10 AN:srtrAL REPOETS OF DEPAETMENI OF AGEICULTURE. 



fruits, vegetables, and other food products received at important 

 central markets, S2,522,000. 



6. The development of the information work of the Department, 

 enlarging the facilities for dealing with the farm-labor problem, and 

 extending the work of the Bureaus of Crop Estimates and Chemistry, 

 $650,000. 



While the Food Production bill was pending in Congress, detailed 

 plans were formulated for carrying out its provisions as soon as it 

 should become law. The Department therefore was ready to proceed 

 promptly and effectively with their execution. 



REIiATION TO FOOD ADMINISTRATION. 



It was apparent that the Food Production and the Food Control 

 Acts dealt with very closely related matters, that effective cooperation 

 between the Department of Agriculture and the Food Administra- 

 tion was essential, and that needless duplication of effort should be 

 avoided. It was recognized that the relation between the two agencies 

 was intimate and fundamental ; that it was impossible completely to 

 disassociate them and undesirable to do so. After a full conference 

 a satisfactory working agreement was reached. 



In a broad way, the Food Administration has as its prime functions 

 the control and regulation of the commercial distribution of foods 

 and feedstuffs, that is, of products which have reached the markets 

 and are in the channels of distribution or in the hands of consumers, 

 their conservation by consumers, and the elimination of waste, through 

 the employment of regular official as well as volunteer agencies. 



The Department of Agriculture continues to administer the laws 

 placed under its jurisdiction and to direct its activities in reference to 

 production. It also continues to make the investigations authorized 

 by Congress and to furnish assistance to farmers and live-stock men 

 in the marketing of their products ; to stimulate organization among 

 producers for the distribution of their products to the markets ; and 

 to promote the conservation of farm and animal products, especially 

 of perishables through canning, drying, preserving, pickling, and the 

 like. It retains its work in home economics, as provided by law, and 

 cooperates in this field as heretofore with the agricultural colleges, 

 through the Extension Service. It directs all these undertakings in 

 greatly expanded form under the authority and with the funds pro- 

 vided by the Food Production Act. In their promotion it utilizes its 

 own oflficial machinery and enlists the aid of volunteers. 



