Read the following excerpt from president herbert hoover’s state of the union address, 1930. in order that the government may meet its full obligation toward our countrymen in distress through no fault of their own, i recommend that an appropriation should be made to the department of agriculture to be loaned for the purpose of seed and feed for animals. its application should as hitherto in such loans be limited to a gross amount to any one individual, and secured upon the crop. use context clues or a dictionary to select the best definition for president hoover’s use of appropriation.