§ 424. — Cotton ginning investigations; publication of results; cooperation with Federal and State departments and agencies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC424]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 17--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Sec. 424. Cotton ginning investigations; publication of results;
cooperation with Federal and State departments and agencies
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to investigate the
ginning of cotton; to establish and maintain experimental ginning plants
and laboratories; and to make such tests, demonstrations, and
experiments, and such technical and scientific studies in relation to
cotton ginning as he shall deem necessary and to publish the results
thereof, with a view to developing improved ginning equipment and
encouraging the use of improved methods, and he may cooperate with any
department or agency of the Government, any State, Territory, District,
or possession, or department, agency, or political subdivision thereof,
or any person, as he shall find to be necessary.
(Apr. 19, 1930, ch. 203, Sec. 1, 46 Stat. 248.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 425 of this title.
