982 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 178. 1918. wggggggms Mmm rust: Provided also, That $150,000 shall be set aside for the destruc- ' tion of vegetation from which such rust spores originate, which sum mcg? '°°*· °*°·» ‘“" shall be immediately available: Promkled also, That $25,000 shall be ` set aside for the investigation of corn root and stalk diseases and for the inauguration of such control measures as may be found necessary; wf°'>e¤=° P'°d“°’i°¤» For the investigation and improvement of tobacco and the methods ` of tobacco production and handling, $32,000; P¤P°*¤¤¤k*¤8PL°°**· For testing and breeding fibrous plants, including) the testing of flax straw and hemp, in cooperation with the North akota Agricultural Collegte, which ma be used for paper makingé $16,760; ·'¤’m¤¤d °*°P°· For the reeding and, physiological study of a ali-resistant and drought-resistant crops, $24.280; _ %¤c¤r°r€c¤¤¤¤ i¤*¤=¤· For sugar—plant investigations, including studies of diseases and °° m' the improvement of the beet and beet see , and methods of culture, and to determine for each sugar—beet area the agricultural operations P,,,,,,,,,_ required to insure a stable agriculture, $64,115: Provided, hat not I¤¤r{b<;cr{¤sm¢_§¤¤¤¤¤ less than $10,000 of this sum shall be used for the development and mw improvement of American strains of sugar-·beet seed and for the _ establishment of a permanent sugar—beet seed industry in the United Fggrlgtssm ¤¤¤s¤¤¤¤ States: Provided further, That o this sum $12,500 may be used for ' mvestigations in connection with the production of cane and so hum sirup, including the breeding, culture, and diseasesof cane and sorlgium, and the utilization of cane and sorghum by-products; °"“"*l°°d“·°°°· For investigations in economic and systematic botan and the improvement and utilization of wild plants and grazinglandg, $23,100; m°D&v°}‘¤;¤d» •=¤=·» mv or the investigation and improvement of methods of crop produc- ,,,,,,_,,,,_ tion unde;1i_l$1b*hhu11p;I¢€:;1 semiar1d,hc;· dry-landtheonditiorpsi $16%,000: auuamgs. _ Pmmdgd’ the' `tationint' actasto ecosto arm uild- ‘m°’p`°°°' _ ings shall not apply to thipmparagmph:_Prmrided further, That no Egw _¢r¤¤ <¤¤¢¤b¤- part of appropriation s l 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 Northern Great Plains area, excgplt for experimental or demonstration urposes in the States of No and South Dakota west oi the one hundredth meridian, and U in %·Iontana phd gllyoming east oi the fivoial-thousand—foot contour line; ,. ¤* or mves a ons m connection wit western ation `cull°°dS’°t°` ture, the utilighation of lands reclaimed under the rec amatidgu Act, and other areas in the and and semiarid regions, $73,580• ¤f¤fg¤¤8gc¤w¤S’ mir For the mvestiglation and improvement of fruits, and the methods ’ of fruit growing, arvesting, and, in cooperation with the Bureau of Markets, studies of the behavior of fruits during the processes of gram. marketing and while in commercial storage, $85,280: Provided, °°""‘ That $9,000 of said amount shall be available for the investigation and improvement of the pecan, and methods of growing, harvesting, packing, and ship ing of same; m§§:$_‘§bff‘,§{¢gf°“ To cultivate and care for the gardens and groimds of the De artment of Agriculture in the city of Washington, including the lreep and lightu;g of the grounds and the construction, surfacmg, and repairing o roadways and walks; and to erect, manage, and main. tain conservatories, eenhouses, and plant and fruit propagating houses on the grounegrof the Department of Agriculture in the cit _ _ of Washington, $11,690; y g8§g;j§f],*Qgj’*°'m'°’“· For horticultural investigations, including the study of producing bgaggming vegm- and harvesting truck and related crops, including otatoes, and, in ’ ‘ cooperation with- the Bureau of Markets, studies oi) the behavior of
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