X FUNCTIONS OF MAJOR BRANCHES OF DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



bureaus covering such iK'sts us the Euroijean corn borer, Japanese beetle, gipsy 

 and brown tail moths, black stem-rust of wheat, and blister rust of white pine. 

 The Federal Ihtrticultural Board also enforces the act providing for the 

 Mexican burdt-r insprction and control service; the act providing for export 

 certilicati<jn of donu'stic fruits, vegetaiiles, s«'eds, and nursory stock and other 

 plants for iiroiiagation ; the insect iK'st act of I'.iori, and, in cooitcration with the 

 I'ost Ollice Deitartmcnt, the terminal inspection act of 1915. 



GRAIN FUTURES ADMINISTRATION 



The Grain FnUires Administration is charged with the carrying out of the 

 provisions <<f (he grain futures act of Seiitomber 21, VJ22, which brings under 

 the suix?rvisiou of the Federal Government all trading in grain futurt's at 

 grain exchanges designated as contract markets by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

 Tlie work consists of conii)iling daily rrports of transactions in grain futures 

 from all markets, in checking the dissemination of false and uwsleading 

 information wliich allects or tends to alfe- t ilie prices of grain, and in nmking 

 gem ral observations of the entire grain marketing machinery, with a view 

 to jirevent al>normal lluctuatiou of prices and to create market conditions 

 which will retlect suitply and demand. 



FOOD, DRUG, AND INSECTICIDE ADMINISTRATION 



The Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration, made a unit of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture on July 1, 11)27, by a consolidation of the regulatory 

 activities tif the former IJurean of (Ihemistry with those of the Insecticide 

 and Fungicide lioard, enforces the food and drugs act, tea inspection act, 

 naval stores act, in.secticide and fungicide act. import milk act, and caustic 

 poison act. As a result of this consolidation, the Insecticide and Fungicide 

 lioard has been abolished. 



This administration inspects and analyzes .samples of the various products 

 coming under its surveiliance, both in the field stations and in the laboratories 

 in Washington, to (he end that it may detect and cau.se to be removed from 

 the channels of trade all those that fail to comply with the terms of the 

 acts which it enforces. It assists manuractiirers to keep their products in 

 c(mipliauce with these acts and institutes h'gal action against those who 

 violate the law. lis jirimary function is to protect the consuming public 

 iigainst misbranded or adulterated foods, drugs, naval stores, insecticides, and 

 fungicides, and honest nmnufacturers against enforced competition with such 

 goods. 



