Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§388 Station for southern Great Plains area; establishment

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 14— - AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - EXPERIMENT STATIONS FOR PROPAGATION OF TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, AND VEGETABLES › § 388

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must grow trees, shrubs, and vines suited to the southern Great Plains at an existing Department field station and give seedlings, cuttings, and seeds away free for experimental and demonstration use under rules he sets. The area covers parts of Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico west of the ninety-eighth meridian and east of the five thousand-foot contour line.

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Title 7, §388

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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to cause such shade, ornamental, fruit, and shelter-belt trees, shrubs, and vines as are adapted to the conditions and needs of the southern Great Plains area, comprised of those parts of the States of Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico lying west of the ninety-eighth meridian and east of the five thousand-foot contour line, to be propagated at one of the existing field stations of the Department of Agriculture in such area, and seedlings and cuttings and seeds of such trees, shrubs, and vines to be distributed free of charge under such regulations as he may prescribe for experimental and demonstration purposes within such area.

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Transfer of Functions

Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 388

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73