Food Costs, Farm Prices: A Compilation of Information Relating to Agriculture |
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Page 91 - Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 55 - An act providing for the transfer of the forest reserves from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture.
Page 91 - ... to acquire and preserve In his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence and by practical and scientific experiments (accurate records of which experiments shall be kept In his office), by the collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within his power...
Page 86 - The findings of this research are made available to farmers and others through research reports and through econoBic outlook and situation reports on major commodities, the national economy, and the international economy. The Service carries out the following major activities: 1. Farm economics research consists of a nationwide program of research dealing with the economic problems of agricultural production and resource use. Farm production economics research includes analyses of farm production...
Page 51 - ... to another Department. We would point out, also, that coordination of the library construction program with the programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act, the Public Works and Economic Development Act, and with the HUD Model Cities and New Communities programs has already been well established. This coordination takes place at the local and State levels as well as the Federal level to assure that the library construction programs are consistent with the plans for total community...
Page 69 - States pursuant to clause (2) of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 USC 612c) . (9) Section 307 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, which reads as follows: Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture...
Page 84 - Marketing year" means the twelve months beginning July 1 and ending June 30. (m) "Public Law 480 or PL 480" means the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480, 83d Congress) , as amended. "An export of wheat under Public Law 480...
Page 87 - Islands, and in foreign countries. A large part of the research is in cooperation with State agricultural experiment stations and other public and private agencies. Research is also conducted under contracts and grants with various public and private agencies and institutions.
Page 68 - In (1) nonprofit schools of high school grade and under, and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child-care centers, settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions devoted to the care and training of children. For the purposes of this section "united States" means the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Page 83 - Treasury and may also be borrowed from private lending agencies and others. The Corporation reserves a sufficient amount of its borrowing authority to purchase at any time all notes and other obligations evidencing loans made by such agencies and others.