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 532 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 185. 1922. -*‘¤*¤*S*¤***° °" For general administrative expenses in connection with the lines DGDSBS. . . · . . . of mvestigation, experiment, and demonstration conducted m the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, $36,273; m*,;*;f,*;*cugg§¤¤¢°¤¤¤° To investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods gsttm. of farm management and farm practice, $291,707: Provided, That °“"°°“°°‘°”‘ of this amount $150,000 may be used in ascertaining the cost of pro- M duhction of the pnnpiilaalg staple agricultthural prciducits; U wd S mlm, °"; or ac uiring an using among e peop e o the ni tates useful   on subjects connected with the marketing, handligg, utihzatlipn, graginfg,)(.rans;(ortation,1axi1d distrilbuting rg farm an nonman acture o pro ucts an the urc as` o arm ¤§*g*_§**”"·’ °‘°‘°“*“· sulpplies, includéipig the demonstration and promlotion oiughe use of u orm stand of classification of American farm products $“§Z‘§"Li °Ei§’B"{{L'l‘§;€§1‘Z§*i°“é15‘1‘l’ ““S i“ °°°""’i”fti"“ '""§°""" _c _ _ p, a e age cies, purc asing an consuming organizations, and persons engaged m the marketing handling utilization, grading, transportation, and distributing of, farm ang ioodlproducts, $471,200; bs al ,1,,,,,, I, or co ectinii com ilmg, a tracting, an yzing, Sl1]D1I18l'lZZI.I1g· ` cumin;. punish- interpreting; an pubhghing data relating to agriculture, including §'f;_°°""• °°“"'“°° crop and `ve-stock estimates acreage, yield, grades, stock, an value_of farm crops, and numbers, grades, and value of live stock and live-stock products on farms, m cooperation with the States Relations Service and other Federal, State, and local agencies, ,,,,,,,_ $390,000: Promdegl, That not less than $65,000 shall be used for {:*¤¤¤¤¤!w¤r1¤¤¤rv1v collecting and disseminating to American producers, importers, ew. I ’ exporters, and other mterested persons information relative to the world sulppg of andd need for American agxricugtural prodlgcits, market; in met, con `tions prices an other actors, a owled e o n with w§ich is necessary to the advantageous disposition of such products ¤u¤•gm¤¤,•u. IH foreign countries, independently and in cooperation with other branches of the Government, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organisations, and persons engaged in the transportation, marketinhgéand disiirigigggn oilfarin  alsood prodiargts, mcluding the purc e o suc an pen c as may necessary in connection with this workd_§;f¤'*•"‘°"'“‘ ¥"°‘ For enablinglthe Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and certify d¤:rm¢¤ny%uw:w¤¤¤_¤: to shippers an other interested parties the mhuality and condition of ¤¤.i’...·¤&.. " fruiés, vegetables2fpo1gt;·y, butter, an other perishable Lfgrm pro ucts, w en o ere or interstate ipment or w en receiv at such important central markets as the Secretary of Agriculture ma from time to time designate, or at points which may bz convenientlg reached therefrom, un er such rules and regulations as he may rescribe, including payment of such fees as will be reasonable and) as upnirm emma- nearly as may be to cover the cost for the service rendered: Provided, °‘°°"·· That certificates issued by the authorized agents of the department shall be rece1ved in all courts of the United States as rima facie evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained? $17 5,000 ; ct1f(i·livis9g1mtiihL§1yPi1¤ii h;n<(indiSii;i¥;riI1igiby “i°g’””i".i“““’ ff coiiwaumsmbpm- e _, _ _ __ e su pyanneman $;,,jr°{g g§$,{;f;’]‘{{’: commercial movement, location, disgpsition, quality, condition, and ¤ ¤¤¤- {gev. vw. of market prices of hve stock,_meats, h, and anima products, dairy ' and poultry products, fnnts and vegetables, peanuts and their productsé grannii, htay, feeids, and seeds, and other ahgricugtural products in epe en y an in cooperation with o er ranches of the_(Z}overnment, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and persons engaged in the (production, transportation, mairkeltiling, amid distribution of farm an food products, $405,000 ; D. I I I 5 n, gener expenses, $1,769,180. ¤;s£u;E¤:; That hereafter the powers conferred and the duties imposed by nqmi_¤_ law on the Bureau of Markets, Bureau of Markets and Crop Esti-