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 SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 144. 1915. 1093 poses, including a study of flax diseases, and for the investigation and improvement of broom com and methods of broom-com production, $142 005: Provided, That not less than $40,000 shall be set {§,’Q?,Y*"{;,,,,,,,,,,, plaid? for the study of com improvement and methods of corn pro- M uc ion- For the investigation and improvement of tobacco and the methods ,,f[°°°°°° *"°°“°“°“· of tobacco production and handling, $25,000; For testing and breeding fibrous lplants, including the testing of ,,£{*"°"'“""‘*’“""· flax straw, m cooperation with the North Dakota Agricultural College, which may be used for paper making, $10,840: Promkled, {{,,?”°{';,¤,,g, md. That $5,000 of this amount mag be used in testing and breeding '”¢·•*°- iiax with a, view to increasing the quality and oil content of flaxseed, including rotation experiments and demonstrations; For the breeding and physiological study of alkali-resistant and m°`l°°° Pl°°°°` drought-resistant crops, $22,280; S bm _ For sugar-beet investigations, including studies of diseases and the ac.""` °“"°'°’ improvement of the beet and methods o culture, and to determine for each sugar-beet area the agricultural o%ations required to insure P a stable agriculture, $41,495: Pramlkd, at of this sum $10,000  p,,,au,¤,, may be used for investigations in connection with the production of tab e sirup, including the breeding, culture, and diseases of cane, and the methods of manufacture, standardization, and marketing of Slfllp, and the utilization of cane by—products; For investigations in economic and systematic botany and the °”““"“““’·°*°~ iéipigiggement and utilization of wild plants and grazing lands, For the investigption and improvement of methods of crop pro- °""“"°·°“’··°'°’°‘ duction under sub umid, semiarid, or d;g·la.ud conditions, $160,000: Provided, That the limitation in this ct as to the cost of farm §"f,"‘;gg,_ buildings shall not apply to this paragraph; AM. 1>~ 109% For investigations in connection with western irriglation agricul- m}f,*,*§_f§}§ "’°‘°”“" ture, the utilization of lands reclaimed under the rec amation Act, and other areas in the arid and semiarid regions, $70,380; _ For the investigation and improvement of fruits, and the methods p,,’;`;“{,§g’°'*“8»*“‘P‘ of fruit growing, arvesting, packintg, storing, handling, and shi ping, ' and for experimental shipments o fruits within the United gtates and to foreign countries, $105,060; _ To cultivate and care for experimental gardens and grounds d§§P_g‘g’g,'§,§g‘dS§°'· manage and maintain conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and fruit propagating houses, $11,690; For horticultural investigations, including the study of producing, ,,§§’,,'§$Qf":‘,,, ‘”‘ handling, and shipping truck and related crops, including potatoes, and the study o andscape and vegetable gardening, oiiculture, and related subjects, $56,080; For continuing the necessary imdprovements to establish and main- Ar¤ig_s{g¤,»“_Yu¤· ertain a general experiment farm an agricultural station on the Arling- wwliéli :41, p. xssf ton estate, in the State of Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April eighteenth, nineteen hundred, $15,000; For investi ations in forei seed and lant introduction, including F¤¤2i¢¤ =~°<! ¤¤¤ the study, co§ection, purchg, testing, giopaggtion, and distribution pmt °m°d°°m°` of rare and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shru, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign countries and from our possessions, and for experiments with reference to their introduction and cultivation in this country, $70,400; For the purchase, Eropagation, testing, and distribution of new N¤w¤¤dr¤r¤¤¤¤<1¤- and rare seeds; for the mvestigation and improvement of grasses alfalfa, clover, and other forage cro, including the investigation oi the utilization of cacti and other £?y-land plants; and to conduct investigations to determine the most effective methods of eradicating