112 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

processing, transportation, and distribution of agricul-
tural products; (2) cooperation among Federal and State
Agencies, producers, industry organizations, and others
in the development and effectuation of research and
marketing programs to improve the distribution proc-
esses; (3) an integrated administration of all laws enacted
by Congress to aid the distribution of agricultural prod-
ucts through research, market aids and services, and
regulatory activities, to the end that marketing methods
and facilities may be improved, that distribution costs
may be reduced and the price spread between the pro-
ducer and consumer may be narrowed, that dietary and
nutritional standards may be improved, that new and
wider markets for American agricultural products may
be developed, both in the United States and in other
countries, with a view to making it possible for full pro-
duction of American farms to be disposed of usefully,
economically, profitably, and in an orderly manner. In
effectuating the purposes of this chapter, maximum use
shall be made of existing research facilities owned or
controlled by the Federal Government or by State Agri-
cultural experiment stations and of the facilities of the
Federal and State extension services. To the maximum
extent practicable marketing research work done in co-
operation with the States shall be done in cooperation
with the State agricultural experimental stations; mar-
keting educational and demonstrational work done under
this chapter m cooperation with the States shall be done
m cooperation with the State agricultural extension serv-
ice; market information, inspection, regulatory work and
other marketing service done under this chapter in co-
operation with the State Agencies shall be done in co-
operation with the State Departments of Agriculture, the
State bureaus and departments of markets."

 Section 1622 of this Chapter authorized the Secretary
of Agriculture to determine methods of processing, pack-
aging, marketing, transporting, storing or distributing
agricultural products; determination of costs; improve-