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approved August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 361a-361i), including administration by the United States Department of Agriculture; $500,000 for payments authorized under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623); $1,000,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research under the Act approved October 10, 1962 (76 Stat. 806-807); [$250,000] $310,000 for penalty mail costs of agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, as amended; and [$344,000] $460,000 for necessary expenses of the Cooperative State Experiment Station Service, including administration of payments to State agricultural experiment stations, of which not more than $25,000 shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); [$38,207,000] $40,383,000. (39 U.S.C. 321q; Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1963.)

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

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Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1961, $110 thousand; (1962 adjustments, -$17 thousand); 1962, $372 thousand; 1963, $276 thousand; 1964, $276 thousand.

Reimbursements from non-Federal sources above are from proceeds of sales of charts (7 U.S.C. 1387) and personal property (40 U.S.C. 481(c)); from payments by non-Federal agencies for overtime work and travel performed at meatpacking establishments and veterinary biological establishments and for animal and plant quarantine inspection (5 U.S.C. 576; 7 U.S. C. 394, 396); from cooperating State, County, municipal, and private organizations for soil and water conservation work (16 U.S.C. 590a); and from refunds of terminal leave payments (5 U.S.C. 61(b)) Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

b. For marketing research under the Agricultural Marketing Act..

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1 Includes capital outlay as follows: 1962, $17 thousand; 1963, $10 thousand; 1964, $9 thousand.

Grants are allocated to agricultural experiment stations of the land-grant colleges in the States and Puerto Rico for agricultural research, including investigations and experiments to promote a permanent and efficient agricultural industry and improvements in the rural home and rural life. The States are contributing $3.74 for $1 paid by the Federal Government.

An increase of $1 million is proposed in Payments to States and Puerto Rico to strengthen the cooperative program at the agricultural experiment stations. In addition $1 million is requested for grants to encourage and assist the several States in carrying on a program of forestry research as authorized by Public Law 87-788 which is essential to meet the needs of accelerated forest development programs. Federal grants for forestry research will be matched from non-Federal sources.

The planned distribution of the payments to State agricultural experiment stations and grants for forestry research to land-grant colleges or agricultural experiment stations and other State-supported colleges and universities for 1964 is (in thousands of dollars):

Distributed according to statutory formula..
Regional research fund...

Payments authorized for marketing projects.
Grants for cooperative forestry research..

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ALLOCATIONS RECEIVED FROM OTHER ACCOUNTS

Note. Obligations incurred under allocations from other accounts are included in Funds Appropriated to the President. "Public works acceleration."

EXTENSION SERVICE

General and special funds:

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK, PAYMENTS AND EXPENSES Payments to States and Puerto Rico: For payments for cooperative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 (7 U.S.C. 341-348), [and] the Act of August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 347a) [, $62,020,000] and the Act of October 5, 1962 (76 Stat. 745), $63,020,000; and payments and contracts for such work under section 204(b)-205 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623-1624), $1,570,000; in all, [$63,590,000] $64,590,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, shall not be paid to any State or Puerto Rico prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

Retirement and Employees' Compensation costs for extension agents: For cost of employer's share of Federal retirement and for reimbursement for benefits paid from the Employees' Compensation Fund for cooperative extension employees, [$6,765,000] $7,110,000. Penalty mail: For costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors, [$2,490,000 $3,113,000. Federal Extension Service: For administration of the Smith-Lever

Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953 (7 U.S.C. 341-348), [and] the Act of August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 347a) and the Act of October 5, 1962 (76 Stat. 745), and extension aspects of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work of the Department and the several States and insular possessions, [$2,499,500] $2,515,000. (5 U.S.C. 785; 39 U.S.C. 321i, 321n, 321p-q; Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1963.)

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The primary function of the nationwide system of cooperative extension work is out-of-school applied education in agriculture, home economics, and related subjects. This educational work takes research results, technological advancements, and situation and program facts of the Department of Agriculture, the State agricultural colleges and experiment stations, and incorporates them into a national educational program for action. Its objective is to provide farm people and others with information and assistance upon which they may make social and economic adjustments necessary for an efficient agricultural industry and improved rural homes and rural life.

1. Payments to States and Puerto Rico.-Funds are used primarily for the employment of State and county extension workers who work with rural families, marketing concerns, and others by providing advice and assistance in the application of improved methods involved in production, marketing, and family living. They assist local leadership to determine extension programs of work. Work with youth is accomplished largely through 4-H

Clubs.

