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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 253 -JUNE 30, 1939 in agriculture, home economics, and other subjects related to the work of the Department of Agriculture; including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $79,000. Agricultral exhib- Agricultural exhibits at fairs: To enable the Secretary of Agricul- ture to make suitable agricultural exhibits at State, interstate, and international fairs held within the United States, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $85,000. forestry extension Cooperative farm forestry extension work: For cooperation with work. appropriate officials of the various States or with other suitable 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 16 St.6: §568. therefor", approved June 7, 1924 (16 U. S . C. 564-570), including personal services in the District of Columbia, $77,898. Personal services. In all, salaries and expenses, $928,314, of which amount not to exceed $692,816 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. Total, Extension Service, $14,697,732. FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE Administrative ex- penses. 46 Stat. 497. 7U.S.C.§5541- 545. Cooperation with Government agencies. Salaries and ex- penses. 26 Stat. 653. 15U.S.C.§§311- 313, 317; Supp. IV, § 313. 52 Stat. 1014. 49 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 603. Buildings and grounds. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the pro- visions of the Act entitled "An Act to promote the agriculture of the United States by expanding in the foreign field the service now ren- dered by the United States Department of Agriculture in acquiring and diffusing useful information regarding agriculture, and for other purposes", approved June 5,1930 (7 U. S . C . 541-545), and for collect- ing and disseminating to American producers, importers, exporters, and other interested persons information relative to the world supply of and need for American agricultural products, marketing methods, conditions, prices, and other factors, a knowledge of which is neces- sary to the advantageous disposition of such products in foreign coun- tries, independently and in cooperation with other branches of the Government, State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and persons engaged in the transportation, marketing, and distribu- tion of farm and food products, and including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and the purchase of such books and periodicals and not to exceed $1,000 for newspapers as may be necessary in connection with this work, $295,000. Grand total, Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, $26,704,297. WEATHER BUREAU SAIARTES 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 section 803 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 (49 U. S. C . 603); for repair, alterations, and improvements to existing buildings and care and preservation of 946 [53 STAT.

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