Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§387 Station for Semi-arid or Dry-land Regions; Establishment
Title 7 › Chapter 14— AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS › Subchapter II— EXPERIMENT STATIONS FOR PROPAGATION OF TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, AND VEGETABLES › § 387
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture must set up an experiment station at or near Cheyenne, Wyoming to grow shade, ornamental, fruit, shelter‑belt trees, shrubs, vines, and vegetables that do well in semi‑arid and dry‑land areas. Seedlings, cuttings, and seeds from those plants must be given away free, under rules the Secretary makes, for experimental and demonstration use in the United States' semi‑arid or dry‑land regions.
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Title 7, §387
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The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to cause such shade, ornamental, fruit, and shelter-belt trees, shrubs, vines, and vegetables as are adapted to the conditions and needs of the semi-arid or dry-land regions of the United States, to be propagated at an experiment station of the Department of Agriculture to be established at or near Cheyenne, Wyoming, and seedlings and cuttings and seeds of such trees, shrubs, vines, and vegetables to be distributed free of charge under such regulations as he may prescribe for experimental and demonstration purposes within the semi-arid or dry-land regions of the United States.
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All functions of all officers, agencies and employees of the Department of Agriculture were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the 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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7 U.S.C. § 387
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60