The proposed increase in payments for cooperative agricultural extension work would be paid to the States to provide more effectively for extension work in connection with the rural areas development program and for educational programs in furtherance of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962.

2. Retirement and employees' compensation costs for extension agents. The increase proposed is required to meet these costs for cooperative extension agents. The manda

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1.605

7,100

3.113

tory retirement contribution is authorized under 70 Stat. 747-748. The employer's contribution to the Federal retirement fund, to match contributions of these agents, is provided by this Federal appropriation. The proposed increase in payments to States and Puerto Rico will result in an increase in the required employer's Federal contribution to the retirement fund. The increase proposed will provide for the increased costs. The increase also provides an amount equal to the benefits received by the cooperative agents to be paid to the Employees' Compensation Fund, as required by 5 U.S.C. 785.

3. Penalty mail.-Funds to cover the cost of penalty 27 mailings for State extension directors and cooperative extension agents in the States are provided under this appropriation. The increase provides for increased postal costs pursuant to Public Law 87-793.

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77,383 4. Federal Extension Service.-The Federal Extension Service provides leadership, counsel, and assistance to the States and Puerto Rico in developing extension programs, improved teaching methods, efficient use of available resources, evaluation of programs, in-service training for extension personnel, and administrative services. The 77,329 Federal Extension Service also coordinates the educational activities of other U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies. The proposed increase would provide for 7,325 special emphasis on educational support to the States on poultry marketing and dairy utilization and for increased pay and postal costs pursuant to Public Law 87-793.

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1 Includes capital outlay as follows: 1962, $3 thousand; 1963, $4 thousand; 1964, $7 thousand.

Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1961. $58 thousand (1962 adjustments, -$2 thousand); 1962, $71 thousand; 1963, $71 thousand; 1964, $71 thousand.

The Farmer Cooperative Service provides research, advisory, and educational assistance to farmers' marketing, purchasing, and service cooperatives. Attention is directed to problems of organization, financing, policies, management, membership, marketing, purchasing, transportation, warehousing, costs, and efficiency. Much of this work is carried on in cooperation with land-grant colleges, the Extension Service, and other Federal and State agencies. Research financed by advances from the Agricultural Marketing Service and the Economic Research Service in 1963 and prior years will be financed by direct appropriation to the Farmer Cooperative Service in 1964.

The proposed 1964 increase will enable the Farmer Cooperative Service to better help farmers meet their economic needs through their own business organizations. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

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SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

The Service is responsible for various soil and water conservation activities to aid farmers, ranchers, and other landowners in making physical adjustments in land use to conserve soil, water, and plant resources, establish a permanent and balanced agriculture, and reduce the hazards of floods and sedimentation. These activities are carried out in cooperation with Federal and State agencies and local sponsoring organizations. The Service also has responsibility for administering the Great Plains conservation program, provides technical leadership in resource conservation and development, and furnishes technical services in connection with the agricultural conservation program, and the soil and water conservation loans made by the Farmers Home Administration.

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General and special funds:

CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-590f), including preparation of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special measures as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs); operation of conservation nurseries; classification and mapping of soils; dissemination of information; purchase and erection or alteration of permanent buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $90,705,500] $99,453,000: Provided, That the cost of any permanent building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the same to any such building and with the exception of buildings acquired in conjunction with land being purchased for other purposes, shall not exceed $2,500, except for one building to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $25,000 and eight buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $15,000 per building and except that alterations or improvements to other existing permanent buildings costing $2,500 or more may be made in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $500 per building: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the construction of any such building on land not owned by the Government: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation may be expended for soil and water conservation operations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-590f), in demonstration projects: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 may be used for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (5 U.S.C. 574), as amended by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a): Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of the service. (5 U.S.C. 511-512, 565a; 7 U.S.C. 1387, 1807; 16 U.S.C. 590q-1; Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1963.)

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Unpaid undelivered orders... Total selected resources.--- 1,316 -6 1,295 1,295 1,295 Assistance furnished to soil conservation districts and other cooperators consists primarily of: (a) standard soil surveys and special soil investigations to provide physical land facts needed for farm and ranch conservation planning and the application of planned practices, and for use by other Federal, State, and local agencies and the public;

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(b) technical assistance to farmers and ranchers in planning of individual conservation programs for orderly land use adjustments and combinations of conservation treatments; (c) technical assistance and management consultation with installation of those practices and combinations of practices provided for in their farm and ranch conservation plans;

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