SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 284. 1912. 277 odgori pho investigatiorlr and improvemteirt of fofzgelgiope and meth- *°'••'°°'°P* 0 orage-crop pro uctron twenthousand 0 ; For testing and breeding fibrous §lants, including the testingbof ,{;g;°' ‘”““°¤ flax straw rn coogratron with the orth Dakota Agricultural l- Flu ¤=•¤¤s· Loge, wh.rchdma{1t dupled for paper making, twelve thousand Eve un an erg y dollars· For the and plizsiological study of alkali-resistant and md`l°°°°'°"'°°°'
t-resistant crops, eig teen thousand one hundred and forty
Fortheinvestigation andim ro ement of ugar· rod 1 ts S`"?"`"°d°°"" including utilizatiog culture, thirl:y—fivePthoilr(s:.]ndgdPs‘;':·en Plum. un an ninet - ve dollars; _ For taxonomic givestigations and the study of methods for the Gm"' lmdi irngrovemegtuof grazing ands, twenty-one thousand nine hundred an thirty dollars· To investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods "“}"'““"¥°"‘°"'·· of farm management and fa.rm(practice and for farm demonstration work, three hundred thousand ollars: l’rwid¢d, That of the amonmt ,0,,,,,,,, hereby appropriated the sum of ten thousand dollars may be used *0***- in tlxdirgvestigation and utilization of cacti and other dry—land plants as or tock; , For farmiars’ coo ative demonstrations and for the study and d§,$’§§,‘;‘§;,*{,°§1,;Yg‘{,,'° demonstration of tggrbeet methods of meeting the ravages of the gotten-boll dweevihdtgree hundred and thirty-two thousand nme an 0 · u§or the invggtitgationaaisrid im vement of methods of eros produc- °""““° """“"‘ tion under semiarrd or d -land)rc¢dnditions, one hundred an twenty- five thousand dollars: lgrovided, however That the sum of fifty §*x•;#•*m:;enm,hm_ thousand dollars of this amount or so much thereof as may be neces- equipment, ere sary, shall be gadlfor the purchase of lantdhgind equipmegt andtthe truf arytoesta' eui,an mamam (diJ1n?axp:>:ri1(i1Iri>1i)tal`i'1arm mntthfgsiiorthem section, o? tllie Great Plains area to demonstrate the kind and character of plants, shrubs, trees, berries, and vegetables best ada ted to the climate and soil of the mmm! semiarrd lands of the United lStates: further, That the ` Hmilthagion in Act as to the cost of farm buildings shall not apply to t aragr ; For §udyir2) methods of clearing of "loggogl-Oli', l8·¤dB with 8 hi:gii·i“d:ae¤·· view to their utilization for agricultural and_ arrying purposes; for m_¢•*°¤’ •:’$°**¤*•· their irrigation; for testing powders in clearing them;_and_for the utilization of by- roducts arising in the process of clearing, in coopglotion gighuthe States, compames, or mdivrduals, or otherwise, five
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gz invcszigaartlihns in connection with western irrigation agriculture, CIQQQLKQQQQ °' '° the utilization of lands reclaimed under the reclamation Act, and other areas énnthe arid and semiarid regions, sixty-mne thousand srx hundred o a1s· Oflrior the irivestilgation and impélovement of flruitghand t‘1‘p¤1;]1ietirods ,,§`,Q'f‘§,§T°"i“"'"" .¤d“}0rgZ2`§‘t“.§;?EZi°Z£f§m€§€. E?§J}€.“€mu¤ the ’Uaate1 Eats and to foreign countries, e' hty-six thousand and fifteen dollars; mmm P To cultivate and care xllor experimental gardens and grounds, d3 dglI)\|!1di|?s manage and maintain conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and fruit propagating houses, thirteen thousand and ten dollars; _ Mu D vs “_ for continuing the necessary im rovements to establish and mam- perimggttzl larm: bun A general experiment farm ami) agricultural station on the Arling- V°‘· ’”·l’·“*°· tgfihwtgiiz; of State of Virgigik acccilrdanréi tch: piovisrons oeco ngress "teen,nmenun and for other general hdrliziiiililiirral iirvegtlrggations, thirty-six thousand nme hundred and twenty dollars;
