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thority to investigate such matters, reports relative to systems of 

 marketinfr farm products, cooperative or otherwise, in practice m 

 various sections of the United States and of the demand for such 

 products in various trade centers, and sliall make such recommenda- 

 tions to Con«fress relative to further investigations of these questions 

 and the dissemination of such information, as he shall deem neces- 



saiT. 



Act August 10. 1912. c. 2S4. 37 Stat. 295. 



This is a parajrrapli of the agricultural appropriation act for tbe 

 fiscal year 1913. cited above. 



ACT MAY 27. 1912. c. 135. Au act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to 

 issue certain reports relating to cotton. (37 Stat. 118.) 



Annual report of number of acres of cotton in cultivation. 



That the Secretary of Agriculture be directed to cause the Bureaa 

 of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture to issue a report, on 

 or about the first Monday in July of each year, showing by States 

 and in total the number of acres of cotton then in cultivation in tne 

 United States. 



Act May 27, 1912, c. 135. s. 1. 37 Stat. 118. 

 Annual estimate of total cotton production. 



Sec. 2. That the Secretary of Agriculture sliall cause the Bureau 

 of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture to issue each year, 

 immediately following the publication of the ginning report of the 

 Census Bureau of December first, an estimate of the total production 

 of cotton in the United States for the current crop year. 



Act May 27. 1912, o. 135, s. 2, 37 Stat. 118. 



Bepeal. 



Sep. 8. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the fore- 

 going provisions be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 



Act May 27, 1932. c. 135. s. 3. 37 Stat. 118. 



ACT JULY 22. 1912. c. 249. An act authorizing the Director of the Census to 

 collei-t and publish statistics of cotton. (37 Stat. 198.) 



Collection and publication of cotton statistics by Director of Census. 



That the Director of the Census be, and he is hereby, authorized 

 and directed to collect and publish statistics concerning the amount 

 of cotton ginned: the quantity of raw cotton consumed in manu- 

 facturing establishments of every character; the quantity of baled 

 cotton on hand; the number of* active consuming cotton spindles; 

 and the quantity of cotton imported and exported, with the country 

 of origin and destination. 



Act July 22, 1912, c. 249. s. 1. 37 Stat. 19S. 



Statistics of cotton ginned, consumed in manufacture, baled cotton on hand, 

 number of spindles, and cotton imported and exported; statistics to be 

 furnished Bureau of Statistics. Department of Agriculture. 



Sec. 2. That the statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned shall 

 show the quantity ginned from each crop prior to September first, 

 September twenty-fifth, October eighteenth, November first, Novem- 

 ber fourteenth, December first, December thirteenth. Januai-y first, 

 Januarv sixteenth, and March first, and shall be published as soon 

 as possible after these respective dates. The quantity of cotton 



