Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§388 Station for Southern Great Plains Area; Establishment
Title 7 › Chapter 14— AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS › Subchapter II— EXPERIMENT STATIONS FOR PROPAGATION OF TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, AND VEGETABLES › § 388
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture must grow shade, fruit, ornamental, and shelter‑belt trees, shrubs, and vines at an existing Department field station in the southern Great Plains. He must give seedlings, cuttings, and seeds free for experiments and demonstrations in the area (parts of Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico west of the 98th meridian and east of the 5,000‑foot contour).
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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 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60