FUNCTIONS OF MAJOT! BTtANCHES OF DEPT. OF AGlllCTLTUItE IX 



The Bureau of Biolojiical Survey adiuiiilsfers the migratory-bird treaty and 

 Lacey Acts through active patrol of hunting areas by a warden service main- 

 tained in various parts of thi" Fniled Stales and through edueational methods, 

 to assist in the eonservatlou of migratory game, insectivorous, and other birds 

 and to regulate interstate traffic in wild birds and game and importations of 

 wild birds and mammals. 



BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS 



The Bureau of Pulilic li(iads handles the engineering work of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. This work is divided into two main branches — highway 

 tngineei'ing and agri«nliuial engineering. 



(1) The highway engineering branch deals with all highway fnnttiitns of 

 the deparlniciit contemplated iiy the regular appropriations, including the 

 conduct of highway research, and also with the work of adn)inistering the 

 Federal-aid and ftirest road appropriations. 



(2) The agricultural engineering branch conducts investigations of farm 

 irrigation and drainage, farm machinery, farm buildings, and other rural 

 engineering jiroblems. 



BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 



The Bureau of Agricultural KconoUiics c.milncls studies of the econoniii-s of 

 liroduction and marketing, agricultural coop<ration, farm organization, farm 

 financial relations, farm labor, agricultural history a.ml geograi)hy. land <'co- 

 nomics. and the problems (tf rural life. 1'he Imreau a<'(iuires and disseminates 

 information regarding the marketing and distribution of farm products, and 

 collects, compiles, summarizes, interprets, and makes jiublic statistical data 

 relating to agricultural production. Studies are made of marketing methods, 

 conditions, and costs and witli regard to the standardization, transportation, 

 handling, and storage of agricultural products. 



Reports are issued by the bureau which contain information on the supply, 

 commercial movement, dis])osition, and niark(>t prices of fruits and vegetables, 

 livestock and meats, dairy and iniultry products, and hay. feed, and seed. In- 

 formation is obtained and imblished also with regard to the supply of and 

 demand for certain agricultural products in foreign countries. A market in- 

 spection service on fruits and vegetables is maintained in most of the States 

 and a grading service on dairy products and on meats at severfil of the prin- 

 cipal markets of tlu' countr.v. 



Regulatory work is performed in connection with the enforcement of the 

 cotton futures act, cotton standards act. grain standards act. and standard 

 container act. and the adniiidstration of thi> warehouse act. The Center .Mar- 

 ket in the city of Washington is also oi)erated by ibis Imrc^au. 



BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS 



The I'.nreau of Home Kconoiuics conilnct-; si'ientilic studies of problems con 

 nected with the home, in<-luding (pieslions of food and nutrition, economics, 

 textiles and clothing, and housing and ecinipnient. It assists the liomemaker in 

 the solution of these ]iroblems by sending information through bulletins, articles 

 for newsjiapers and magazines, and radio releases. The bureau employs no field 

 agents, but through the home demonstration ageids under the Extension Service 

 and the State colleges it is in close contact with liomemakers and professitnuil 

 home economics workers. 



FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD 



'J'lie Federal Horticultural Board is charged with the enforcement of the 

 lilant (inarantine act, regulating the imiiortation of plants and plant iiroducts. 

 including nursery slock, fruits, vegetables, cotton, and other pl.-ints and plant 

 l»roducts necessary to exclude n«'W and dangero\is plant p«>sts, as wi'll as tlu' 

 movement witidn the I'ldli-d Slates of any i>lant i>r ])lant products or other 

 article necess.iry to i)revent the spread of new plant jwsts which have more or 

 less limited foothold. The board also adndnisters a number of special quaraii 

 tine and control appropriations, such as those for the jiink bolhvorm of cotton 

 and the <late scale, and cooperates willi the I'.iinaus of I'ntomology and Plant 

 Industry in (piarantine control worU under similar ajipropriat ions made to llio>-e 



