522 SIXTY·NINTH CONGRESS. I. (Tn. 286. 1926. trojan powder, and such other surplus war explosives as may be made available for agricultural pur oses, independently or in coop- eration with agricultural colleges and other agencies, and for ix·vesti— Prom gating and reporting upon the results obtained from the use of the assirrinmwznom explosives: Provide , hat expenditures hereunder shall be reim- °°“""‘°*’°°°"'*“3· bursed to the administrative fund by charge to other Federal activi- ties, agricultural colleges, or other agencies to which the explosives are distributed; In all, ‘ eral expenses, $345,121. mi{¤‘i<*<¤ *¤ ¤¤¤ Dir Total, Budlreau of Public Roads, $463,679, of which amount not ` to exceed $210,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia. E,_{*Dn§,,j,§cg*{,;,f€;¤uf¤l BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS sananrns ,,,jQ,”;g;Sggg,gm® we For chief of bureau and other personal services in the District ` of Columbia, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, and for personal services in the iield, $1,150,000. Cmml °*P°¤°°*~ onxniun nxrmwsns, nunnan or AGRICULTURAL ncoxomcs 6,fm¤*°Y°°’·¤*P¤“°°· For salaries and the employment of labor in the city of Wash- ` ington and elsewhere, furniture, supplies, traveling expenses, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and all other expenses necessary in conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations, as follows: , , V °;,§,€$,,’,'jSl°*”"°‘*'° For general administrative expenses in connection with the lines of investggation, ueixperiment, and desrgioiéggration conducted in the Bureau o Agric tura Economws, 6, ; ,,,,*Q“,§‘,i‘§,,,i‘,;‘,f‘”"°“`·°“' To investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods grvgsy- Od , M of farm management and farm practice, $261,586: Provided, That plcs?5 ° pr uc Dc of this amount $150,000 may becused in ascertaining the cost of production of the principal staple agricultural products; mgisgrispgaz For acguiring and diffusing among tlégdpeople of the United States uasi°m¤i°xax¤;i dc. ` useful in ormation on subjects connec with the marketing, han- dling, utilization, grading, transportation and distributing of farm and nonmanufactured food pr ucts and the_ purchasing of farm O,*;,*:gg§j,;;§0j,*¤¤d•¤¤ sup lies, includixi the demonstration and promotion of the use of ` uniform standar of classification of American farm products throughout the world, independently and in cooperation with other branc es of the department, Stateagencies, purchasing and con- suming organizations, and persons engaged in the marketing handling utilization, grading transportation, and distributing of m§’$,§*g;a*g,*·;*,Lm¤*¤° farm and food products, and for investigation of the economic costs ml of retail xfliarketing of mpat and) meat products, $525,988; Gm I, For co ectin , com iin , a stracting, ana yzing, summarizin , idnoinfh worm'? interpreting, argl publishing data relat` to agriculture, includiri ¤¤g°u§$°a.,£Zb,£ cro and livestock estimates, acreage, y§%, gra es, stock, and value °‘“*· of arm crops, andnumbers, grades, and value of livestock and live- stock products on farms, in cooperation with the Extension Service §’@,;,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,_ and other Federal, State, and local glgencies, $468,515: Provided, mmfggkdsxg That $65,360 shall be available for co ecting and disseminating to gcxzltural pillows, American producers, importers, exporters,‘and other interested per- sons information relative to the world supply of and need for American agricultural products, marketing methods, conditions, prices, and other factors, a knowledoge of w ich is necessary to the advantageous disposition of such pr ucts in foreign countries, inde-
