1142 SIXTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 179. 1917. Emi m’°”· breeding, and selection, and for determining the feasibility of increas— Prom ing the production of hard Hbers outside of the continental United oegzeii seed mm- States, $82,510: Provided, That not less than $7,500 of this sum shall b'°°°"'g‘ be used for experiments in cotton seled interbreeding I ld oing plants,etc. For the investi ation, testin , an improvement o p ants yie ing drugs, spices, poisins, oils, andielated products and by-products, and for general physiological and fermentation investigations, $58,820; m9;gg°_§;°h¤°*°¤Y* For crop technological investigations, including the study of plant- ` infesting nematodes, $24,940; _ Bi°Pl*YS*°°"'°*k- For biophysical hhvestigations in connection with the various lines _ of work herein authorize , $32,500;
s°°d" For studying and testing commercial seeds, including the testing of
T¤¤ti¤g¤mpi¤S,¤t¢. samples of seeds of grasses, clover, or alfalfa, and lawn—grass seeds secured in the open market, and where such samples are found to be adulterated or misbrauded the results of the tests shall be published, _ _ tcégether with the names of the persons by whom the seeds were ,,,%'§}’?,§{‘,‘{‘*;,,,,,,g‘(‘},g‘,§,,",; o ered for sale, and for carrying out the provisions of the Act ap-
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c 0 re a ei 0 into the United, States of cgeiitain adulterated grain ang seeds unfit for seeding (purposes" (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page five hundred an six), $34,700; coms For the investigation and improvement of cereals and methods of cereal production, and the study of cereal diseases, and for the investigation of the cultivation an breeding of {lax for seed purposes, ` including a study of ilax diseases, an for the investigation and J improvemegt of(p61(po'?1 corn and megihlhds of broo1(h—<;orn produmgtioni com uh vemm, $186,505: root , at $40,000 s e set asi e or the stu o •**=· pm corn improvement and methods of corn production: Provided, disc, nm umass. That $20,000 shall be set aside for the investigation of the diseases of - wheat, oats, and barley known as black rust and stripe rust; rebecca production, For the investigation and improvement of tobacco and the methods °‘°· of tobacco produeltign agld hagiildling, 3%*2,000; f new makingplants. For testiu an ree `n rous ants, includin the testin 0 flax straw an€l hemp, in cogperation gvith the North ¥)akota Agri§;ul— Md md tux-Ioal Cogegg, wgch may bi use? for Isaperdmakgnsigla 6,760; d
- °*’°P°· or the ree ng an p ysio ogic stu y 0 '-resistant an
drought·resistant crops, $24,280; p§;}_*;{ Plm *"°*“· _ For sugar-plant investigations, including studies of diseases and the improvement of the beet and beet seed, and methods of culture, and _ to determine for each sugar-beet area the agricultural 0 rations {’,{1°";g;§;1 mmm required to insure a stable agriculture, $56,015: Provided, llfhat not p zz . me¤—b¤¤¤¤¤¤d- less than $10,000 of this sum shall be used for the development and improvement of American strains of sugar-beet seed and for the i establishmeyrjiqtizgilgja prrihrmargegig sugaigllgeet seed industry in the United C¤¤¤ wd wrshum States: Pr u er, t 0 t i Sum $12,500 ma be used for
investigations in connectionwith the production of caneyand sorghum
sirup; including} the_ breeding, culture, and diseases of cane and sorg um, and the utilization of cane and sorghum b -products; omrngimeaae. _ For investigatigns economgc sylzglematic iirotany and the improvement an u ation 0 p ts and grazing lands, $23,100; my land, em., cmp For the investigiition and improvement of methods of crop pro- _ duction under sub umid, semiarid, or dry-land conditions $160,0002 BJux1M,vd1_ngs‘§0&_ frmaded, That the limitation H1 this Act as to the cost of {arm build- ··li;;,1;é_¥4<>diSmb¤_ ings shall not apply to this plaragraph:_Provo,dedfu1j¢ker, That 110 mm mstncucms. part of this appropriation sha be used in the free distribution, or pro agation for free distribution, of cuttings, seedlings, or trees of willow, box elder, ash, caragana, or other common varieties of fruit, ornamental, or shelter-belt trees in the Northam Great Plains area, except for experimental or demonstration purposes in the States of
