diseases. 



c. Inspection and Quarantine of Imported Animals, and 



Inspection of Animal Exports. 



d. Eradication of Cattle Ticks. 



e. Live Stock Demonstrations. 



f. Dairy Investigations. 



g. Animal Husbandry Investigations, 

 h. Investigation of Animal Diseases. 



i. Control of Manufacture and Shipment of Viruses, 



Serums, etc. 

 j. Control of Meat and Meat Food Products. 



4. Bureau of Plant Industry. 



a. General Administration. 



b. Plant Pathology. 



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