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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Srzss. III. Ch. 238. 1911. 1243 For testing and breeding fibrous plants, which may be used for ,*"g_°"”‘“"“‘¥ pa r making, eight thousand dollars; Pm _ lggr the breeding and physiological study of alkali-resistant and ·*""·‘°“" °'°P°· griilught-resistant crops, eig teen thousand one hundred and forty o ars; For the investigation and im rovement of sugar-producing lants S¤H·¤·P¤‘<>*¤¢=*¤¤ ilpcliédinig tléegigtutéigizalgoi; andp culture, thirty~two thousandp thred Pham un re an y- ve dollars; _ For taxonomic investigations and the study of methods for the ¤¤=i¤8*¤¤°=· imgrohvietmegtuof grazing ands, twenty-one thousand nine hundred an t y dollars· To investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods Fm ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤=¤¤*- of farm management and farm practice, one hundred and forty-two _ thousand nine hundred_and twenty dollars: Prvvakled, That of the f§,,Y’Y?,,,“?’;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,_ amount hereby alppropriated the sum of four thousand dollars shall be used in agricu tura reconnoissance work in Alaska; _ For the study and demonstration of the best methods of meeting °°**°¤ ****1 W°*=*‘“~ sha ravages of the cotton boll weevil, three hundred and fifty thousan o ars• · For the investigation and improvement of methods of crop pro- D“"""“° "“"‘“"‘· guation under semiarid or dry-land conditions, seventy thousand o ars; For investigations in connection with the utilization of lands K°°1‘“"°‘“‘“°’· reclaimgd under the reclamation likct, anid cigar ares? ip the arid and semiari regions, seventy-three t_ousan a sixty dollars; fgolr the investigation and improvement of flruits, and th; xlplethods P,,,';‘f2,,*gf°"‘”*·'“*** 0 it g!`OW1D· g, harvesting, packmg' ,sto1-ing, an an s ping and for experimental shipments o fruits within the ,United States alnd tofiforeggn countries, eighty-seven thousand seven hundred and t irty— ve ollars;. To cultivate and care for experimental gardens and lgrounds, d,§,§P§c‘f"°“"·‘ F"` manage and maintain conservatories, greenhouses, and p ant and fnpt propagating houses, thirteen thousand eight hundred and sixty do lars; _For continuing the necessuéy improvements to establish and main- p°§§},}§,{§§;,,,}f‘·· °" tain a general experiment arm and agricultural station on the w1~81.v·1¤5. Arlington estate, in the State of Virgmia in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress a proved April eighteenth, mneteen hundred, and foruother general horticultural investigations, thirty- e° ht thousand dollars; viior the maintenance of a testing garden on the Fort Brown Military §gj{,,*}3:§a§"· Reservation at Brownsville, Texas, eleven thousand two hundred and sixt dollars; _ Fbdr general administrative expenses connected with the above= pe»;j§e¤:*¤***¤***‘¤ sxmentioned lines of investigation, including the_office of the chief of bureau, the assistant chief of bureau, the_ chief clerk, the editor, records, supplies, and pro erty, and for miscellaneous exipenses ingidéant thereto, thirty-eigiit thousand two hundred an fifty-one o ars; In all, for eneral ex enses, one million four hundred and forty-one th d ii gh ndr dlsind thirty six dollars ousan ve u e — . Puncuasn AND nrsrmntrriou or VALUABLE snnnsc For Iriurchase,  mmm propagation, testing, and distribution of valuable seeds, bu s, trees, r1¤¤,e:c. ' shrubs, viinjes, cuttmgs, and plants; all necessary offictealfixtutiies and supplies, el, transportation, paper, twine gum, pos car s, gas electric current, official travelmdg expenses, sind all necessary material and repairs for putting up an distributingi the same; for rent and repairs and the employment- of locial an hspecial aigep`;;s, clerks, ass` tants and other labor r uire, in the city o asl1.1.n§to` n ands elsewhere, two hundred aiiid eighty-nine thousand six hun ed