SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 266. 1924. 453 BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. m·}m5"°‘“°“”*‘ Ew cs Bureau. sA1.A1zms. For chief of bureau and other personal services in the District ¤,§°,}",$§;,§,'Q,‘},§1{*‘“ “““ of Columbia, in accordance with the Classihcation Act of 1923, and for personal services in the field, $1,100,073. onmznnx. nxrmvsns, BUREAU or Acmcurrumu. Ecouomcs. G°"°‘“‘ °"’°’“"S· For salaries and the employment of labor in the city of Wash- ,,,£“"’l°"°°S·s“°*’li°S* ington and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, traveling expenses, rent outside.0f the District of Columbia, and all other expenses necessary in conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations, as follows: For general administrative expenses in connection with the lines p,*,}§,S“f*““‘”“"° °" of investpgation, experiment, and demonstration conducted in the Bureau 0 Agricultural Economics, $37,933; » To investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods ,,§“,§‘§,§c,i‘,§‘gf‘““g°’“°“‘ of farm management and farm practice, $275,000: Provided, That gfoikoi Od cu of this amount $150,000 may be used in ascertaining the cost of pro- °S ° pr u °°` duction of the principal staple agricultural products; _ _ For acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States miiiiiiliiiiiiiin gg-: useful information on subjects connected with the marketing, han- “°‘S»“‘°’k°““€·°‘°· dling, utilization, grading, transportation, and distributing of farm and nonmanufactured food products and the purchasing of farm supplies, including the demonstration and promotion of the use of ,,;P2`i'§§‘§{§'.§§tii',’¥,`{°“'°’ uni orm standards of classihcation of American farm products throughout the world, independently and in cooperation with other branc es of the department, State agencies, purc asing and consuming organizations, and persons engaged in the marketing, handling, utilization, grading, transportation, and distributing of farm and food products, and for investigation of the economic costs of retail market-inglof meat and meat products, $549,628; G I tml For co ecting, compiling, abstracting, analyzing, summarizing, mi°ii$?§wZkg'iiiiim¤- interpreting, and publishing data relating to agriculture, including “‘}E‘(;,m,n8_ pub,,Sh_ crop and livestock estimates, acreage, yield, gra es, stock, and value gui; ow-. dwwnw of arm crops, and numbers, grades, and value of livestock and live- ° ` stock products on farms, in cooperation with the Extension Service PM"' and other Federal, State, and local agencies, $409,960: Provided, nuaemiiauaf imm- That $65,000 shall be available for collecting and disseminating to “}§,‘§’,§‘_,‘{,f,,'(§$‘f,,'};*;j American producers, importers, exporters, and other interested per- iiw ¤r¤<¤¤¤¢¤. etc. sons information relative to the world supply of and need for Amen ican agricultural products, marketing met ods, conditions, prices, and other factors, a knowledge of which is necessary to the advantageous disposition of such products in foreign coimtries, independ— Cm mm with ently and in cooperation with other branches of the Government, maggiea. State agencies, purchasing and consuming organizations, and persons engaged in the transportation, marketing, and distribution of farm and food products, including the purchase of such books and periodicals as may be necessary in connection with this work: Pro- Not Bvmbk muh vided further, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall mesa mma acreage be available for any expense incident to ascertainmg, collating, or ’*"“““" publishing a report stating thvintentions of farmers as to the acreage to be planted in cotton; ,,_mmb,°wmm°d_ For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and use _ _ certify to shippers and other interested parties the class, qpality, ,,,°§,'}f,,,,";,'§}‘,,_°°£$i°;{‘, and/or condition of cotton and fruits, vegetables, poultry, utter, •*¤=¤¤"¤*¤¤*¤¤ hay, and other perishable farm products when offered for interstate ` shipment or when received at such important central markets as the
