SIXTY—FOU"RTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 313. 1916. 453 pme trees known as the whiteipine blister rust, by conductin such investigations of the nature an means of communication of t§e disease, and by applying such methods of eradication or control of the disease as m the_]udgment of the Secretary of Agriculture ma be necessary, made m the_f1u·ther urgent deficiency Act approved §eb- "”"·P·2‘· ruary_ twenty-eighth, nmeteen hundred and sixteen, is hereby reappropriated and made available for the same purposes for the fiscal year nixieteeril hundred and sevprgeen; C t or the investigation 0 iseases of cotton tatoes truck cro , °* °“» P°'“'°“°» forage crops, drug and related lplants, $59,00(l;p0 , PS mm mps’°tc` For investigating the physio ogy of crop plants and for testing and ,,,§°gQ’p pmt P“YS*· breeding varieties thereof, $49,540; ' For soil-bacteriology and plant—nutrition investigations, including ,,,§1‘§,{,§,,,&°°°"°*°¤Y the testing of samples, (procured in the open market, of cultures for ` moculating legumes, an if any such samples are found to be impure, Pub . nonviable, or misbranded, the results of the tests may be published, ew. ushing °°°°" together with the names of the manufacturers and of the persons by whom the cultures were offered for sale, $42,000; M M For soil-fertility investigations into organic causes of infertility and mm remedial measures, maintenance of productivity, properties and com- » positionbof solil humus, an§l3 the transformation and ormation of soil umus so` o nisms, 5,200; · "_ For aclilimatizrggion and adaptation investigations of cotton, corn, ¤f3°nu.lf,?:°.l”;l,'}g "°p‘° and other crops introduced from tro ical regions, and for the impliiovement of cotton by cultural metiliods, breeding, and selection, 2,580; - For the investigation, testing, and im rovement of lants yielding Dm pl°‘"8’°°°‘ drugs, spices, poisons, oils, and relatedp products and) by-products, and for general physiological and fermentation investigations, $53,820; _ _ For crop technological and fiber plant investigations, including the m.i§§°§t§l°”ts’ "°m°' study of plant-infesting nematodes, $25,770; Gmm hmding up For investigating the handling, grading, and transportation of ` glxiain, the grain so@ums, and the fixing of definite grades ereo , , ; For biophysical investigations in connection with the various lines m°°hysi°°lw°!k' of work herein authorized, $32,500; · commmm mis For studying and testing commercial seeds, including the testing gmwfm. ’ of sam les of seeds of grasses, clover, or alfalfa, and lawn-grass seeds T°°‘° “"“'“*"°"·°‘°· secured) in the open market, and where such samples are found to be adulterated or misbranded the results of the tests shall be published, tcégether with the names of the persons by whom the seeds were Pmming Adm 0 ered for sale, and for carrying out the provisions of the Act ap- sion qz maxaman proved August twent —fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, entitled ’°°,}l,,fl’§§‘;,f‘§66_ "An Act to r late foreg commerce by prohibiting the admission into the Unit§`iStates of certain adulterate grain an seeds unfit for seeding urposes" (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page five hun- V md dred audi six), $31,700; and, hereafter, the provisions of said Act alp- ,,,c,§Y,{’§‘Q,_ "'°"““ proved August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, sl1all_ e Pmpmkm Oumign applied to seed of vetch and ryegrass; and, hereafter, when any kind matter auewea. or variety or mixture of the seeds subject to the provisions of said Act of August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, as hereby amended, shall contain less than sixty-five per centum of hve pure seed as distinguished from dead seed, chaff, dirt, other seeds, or foreign matter, such seeds or mixtures thereof shall be deemed unfit for seeding urposes within the meaninig of said Act approved August twenty-fllurth, nineteen hundred an twelve, and the importation of Bm md such seed or mixture thereof is prohibited: Provided, however, That gm ’ seed of Kentucky blue grass and seed of Canada blue grass shall not be considered unfit for seeding purposes when they contain fifty per centum or more of live pure seed:
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