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27. On Friday, August 8, 1924, reports on condition of broomcorn, hops, sor- 
ghum for sirup, cowpeas, soy beans, edible beans, timothy, clover, alfalfa, millet, 
pasture, tomatoes, cabbage, onions, edible peas, pecans, velvet beans, sugar cane, 
grapes, pears, blackberries and raspberries, and melons; lima beans, oranges, 
lemons, pineapples, limes, grapefruit, figs, plums, apricots, almonds, prunes, olives, 
walnuts, for California and Florida. 
28. On Tuesday, September 9, 1924, reports on acreage and condition of clover 
seed and cranberries; production of timothy hay and seed, edible peas; condition 
of broomcorn, hops, sorghum for sirup, cowpeas, soy beans, edible beans, clover 
hay, alfalfa hay, millet, pasture, tomatoes, cabbage, onions, edible peas, grapes, ° 
pears, melons, pecans, velvet beans, sugar cane; peaches, oranges, lemons, limes, 
grapefruit, apricots, figs, plums, almonds, prunes, olives, lima beans, walnuts, 
for California and Florida. , 
29. On Wednesday, October 8, 1924, reports on preliminary production of 
clover hay, alfalfa hay and seed, broomcorn, hops, edible beans, tomatoes, cab- 
bage, onions; condition of clover seed, pasture, cowpeas, soy beans, sorghum for 
sirup, pecans, velvet beans, sugar cane, grapes, pears, cranberries; lima beans, 
oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, figs, almonds, prunes, olives, walnuts, for 
California and Florida. 
30. On Monday, November 10, 1924, reports on preliminary production of 
cowpeas, soy beans, grapes, velvet beans, pecans, sugar cane; condition or per 
cent of production of oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, figs, almonds, olives, 
walnuts, for California and Florida. 
31. On Tuesday, December 16, 1924, reports on preliminary production of 
oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, for California and Florida. 
Each of the reports hereinabove specified, or so much thereof as is practicable, 
shall be printed in a publication entitled ‘‘ Weather, Crops, and Markets.” 
Regulation 2.—The contents and every part of the contents of each and every 
report specified in regulation 1, and the information and every part of the informa- 
tion utilized in the preparation of each and every such report, shall be withheld 
from publication until the time specified for the publication of the report by 
regulation 1 or such amendments thereto as may be made from time to time. 
Regulation 3.—The Secretary of Agriculture, the Assistant Secretary of Agri- 
culture, such person as may be designated for the time being as Acting Secretary 
of Agriculture, the Chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, the Assistant 
Chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, members of the Crop Reporting 
Board, and employees actually engaged at the time in aiding the Crop Report- 
ing Board in the preparation of the particular report or reports shall be entitled 
to receive, in advance of the publication of each of the reports specified in regu- 
lation 1, information concerning the contents thereof, but no officer or employee 
of the Department of Agriculture, or person acting in any capacity under or by 
virtue of the authority of the Department of Agriculture who, by virtue of the 
office, employment, or position held by him, shall become possessed of any in- 
formation concerning the acreages, conditions, yields, farm reserves, or quality, 
or any other information which might exert an influence upon or affect the 
market value of any products of the soil dealt with by the Bureau of Agricul- 
tural Economics and specified in regulation 1, shall willfully impart such in- 
formation, or any part thereof, directly or indirectly, before the official release 
of such information to the public, to any other officer or employee of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, or person acting in any capacity under or by virtue of the 
authority of the Department of Agriculture, excepting the officers and employees 
of the Department of Agriculture hereinbefore named as entitled to receive such 
information in advance, or to any other person whomsoever. 
