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256 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 26. 1919. culture, and the study of insects affecting the health of man and domestic animals, and ascertaining the best means of destroying those found to be injurious; for collating, digesting, reportmg, and illustrating the results of such investigations; for salaries and the employ- ment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, rent outside of the District of-Columbia, freight, express charges, official traveling expenses, office ixtures, supplies, apparatus, telegraph and telephone service, gas, and electric current, in connection with the following es tl ns: %g°d,,‘Z3§€°’§_’,:,,,,,_ ml•`0 e(stigia.tions of insects agectingl deieliduoug orcéiards, ¤t¤,,· . vine a an nuts $105 780: , at $ , _ o said sum Pecans: shallrbeueizeilieble for {she investigation of insects affecting the pecan d 0 cont 0 samemcriiial md iing mFo1i·1°mwi·)estigation1s0 of affecting; cereal and forage crops, including a special investigation of the essian Hy and the chmch bug $147 060· §,,“§°”§§‘§$§”l';Y,'§§; Th enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet the ernelsgency ¤¤¤°?;Pmd °l· caused by the establishment of the European corn, borer in assachusetts, New York, and other States, and to provide means for the control-and prevention of spread of this insectin these States or elsewhere in the United States, in coofperatien with the State or States concerigeil, includ?1g rent ogtiséde 0 the Distgzicesef golumbig, lelieipgy- mento aborin ecityo ash1ngt0` nano were,an o er necessary expenses $250,000- ~ - S°¤*—‘*°*'¤ Md “°PS· . For investigationh of affecting southern Held crops, including insects af£ect1l1;•g0 xeottorel, tobacco, rice, sugar cane, and so forth, an the cigarette the an Argentine ant, $100,4 0· ,§‘;‘§’;mpS mm, {For investigations of insects affecting forests, £48,’{90; products, nc. ’ For investigations of insects affecting trucl: crops, including insects

 thepotieto, sugarageet, cabbalgeei oguoein, tongato, beans, peas,

an so ort an insects ecting sto ucts 134 960·

 d b_ For investigations and demonstrations iii bee culture, 335,000;

milgiipsiciiuaél Su For einvestigations of insects affecting tropical and snbtropical fruits, igcluding insects affecting the orange, lemon, grapeirxut, mango, , . an so orth $16 500* F"”m‘°$' For investigations iand control, cooperation with the Federal Horticultural Board, of the Mediterranean and other fruit flies, . $32,000· ii°r§`£fa‘iiri»1fZife¢c. For conducting investigations and_ study of the nature and habits of the pest known as the camphor thrnp, for the pu;£ose of discovering methods of control and app ying methods of er `cation or contre ,,,_,,,c,,,,,m,,s in. already discovered, $5,000;_ _ _ _ _ sms- Foruinvestigations, iglenlggcatioe; and (systematic classeticationtgf misceaneousmsects,mc ingtestuyo1nsectsaec' e health of mandandhdomesec aglilmals, household insects, gg the _ , mm. ,,. x_ rtation an exc ange 0 use insects, $62,330· réxiie- mt B 8 lmlggr general administrative expenses connected with. above lines of investigation, and for miscellaneous expenses incident thereto, $5,480; mm and mmm gi a , for general expenses, $943,3%). EWG T ai im; S. nnvnrrrnve srnnan or morris unnatr or . uonocrz o

,€""°‘lg'“‘“ SPM] enable the Secretary of Agriculture itc meet the emergency caused by

the continued spread of the gypsy and brown tail moths y conducting such experiments as may be necessary to determine the best methods of controlling these insects; by introducing and establishing _ the parasites and natural enemies of these insects and colonizing them ,,§g’Q§§}`;‘,§{Y° gum"` within the infested territory; by establishing and mamtainirég a quar- ‘~‘¤¤· 3% ve 31-1 *·¤*· amine against further spread in such manner as is provid by the general nursegy-stock law, approved August 20, 1912, as amended, entitled "An ct to regulate the importation of nursery stock and other plants and plant products, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain quarantine districts for plant diseases