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" "Naturally Naturally " the department doee does doesnot doesnot ; not reli relj rei3 e\clush e clush exclushely e'ciusiely eciusiely ' \ : ' ely on the findings findingsof of Its own Invcstlgitors ID\eetlg'1tors ID eetlg'1tors eetlg1tors inestigitors \ ; ' ; on the thecontrary thecontrary thecontrary contrary , It draws upon the gen gener'11 generil genenl er'11 er11 eril ' fund of scientific knowledgeas kno\\ kno know knoledge \ ledge ledgeas as It InCl Incieiscs incieises e'lses elses ' tluoughout thioughout tIu oughout the theworld theworld theworld world But this Is one of the tests testsof testsof testsof of Its scientific efficIencynd ediciency efficIency ' \ ind \nd nd ndalue nd \alue alue salue salueVere \ valueWere alueWere Were \Vere Vere \ the depirtment dep'lrtment deplrtment ' not en engaged engageditself engagedItself aged agedItself Itself In creithe cre1th cretie e scientific .scientific . work worh , . 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( ' ence 0\ 0 overflows 0erflows oerflows \ erflows artificial depart departmentalIzIng departmentalizlng departmentalizlng mentalIzIng mentalizlng . , Secretary Wallace cites citesthe citesthe citesthe the dependence of aviitlon avht10n avhtion farming farmingand farmingand farmingand and the shipping Industries on the theweather theweather theweather weather bureau , which Itself mustInvoke must mustinoke 10\ 10 10oke inoke \ oke the aid of physics , , geology geologygeogiaphy , geoglaphy geogiaphy and other sciences Be He Bealso Healso Healso also cills c'1Ils c1Ils ' attention to the far reach reach- reachIng reachIng reaching - ing effects of or the food preserving preservingIndustrIes preservingindustrIes preservingIndustries IndustrIes on changing types of offarming offarming offarming offarmingUse farming farmingUse Use Special Fund . . Yet In the pist p'1st p1st ' , approprIations appropriationsfor for the support of research In the theDepartment theDepartment theDepartment Department of Agriculture hive h'lve hlve ' al- al a- a allocated alocated al allocated ! - - located funds , 'Item Item ' Item by Item , on a abureau abureau abureau bureau basis , for objects sharply sharplypartlcuhrl7ed sharplypartiduliri7ed sharplypartlculirized partlcuhrl7ed partiduliri7ed " To get avviy an'1Y an1Y awiy ' from this tIllS difficultv difficulty difficultyand , and to push aheid ahe'1d ahe1d ' faster facter fatter : toward towardpractlcalh towardpractically towardpractically practlcalh practically ' usable results , the de dep'1rtmem depirtment depirtment p'1rtmem p1rtmem pirtment ' Is miking m'1klrrg m1klrrg mikirrg ' use of a spe spe- special special - . cia cial ! fund for bisic b'1slC b1slC btsic ' research appro appropriated appropriated approprinted priated by congress congrecs : |