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 424 Service s in the Dis- trict. Vehicles. Agricultural Ec o- nom ics Bur eau . Sala rie s and ex- penses. General administra- tive expenses. Farm management and practice. Mark eti ng and dis - tri buti ng farm pr od- ucts. Promoti on of un i- form standards. Cott on and byp rod - ucts rese arch. 46 Stat.248. 7U.S.C.°°424,42.5. Proviso. Forms of wool and mohair g rades to be sold. C rop and li ves tock estimates. Collecting, etc ., data. Proviso. Restriction on ex- penditure. S ecu ring in form a- tion as to foreign com- petition and demand. 75T H CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH. 404-JUNE 29, 1937 Total, Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, $460,769, of which amount not to exceed $177,729 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $3,000 shall be avail- able for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passen- ge r-carr ying vehic les ne cessa ry in the c onduc t of f ield work outsid e th e Dist rict of Co lumbia. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SALARIES AND EXPENSES For salaries and the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsew here, furni ture, suppl ies, travel ing e xpens es, re nt ou tside the District of Columbia, and all other expenses necessary in con- ducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations as follows General administrative expenses : For necessary exp enses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of Chief of Bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $236,306. Farm management and practice : To investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods of farm management and farm prac- tice, and for ascertaining the cost of production of the principal staple agricultural products, $376,580. Marketing and distributing farm products : For acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with the marketing, handling, utilization, grad- ing, transportation, and distributing of farm and nonmanufactured food products and the purchasing of farm supplies, including the demonstr ation and promotion of the us e of unif orm standa rds of classifi cation of American farm produ cts throu ghout the world, inclu ding scien tific and t echnic al re searc h into Amer ican- grown cot- ton and its byproducts and their present and potential uses, including new and additional commercial and scientific uses for cotton and its byproducts, and including investigations of cotton ginning under the Act approved April 19, 1930 (U . S. C ., title 7, sees . 424, 425), and for collecting and disseminating information on the adjustment of production to probable demand for the different farm and animal products, independently and in cooperation with other branches of the Department, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organiza- tions, and persons engaged in the marketing, handling, utilization, gradin g, tr anspo rtatio n, an d dis tribut ing o f farm and food produc ts, and for investigation of the economic costs of retail marketing of meat and meat products, $808,650, of which $35,000 shall be immedi- ately available : Provided, That practical forms of the grades recom-m e n d e d o r p r o m u l g a t e d b y t h e S e c r e t a r y f o r w o o l a n d m o h a i r m a y be sold under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, and the receipts therefrom deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts. Crop and livestock estimates : For collecting, compiling, abstract- ing, analyzing, summarizing, interpreting, and publishing data relat- ing to agri cultu re, in cludi ng cr op and live stock estim ates, acrea ge, yield, grades, staples of cotton, stocks, and value of farm crops, and numbers, gr ades, and value of livestock and livestock products on farms, in cooperation with the Extension Service and other Federal, State, and local agencies, $686,289 : Provided, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for any expense incident t o ascertaini ng, collati ng, or publ ishing a re port statin g the inten tion of farmers as to the acreage to be planted in cotton. Foreign competition and demand : To enable the Secretary of Agri- culture to carry into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to promote the agriculture of the United States by expanding in the foreign field the service now rendered by the United States Depart-