The assent of the general assembly is given to the provisions and requirements of the “Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act” (Public Law No. 46, 74th Congress, approved April 27, 1935, as amended). The general assembly adopts as the policy of the state the policy of cooperating with the governments and agencies of other states and of the United States in carrying out the policy and purposes, specified in § 7(a) of that act of congress, and, in order to effectuate this policy, the trustees of the University of Tennessee are authorized and empowered to: