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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1965

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman

GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas
HARRY R. SHEPPARD, California
ALBERT THOMAS, Texas
MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, Ohio
JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi
GEORGE W. ANDREWS, Alabama
JOHN J. ROONEY, New York
J. VAUGHAN GARY, Virginia
JOHN E. FOGARTY, Rhode Island
ROBERT L. F. SIKES, Florida
OTTO E. PASSMAN, Louisiana
JOE L. EVINS, Tennessee

EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts
WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky
DANIEL J. FLOOD, Pennsylvania
WINFIELD K. DENTON, Indiana
TOM STEED, Oklahoma

JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico
GEORGE E. SHIPLEY, Illinois
JOHN M. SLACK, JR., West Virginia
JOHN LESINSKI, Michigan
JOHN J. FLYNT, Georgia

NEAL SMITH, Iowa

ROBERT N. GIAIMO, Connecticut

JULIA BUTLER HANSEN, Washington EDWARD R. FINNEGAN, Illinois CHARLES S. JOELSON, New Jersey JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, New York JOHN J. MCFALL, California

BEN F. JENSEN, Iowa

WALT HORAN, Washington

GERALD R. FORD, JR., Michigan

HAROLD C. OSTERTAG, New York

FRANK T. BOW, Ohio

CHARLES RAPER JONAS, North Carolina
MELVIN R. LAIRD, Wisconsin

ELFORD A. CEDERBERG, Michigan
GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB, California
JOHN J. RHODES, Arizona
JOHN R. PILLION, New York
WILLIAM E. MINSHALL, Ohio
ROBERT H. MICHEL, Illinois
SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts
WILLIAM H. MILLIKEN, JR., Pennsylvania
EARL WILSON, Indiana

ODIN LANGEN, Minnesota

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Wyoming BEN REIFEL, South Dakota

LOUIS C. WYMAN, New Hampshire

KENNETH SPRANKLE, Clerk and Staff Director

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

FOR 1965

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1964.

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

WITNESSES

DR. NYLE C. BRADY, DIRECTOR, SCIENCE AND EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

B. T. SHAW, ADMINISTRATOR, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE M. R. CLARKSON, ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

H. A. RODENHISER, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR FARM RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

G. W. IRVING, JR., DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR NUTRITION, CONSUMER AND INDUSTRIAL USE RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

R. J. ANDERSON, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR REGULATORY AND
CONTROL, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

G. E. HILBERT, DIRECTOR, FOREIGN RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL
PROGRAMS DIVISION, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
F. H. SPENCER, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
MANAGEMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

EDMUND STEPHENS, DIRECTOR, PROGRAM EXAMINATION AND
BUDGET DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
SERVICE

CHARLES L. GRANT, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND BUDGET OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Mr. WHITTEN. The committee will come to order.

We come now to the Agricultural Research Service. At this point we shall include in the record pages 1 through 11 and 122 through 125 of the justifications, volume I.

(The pages referred to follow :)

PURPOSE STATEMENT

The Agricultural Research Service was established by the Secretary of Agriculture on November 2, 1953, under the authority of the Reorganization Act of 1949 (5 U.S.C. 133z-15), Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1953, and other authorities. It conducts farm, utilization, and nutrition and consumer use research, plant and animal disease and pest control and eradication activities, and provides Federal meat inspection services.

The program of the Agricultural Research Service is organized under two major areas of activity as follows:

1. Research is conducted under three major categories: (a) farm research (research on crops and livestock and their diseases and pests, soil and water conservation, and agricultural engineering); (b) utilization research and development; and (c) nutrition and consumer use research.

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2. Regulatory activities are conducted under four major categories: (a) plant disease and pest control; (b) animal disease and pest control; (c) pesticides regulation; and (d) meat inspection.

The Service carries out emergency programs, when necessary, for the control and eradication of animal diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease, and for the control of emergency outbreaks of insects and diseases.

The Service directs research beneficial to the United States which can be advantageously conducted in foreign countries through agreements with foreign research institutions and universities. This program is carried out under the authority of sections 104 (a) and (k) of Public Law 480, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1945, as amended.

The Service maintains a central office in Washington, D.C., and operates the 10,378-acre Agricultural Research Center at Beltsville, Md. However, most of the Service's work is conducted at approximately 930 other locations in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and at several locations in foreign countries. Much of the work is conducted in cooperation with the State agricultural experiment stations, State departments of agriculture, and with other agencies, both public and private.

Available funds and man-years 1963 and estimated, 1964 and 1965

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Agricultural Research Service:
Salaries and expenses.
Salaries and expenses (special
foreign currency program)..--
Subtotal........

Obligations under other USDA
appropriations:

Office of Management Appraisal and Systems Development: Personnel management functions.

Agricultural Marketing Service:
Methods for evaluating
market quality of live-
stock and meat.
Technical assistance on nu-

trition problems in the
national school lunch pro-
gram.

Examination of meat and
meat food products.....
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service:

Research on suitable materials for controlling tobacco sucker growth.. Analyzing conservation materials at the fertilizer laboratory, Beltsville, Md. Federal Extension Service: Drafting, engineering, and architectural layout services and miscellaneous publications relating to protection against radiation fallout... Foreign research and translation programs under Public Law 480 for other agencies of the Department.

Miscellaneous activities (pri-
marily clerical assistance and
space maintenance)
Working Capital Fund: Main-
tenance and operation of fa-
cilities and services at the
Agricultural Research Center
primarily for USDA agencies..

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Total, other USDA appro-
priations....

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Available funds and man-years 1963 and estimated, 1964 and 1965-Continued

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Studies of cattle repro-
duction

Grain legumes produc

tion in Near East,
South Asia, and Far
East

Food processing in Co-
lombia..

Food technology

in

Colombia.. Agricultural problems of Brazil, Thailand. Research and extension advisory services in El Salvador.. Regional insect control in the Near East..

Office of Emergency Planning: Emergency preparedness functions

Department of State: Plant quarantine inspection services, Australia and New Zealand..

Department of Commerce:

Accelerated public works,
construction and renova-
tion of facilities...

Technical assistance under Area Redevelopment Administration program... Funds received from States, local organizations and others for:

Inspection and grading of farm products.... Feeding and attending animals in quarantine... Research plant pest control and quarantine activities. Technical services and research principally for Defense, Interior, HEW, AEC, and AID. Inport-export services under

plant and animal disease and pest control and sale of equipment..

Packer overtime and services to the military under meat inspection....

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See footnotes at end of table.

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