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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . II . OH. 227. 1929. ass ociat ions of b usine ss m en, o r ind ivid uals, $160 ,000, of which amount $40,000 shall be immediately available . soil bacteriology in-

Soil-bacteriology investigations : For soil-bacteriology investiga- vestigations . tions , incl uding the te sting of sam ples pr ocured in th e open marke t, Publishing tests of of cultures for inoculating legumes, and if any such samples are impure cultures . found to be impure, nonviable, or misbranded, the results of the tests may be published, together with the names of the manufac- turers and of the persons by whom the cultures were offered for sale, $43,400 . Soil fertility .

Soil-fertility investigations : For soil-fertility investigations into organic causes of infertility and remedial measures, maintenance of productivity, properties and composition of soil humus, and the transformation and formation of soil humus by soil organisms, $159,0 00 . Total, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, $1,630,075, of which tr ctrvicea in the Dis- amount not to exceed $1,089,000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia . Entomology Bureau .

BUR EAU OF ENT OMOL OGY Gener al e xpens es . SALARIES AND GENERAL EXPENSES Inves tigat ions of i n- s ects, etc • Fo r nece ssary expens es con nected with the inv estiga tions, exper i- ments, and demonstrations in reference to the items hereinafter enumerated for the promotion of economic entomology, independ- ently or in cooperation with other branhces of the Federal Govern- ment, States, counties, and municipalities, organizations and indi- Outside rent .

ti iduals concerned, including the employment of necessary persons and means in the city of Washington and elsewhere, rent outside Pr o vis o•

of the District of Columbia and not to exceed $3,000 for the erec- Buildings .

> tion of insectaries and other buildings : P rovid ed, That the cost of any such building shall not exceed $1,500, as follows Officeief o f Bureau, and For general administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $91,000 . Deciduous fruits . Deciduous fruit insects : For insects affecting deciduous fruits, grapes, and nuts, and including reasearch on the Japanese and Asiatic beetles, $352,790. Subtropical plants .

Subtropical plant insects : For insects affecting tropical, sub- Parlatoria date scale, t ropi cal, and or name ntal pla nts and inc ludi ng r esea rch on the e tc'

Parlatoria date scale and the Mediterranean and other fruit flies, Truck crops.

$1 30,500 . Truck crop insects : For insects affecting truck and garden crops Gyps y and brown- an d incl uding insect s affe cting tobacc o and s ugar b eets, $278,5 60 . tail moths, etc .

Forest insects : For insects affecting forests and including Cere al and fora ge research on the gypsy and brown-tail moths, $204,000. crops.

Cereal and forage insects : For insects affecting cereal and forage European corn borer. crops, including sugar cane and rice, and including research on Crickets in Colorado . the European corn borer, $470,620, of which $8,000 shall be imme- diately available for the control of the cricket in northwestern Cotton, pink boll- Colorado. worm, etc. Balance available .

Cotton insects : For insects affecting cotton and including research . on the pink bollworm of cotton there is hereby made available Ante, p. 895.

$303,120 of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $5,000,000 for establishing and enforcing noncotton zones, carried Weevil control, Okla- in the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, of which amount home .

$10 ,000 s hall b e imme diatel y avai lable for bol l weev il res earch con- Man and animals. trol work in Oklahoma . Stored products .

For insects affecting man and animals, $83,900 . For insects affecting stored products, $71,900 .