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INDEX 



Department of Agriculture, date 

 established, 9; raised to first 

 rank, 23; cost of, 31; growth 

 of, 31, 100, 109; relation to 

 other departments, 34 ; organi- 

 zation 36; reorganization, 37; 

 administration of health laws, 

 no; critcism of, in; outline 

 of organization. n5. 



Disbursing Agents, Special, work 

 of. 104. 



Division of Publications, work 

 of. 47, 112; outline of organi- 

 zation, 117. 



Early Agricultural Legislation, 

 12. 



Ellsworth, Henry L., distribut- 

 ing foreign seeds and plants, 

 16. 



Entomolog)'. Bureau of, func- 

 tions. 45 ; outline of organiza- 

 tion. 117. 



Estimates of Appropriations, le- 

 gal basis, 93 ; preparation of, 

 94; in Department of Agricul- 

 ture, 95 ; criticism of method, 

 96; submission to Congress, 



97- 



Executive Departments, consti- 

 tutional basis, 35 ; establish- 

 ment of. 35; organization, 36; 

 cooperation between, 51. 



Expenditures, accounting for, 

 lOi ; cooperative funds. 104; 

 reports of, 105 ; total amount 

 of. 124. 



Experiment Stations, Office of, 

 60. 



Federal Aid Road Act, 29; ad- 

 ministration of, 62, 65 ; provi- 

 sions of, 63. 



Federal Horticultural Board, 47. 



Food and Drugs Act, constitu- 

 tionality upheld, 12; passage 

 of, 27; provisions of, 80; lim- 

 itations of, 82: administration 

 of, 82; administrative regula- 

 tions, 85 ; criticisms, 86. 



Forest Service, functions of. 44 ; 

 outline of organization, 116. 



Franklin, Benjamin, first to add 

 foreign plants and animals, 16. 



Frcund, Ernst, on the extension 

 of police power, 24. 



Goodnow, Frank J., 33, 69. 



Hamilton, Alexander, on gov- 

 ernment aid to agriculture, 10. 



Harrison, President, on work of 

 Department of Agriculture, 26. 



Hatch Act, passed by Congress, 

 23 ; administration of, 54. 



Insecticide Act. passage of, 27. 



Insecticide and Fungicide Board, 

 functions, 47. 



Interior, Department of, trans- 

 fers forestry work to Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, 29; co- 

 operation with Department of 

 Agriculture, 53. 



Jefferson, Thomas, on govern- 

 ment aid to agriculture, 11. 



Lacey Act, passage of, 27. 

 Legislation, early agricultural, 



Library, of Department of Agri- 

 culture, 48. 



Markets, Bureau of, functions, 

 47 ; administration of Cotton 

 Futures Act, 89 ; outline of or- 

 ganization. 117. 



Marshall Field Co. v. Clark, n 

 (note). 



Meat Inspection Act, passage of, 

 27; provisions of, 73; admin- 

 istration of, 75; cost of, 78; 

 limitations, 78. 



Morrill Act, passage of, 21. 



Organic Act, provisions of, 21. 



Pennsylvania Society' of Agri- 

 culture, organized, 18. 



Plant Industry, Bureau of, func- 

 tions, 43 ; outline of organiza- 

 tion, 115. 



Plant Quarantine Act, 27. 



Philadelphia Society for Pro- 

 moting Agriculture, organized, 

 18. 



Publications, Division of, func- 

 tions, 47. 



Regulatory Laws, administration 



of. 68. 

 Reports, of Secretary, 105. 



