History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ual privilegesand opportunities; rates of interest, wages of labor, tuxes, social andcivil ex|>enseH, all being regulated by one system and varying only withdlirereiit lo<-alilies. In I88I Dr. Loriiiir was appointed United States(^MnmI,ssioner of Agriculture by rrtsideut (Jarfiehl,win) irave him his commission and instructions theday bcJore he was mortally wounded. The instruc-tions of the President were strong and earnest for theenlargement and development of the department,and
History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ual privilegesand opportunities; rates of interest, wages of labor, tuxes, social andcivil ex|>enseH, all being regulated by one system and varying only withdlirereiit lo<-alilies. In I88I Dr. Loriiiir was appointed United States(^MnmI,ssioner of Agriculture by rrtsideut (Jarfiehl,win) irave him his commission and instructions theday bcJore he was mortally wounded. The instruc-tions of the President were strong and earnest for theenlargement and development of the department,and to this work Dr. Loritig applied him-elf withgreat diligence until the close of his otiicial career ascommissiotier, April, ISS). ITndcr his guidance thedepartment secured the respect and confidence of theAmerican people, and was relcrrcd to abroad as amodel organization of ihe kind. In the collectionand arrange nent of statistics it advanced to the frontrank, and was considered authority on industrialmatters that came before it. In tlie investigation ofthe aiitinal iinlustrv ot the coimtrv. and into the. ^^^AKTIxLi3c^ . ^ a^-u-t^ NORTH ANDOVER. 1CJ3 nature and danger of animal diseases, it secured con-fidence and collected a large Iuiul of vahiiihlo iiitbr-mation. In tlie exarniiiatiim of the sugariirodiKingqualities of various plants it secured the reputation otcarrying on fair, dispassionate and useful all entomological and botanical work it obtainedthe best scientific aid, and Congress manifested agrowing confidence in the department by increasingits appropriations from year to year, often beyond theestimates of the commissioner. Meanwhile the amount of work which Dr. Loringdid outside of the department was very large. Inmany of the States he delivered addresses on ques-tions relating to agriculture, and joined the boardsand associations in their deliberations for the benefitof tliat industry. He discussed the industries of theSouth at the exhibition at Atla
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