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1300 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 119. 1923. D¤¤&¤l¤¤*S»¤*#>- For the investigation, testing, and improvement of dplants yielding drugs, spices, poisons, oils, and related products an by—products and for general physiological and fermentation investigations, Cr hnol ,nem- 820· siniiiiisiec ogy Idor brop technologécal $i11§vestigations, including the study of _ lant-infestin nemato es, ,440;

 s°°dS’ P For studyié and testing commercial seeds, including the testing

T¤¤¤¤z S¤¤¤Pk·>¤·°*°· of 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 misbranded the results of the tests shall be published, mveum mg toigether with the names of the persons by whom the seeds were sum or udulwnud o ered for sale, and for carrying out the provisions of the Act ’°°$’§(§‘p_506_ approved August 24, 1912, entitled “An Act to regulate foreign commerce by prohibiting the admission into the United States of certain adulterated gram and seeds unfit for seeding purposes " Canals (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 506), $44,680; _ gmpmsimoic, For the mvestigation and improvement of cereals, including corn, and methods of cereal dpnroduction, and for the study and control of cereal diseases, inclu g barberry eradication, and for the inves- · tigation of the cultivation and breedin of flax for seed purposes, including a study of flax diseases, and for the investigation and P,,,,,,,,,_ impmvement of broom corn and methods of broom—corn plroduction, mgusr ¤p¤¤>¤d¤¤¤¤<> $697,505: Provided, That $425,000 shall be set aside for the location . tm ui. and destruction of the barber? bushes and other vegetation from ,,,§,°°,,;*,f,f"“,,,,,,,,,,,,_°‘”‘ which rust spores originate: ro/ended farther, That $125,000 of this amount shall be available for expenditure only when an equal amount shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by States, counties, or local authorities, or by individuals or organiza- T mm Mmm tions, for the accomplishment of such purposes; · mf P · For the investigation and improvement of tobacco and the methods of tobacco roduction and handling, $41,000; A1'i<U¤¤d¤°P¤· For the breeding and physiological study of alkali-resistant and I drought~res1stant crops, $20,0§0; _ _ _ _ ga-gig: x>¤¤¤¢ mveti- For sugar-plant mvestigigtions, including studies of diseases and the improvement of sugar ets and sugar-beet seed, $104,115; G¤¤i¤z1¤¤<1¤.¤t¤- For investigation, improvement, and utilization of wild plants ang grazingf linda, and fog3det§5mining the distribution of weeds an means o t cir contro , 0,8 ; prlgdrgctlggq, em. wp For the investiglation and improvement of methods of crop propprmm duction under sub umid, semiand, or dry-land conditions, $180 000; auuaim. Provided, That the limitations in this Act as to the cost of farm nmzmemsei-u>uum buildings shall not apply to this paragraph: Provided further, That “‘“"“· no part of this appropriation shall be used in the free distribution, or propagation 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. except for experimental or demonstration purposes in the States of North and South Dakota west of the one hundredth meridian, and U __ _ . W in Montana and Wyoming east of the five thousand-foot contour line; a.imm‘“”",,di,,¤dS"‘“_ °°““ For investigations in connection with western irrigation agriculture, the utilization of lands reclaimed under the Reclamation Act, mbbm and other areas in the arid and semiarid regions, $94,420; G,,w,,,g,;,;,,,,,,,,,,,,, _For_ the investigation, improvement, encou ment, and deter- °*°- mmation of the adaptability to different soils aiiidgdlimatic conditions of pecans, almonds, Persian walnuts, black walnuts hickory nuts, butternuts, chestnuts, iilberts, and other nuts, and for methods of

 (l;30rvest1ng, packing, shipping, storing, and utilizing the

S“m°v ¤ . i . . . atgwiwaigg, ,,,,,,,,,;,,,8, Fol'_th6 mvestigation and improvement of fruits, and the methods ‘ of fruit g1‘0Wmg, harvestmg, handling, and studies of the physiologi-