Section 1
SECTION 1. For the purpose of increasing the agricultural production of foodstuffs, the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to adopt all measures which may in is judgment be advisable and efficacious, and to employ the necessary personnel, even if they be not classified, unless they be assigned to clerical duties. The Secretary of Agriculture shall from time to time determine what agricultural food products are the most adaptable to each locality, after hearing the opinion of the municipals council concerned; adopt all measures tending to stimulate, extend, and increase the planting and cultivation of said products, granting, in his discretion, cash prizes to small agriculturists who till the fields themselves and obtain the largest production; select seeds for free distribution or otherwise by the Bureau of Agriculture, or contract persons for the most rapid production and selection of said seeds or the organized production of said foodstuffs, and shall order the same sold at suitable prices whenever he shall deem this to be necessary. Whenever feasible, this work shall be considered to include the breeding of swine and poultry : and their systematic improvement and propagation, as well as the growing of vegetables, fruits, and tubers. With the consent of the Governor-General or proper Department head, as the case may be, any Office or branch of the Government or any officer or employee of the same whose services may be required by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, shall be obliged to cooperate in the campaign for the increase of the agricultural production of foodstuffs, and their services in connection with said campaign shall, for all purposes, be considered as rendered to the Office or branch of the Government to which such officer or employee belongs.