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fourteen, entitled An act to provide for coöperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of an act of Congress approved July second, eighten hundred and sixty-two [38 Stat. L., 372], and of acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture"; and that there be printed annually eight thousand copies of said report, of which one thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, two thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and five thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture.

1917-Act of August 10, 1917 (40 Stat. L., 273)-An Act To provide further for the national security and defense by stimulating agriculture and facilitating the distribution of agricultural products."

[SEC. 1.] That, for the purpose of more effectually providing for the national security and defense and carrying on the war with Germany by gathering authoritative information concerning the food supply, by increasing production, by preventing waste of the food supply, by regulating the distribution thereof, and by such other means and methods as are hereinafter provided, the powers, authorities, duties, obligations, and prohibitions hereinafter set forth are conferred and prescribed.

SEC. 2. That the Secretary of Agriculture, with the approval of the President, is authorized to investigate and ascertain the demand for, the supply, consumption, costs, and prices of, and the basic facts relating to the ownership, production, transportation, manufacture, storage, and distribution of foods, food materials, feeds, seeds, fertilizers, agricultural implements and machinery, and any article required in connection with the production, distribution, or utilization of food. It shall be the duty of any person, when requested by the Secretary of Agriculture, or any agent acting under his instructions, to answer correctly, to the best of his knowledge, under oath or otherwise, all questions touching his knowledge of any matter authorized to be investigated under this section, or to produce all books, letters, papers, or documents in his possession, or under his control, relating to such matter. Any person who shall, within a reasonable time to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, not exceeding thirty days from the date of the receipt of the request, willfully fail or refuse to answer such questions or to produce such books, letters, papers, or documents, or who shall willfully give any answer that is false or misleading shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.

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SEC. 4. That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to coöperate with such State and local officials, and with such public and private agencies, or persons, as he finds necessary, and to make such rules and regulations as are necessary effectively to carry out the preceding sections of this act.

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SEC. 6. That the President is authorized to direct any agency or organization of the Government to coöperate with the Secretary of Agriculture 14 See act of November 21, 1918.

in carrying out the purposes of this act and to coördinate their activities so as to avoid any preventable loss or duplication of work.

SEC. 7. That words used in this act shall be construed to import the plural or the singular as the case demands, and the word "person,” wherever used in this act, shall include individuals, partnerships, associations, and corporations.

SEC. 8. That for the purposes of this act, the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, available immediately, and until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen :

For increasing food production and eliminating waste and promoting conservation of food by educational and demonstrational methods, through county, district, and urban agents and others, $4,348,400. . .

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SEC. 12. That the provisions of this act shall cease to be in effect when the national emergency resulting from the existing state of war shall have passed, the date of which shall be ascertained and proclaimed by the President; but the date when this act shall cease to be in effect shall not be later than the beginning of the next fiscal year after the termination, as ascertained by the President, of the present war between the United States and Germany [July 2, 1921].

1918-Act of November 21, 1918 (40 Stat. L., 1045)—An Act To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the purposes of the act entitled "An Act to provide for the national security and defense by stimulating agriculture and facilitating the distribution of agricultural products," and for other purposes.

[SEC. 1]. That to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, the purposes of the act entitled "An act to provide further for the national security and defense by stimulating agriculture and facilitating the distribution of agricultural products," approved August tenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen (Fortieth Statutes, page two hundred and seventy-three), there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums for the purposes indicated: . . . .

Fourth. For increasing food production and eliminating waste and promoting conservation of food, including eatable nuts, but educational and demonstrational methods, through county, district, and urban agents and others; for the following stated purposes and in amounts as follows: General administration of extension work, $35,000; Home-economics work, $25,000; extension work in the Northern and Western States, $134,200; county-agent work, $1,893,000; boys' and girls' club work, $382,900; homedemonstration work, $1,327,400; extension work in the Southern States, $90,000; county-agent work, $1,333,815; boys' club work, $75,300; homedemonstration work, $803,385; in all, $6,100,000.

1918-Act of October 1, 1918 (40 Stat. L., 973, 998, 1000)—An

Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agri

culture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen.

That hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and all future appropriations, to the Georgia Experiment Station, as authorized by the act of March second, eighteen hundred and eightyseven (Twenty-fourth Statutes, page four hundred and forty), commonly referred to as the Hatch Act, and the act of March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes, page sixty-three), known as the Adams Act, and all amendments to said acts, in accordance with the act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved December twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, establishing the Georgia Experiment Station, and the act of August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and six, accepting the benefits of the Adams Act (Georgia laws, nineteen hundred and six, page eleven hundred and sixty-one): Provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture over and respecting the supervision of the operation of the said Georgia Experiment Station as set forth in said acts of Congress.

1920-Act of May 31, 1920 (41 Stat. L., 694, 721)-An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921.

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. and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Island of Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the amount obtained from the sale thereof shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.

1923-Act of February 26, 1923 (42 Stat. L., 1289, 1291)—An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and for other purposes.

OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS

Salaries: Clerks-$1,980, four of class four, one $1,600, five of class two, ten of class one, one $1,000; messenger $1,000; messenger boys or laborers-one $720, one $600; charwomen-one $480, three at $240 each; in all $34,300.

GENERAL EXPENSES-OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS

To carry into effect the provisions of an act approved March 2, 1887, entitled “An act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an act approved July 2, 1862 [12 Stat. L., 503], and of the acts supplementary thereto," the sums apportioned to the several States, to be paid quarterly in advance, $720,000.

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To carry into effect the provisions of an act approved March 16, 1906, entitled An act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof," the sums apportioned to the several States, to be paid quarterly in advance, $720,000.

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of the acts approved March 2, 1887 [24 Stat. L., 440] and March 16, 1906 [34 Stat. L., 563], relative to their administration and for the administration of agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the island of Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, including the employment of clerks, assistants, and other persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere, freight and express charges, official traveling expenses, office fixtures, supplies, apparatus, telegraph and telephone service, gas, electric current, and rent outside of the District of Columbia, $64,300; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required under the above acts, ascertain whether the expenditures are in accordance with their provisions, coördinate the work of the Department of Agriculture with that of the State agricultural colleges and experiment stations in the lines authorized in said acts, and make report thereon to Congress.

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the island of Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, including the erection of buildings, the preparation, illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and all other necessary expenses, $205,000, as follows: Alaska, $70,000; Hawaii, $50,000; Porto Rico, $50,000; Guam, $15,000; and the Virgin Islands of the United States, $20,000; and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the island of Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the amount obtained from the sale thereof shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts: Provided, That of the sum herein appropriated for the experiment station in Hawaii $10,000 may be used in agriculture extension work in Hawaii.

APPENDIX 6

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Statements showing appropriations, receipts, expenditures, and other financial data for a series of years constitute the most effective single means of exhibiting the growth and development of a service. Due to the fact that Congress has adopted no uniform plan of appropriations for the several services and that the latter employ no uniform plan in respect to the recording and reporting of their receipts and expenditures, it is impossible to present data of this character according to any standard scheme of presentation. In the case of some services the administrative reports contain tables showing financial conditions and operations of the service in considerable detail; in others financial data are almost wholly lacking. Careful study has in all cases been made of such data as are available, and the effort has been made to present the results in such a form as will exhibit the financial operations of the services in the most effective way that circumstances permit. The bulk of the work of the Office of Experiment Stations is provided for through lump fund appropriations, which are allotted by the Secretary of Agriculture among a series of projects. The expenditures from the allotments are given in the second of the following statements, covering the last ten years.

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