724 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 217. 1920. tributing of farm and nonmanufactured food products and the purchasing of farm supplies, independently and in cooperation with other ?;’§%$§2°a2Z$§3£°§l‘?“,s0m°“°’ Z“:”i,.ga““°‘i$£Wma“°h§?4‘;i§33 Z`§’.£.$§2¥£ §¤';*g';°,bpmm dg ing, and distributing ol; farm a fopgogroducts, $300,000: l’rovidcd, tri;-mitum ima in That not less than $20,000 shall be _ for a study of the methods of prevention of losses by deterioration, decay, and freezing of fruits an v etables m sto and m transit m refrigerator cais, heater cars, and ocean vessels, mcluding demonstrations of such methods; duQg• mk Md 1**** To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to gather from stockmen, mG¤zim1¤&;¤gn live-stockassociations, State live-stock and boards, comof ,.,,,,,8, ,,,,,k,,_,,,g, mon earners, stockyards, commission firms, live-stock exchanges, ¤**°°¤· ·°°· glcsipghteringh and mtegt-ppcdikirpg corgpanies, sand pdtheigf tiveto enum ro erent assesan gr es mar eta e live stock, e y cattle, hogs, and sheep in the principal livestock feeding _' `cts and growing sections; prices, receipts, and shipments of the different classes and grades of cattle, hogs, and sheep at m*f°°*¤¤d°¤h¤"°°¤· live-stock market centers; prices of meats, fish, an meat and nsh food products and the amoimts of such roducts in storage; to comp e an pu suc ormation at suc uent mterv as most Q?-‘21‘°“"*d’1§i’?" ida; *"“ea e ectiv togm e ucers,consumers,an tri utorsin e e and purchase of livg stock, meats, fish, and other animal products; mmm; mgm, to gatherand publish any related information pertaining to marketgig an¥lhd1stmbu§»1:§19¢§2(l1ve stock, meats, fish, and animal by- pro ucts, e sum o , ; Market mrcmmm _ For collec and distributing by telegra h mail and otherwise, m.·;?,—.,..:s:,2P**S· timely meqiwgqe on_the marketsuppliy, d6Ig&ild,·00IHm6I0l&l movement, location, disposiuon, quality, an market rices of fruits, vegetables, peanuts and their products, dairy ang poultry products, gram, hay, feeds, andseuls $314,600; égnemmmn z ¤ 0 u To e mvestigation to the transportation, storage, rep- P'Ma';§§?;mg, Sunny, aration, marketmg, and distribution of agricultural food rodiicts, ew., mvesuewms- including the extent, manner, and methods of any manipngation of the mar ets or control of the visible supply of such food products, or any of thepn, by éagygpélividuals, groups, associations, combinations, or corpora ions, , ; P¤;i¤¤¤¤b¤¤ farm For enabling the Secretary of Agriculture to inves ate and certif
- 3§l2%m¤0§rgrt;gE po shippers and other interested parties the gualitytgidcondition esi
m,s,,,, c,,,,;mm;,_ ruits, vegetables, poultry, butter, hay, an other perishable farm products, when received m interstate commerce at such important central markets as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time designate, under such rules and regplations as he ma prescribe, Ecgigrngppoymmtrofhsush tf:-;es :31 will e reaspinagle ;I1<¥ asedne-iahrly -me__ •0V€60S01'9l’Vl : t mm °( { certificates issued by the authorizedsa eiigsrglf tlile department shalll be received m all courts of the Unitedagtates as prima facie evidence _ mn rs, _ , 0HS1‘& ,an promot euse tan- ,0,,,., G. d °’§2$ ?.‘3$Et"‘.,2¥g“‘3?.§.?"°“£“ ‘**°’°‘“ §°"“°“""‘-* “%i”°°; { d ¥"‘““"· °"°· ards for the lgiiferent grades, qgggties, andrendilgons of cotiltoii, and for investigating the gmmng, grading, staplmg, baling, marking, com-
- gt,,,,,_ _ _ V P pressing, and tare of cotton, $40,000
- Provided, That of the sum thus
ml °,gf€’P'¤¤*¤€ 3 appropriated $25,860 may used for pgsting the waste, tensile strength, and bleaching qualmes of thediiferent grades and classes of cotton m Ol°(l91’ to determine therr spmmng value and for demonstrating the results of such tests;
;¤·¤g%m0¤_ To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the several
stratieus ezmarmmg, States in the employment of agents to acqmre and diffuse useful in- °'”‘ formation connected with the distribution and marketing of farm gggdgggsgggough investigational, demonstrational, or extension meth-
