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 52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CH. 464-JUNE 16, 1938 717 methods for more effective dissemination of the results of the work of the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural experiment stations and of improved methods of agricultural practice, at farm- Farmers' institutes. ers' institutes and in agricultural instruction, and for such work on Government reclamation projects, and for personal services in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, and all other necessary expenses, $545,170: Provided, That the expense of such service shall Proiso. be defrayed from this appropriation and such cooperative funds as untary contributions may be voluntarily contributed by State, county, and municipal within State. agencies, associations of farmers, and individual farmers, universities, colleges, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, other local associa- tions of business men, business organizations, and individuals within the State. Motion pictures: For the preparation and distribution of motion Motion and sound and sound pictures, and sound recordings, as a means of disseminat- Preparationanddis- ing information to farmers and others on the results of scientific tribution. research of the Department, and of teaching improved methods and practices in agriculture, home economics, and other subjects related to the work of the Department of Agriculture; including the employ- ment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $79,000. Agricultural exhibits at fairs: To enable the Secretary of Agricul-. Agricultural exb- ture to make suitable agricultural exhibits at State, interstate, and tsatfairs. international fairs held within the United States including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $85,000. Cooperative farm forestry extension work: For cooperation with ooprerativefam appropriate officials of the various States or with other suitable work. agencies to assist the owners of farms in establishing, improving, and renewing wood lots, shelterbelts, windbreaks, and other valuable forest growth, and in growing and renewing useful timber crops under the provisions of section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor", approved June 7, 1924 (16 U. S . C . 43 stat. C. 16 U.S.C.it 56-- 564-570), including personal services in the District of Columbia, 570. $56,838. In all, salaries and expenses, $892,254, of which amount not to Personal services exceed $680,316 may be expended for personal services in the Dis- D .c. trict of Columbia. Total, Extension Service, $14,108,672. Grand total, Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, $24,949,157. WEATHER BUREAU Weather Bureau. SALARIES AND EXPENSES For the employment of persons and means required for carrying into effect in the District of Columbia and elsewhere in the United States, in the West Indies, in the Panama Canal, the Caribbean Sea, and on adjacent coasts, in the Hawaiian Islands, in Bermuda, and in Alaska the provisions of an Act approved October 1, 1890 (15 U. S . C. 311-313, 317), so far as they relate to the weather service transferred thereby to the Department of Agriculture, and the amendment thereof contained in section 5 (e) of the Air Com- merce Act of 1926 (15 U. S. C . 313); for repair, alterations, and improvements to existing buildings and care and preservation of grounds, including the construction of necessary outbuildings and Salaries and ex- penses. 26 Stat. 653. 15 U.S.C. §§311- 313, 317. Air navigation re- ports. 44 Stat. 571. 15U.S. C.§ 313. Buildings and grounds.

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