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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cu. 572 . 1928 . 561 in conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations, as follows : Chief of Bureau, and Fo r ne cess ary expe nses for gen eral adm inis trat ive purp oses, of fice per sonn el. including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $268,000. Farm management To investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods of and practice . farm management and farm practice, $372,250 : Provided, That of cost of producing this amount $1 50 ,0 00 maybeusedinascertainingthecostofproduc-staplesn tion of the principal staple agricultural products. Di stri buti ng a cqui red For acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States information of farm useful information on subjects connected with the marketing, ban- products, marketing, dling, utilization, grading, transportation, and distributing of farm and nonmanufactured food products and the purchasing of farm Promoting classifica- supplies, including the demonstration and promotion of the use of tion standards . uniform standards of classification of American farm products by-prod- throughout the world, including scientific and technical research ucts Cotton res e and by-prod- arch. into American-grown cotton and its by-products and their present Ante, p . 426. and potential uses including new and additional commercial and scientific uses for cotton and its by-products, and for collecting and disseminating information on the adjustment of production to prob- able demand for the different farm and animal products, independ- ently and in cooperation with other branches of the department, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and per- sons engaged in the marketing, handling, utilization, grading, Cost of retail market- transportation, and distributing of farm and food products, and for in, of meat, etc. investigation of the economic costs of retail marketing of meat and meat products, $725,000 : Provided, That pra ctic al f orms of the Fo° rms of wool and grades recommended or promulgated by the Secretary for wool and mohair grades to be mohair may be sold under such rules and regulations as he may Post, p. 865. prescribe, and the receipts therefrom deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. Fo r co llec ting, co mpil ing, abs trac ting , an alyz ing summ ariz ing) a General agricultural to nd livestock informa- interpreting, and publishing data relating to agriculture, including tionesignatad data. crop and livestock estimates, acreage, yield, grades, staples of cotton, stocks, and value of farm crops, and numbers, grades, and value of livestock and livestock products on farms, in cooperation with Cooperation . the Extension Service and other Federal, State, and local agencies, Provisos . $738,000 : Provided, That $99,660 shall be available for collecting and Disseminating infor- disseminating to American producers, importers, exporters, and other mation of world supply and need of American interested persons information relative to the world supply of and agricultural products, need for American agricultural products, marketing methods, condi- tions, prices, and other factors, a knowledge of which is necessary to t he a dvan tage ous disp osit ion of s uch prod ucts in fore ign coun trie s, independently and in cooperation with other branches of the Gov- ernment, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and persons engaged in the transportation, marketing, and distribu- tion of farm and food products, including the purchase of such books and periodicals as may be necessary in connection with this work acre- Provided further, That no part of the funds herein appropriated age Intende planting excluded . n cotton excluded. shall be available for any expense incident to ascertaining, collating, or publishing a report stating the intentions of farmers as to the acreage to be planted in cotton : Provided further, That no part of specified a cotton s est the funds herein appropriated shall be available for the preparation mates . of mid-monthly reports of cotton estimates for the months of July, August, and November. For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture, independently and in Perishable farm products. cooperation with other branches of the Government State agencies C erti fyin g co ndit ions b I of shipments of, at purchasing and consuming organizations, boards of trade, chambers central markets. of commerce, or other associations of business men or trade organizations, and persons or corporations engaged in the production,

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