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 srxrrsavnurn consunss. sm. rv. cs. 119. 1923. 1299 For the investigation of diseases of orchard and other fruits, in- °'°‘*•*d*¤*¤»¤*¤· cluding the diseases of the pecan, $113,935. For conducting suchjnvestigations of the nature and means of °'i,*'“’,,,°*{*,P*°*·,c communication 0 the disease 0 citrus trees known as citrus canker, °¤'° ` and for applying such methods of eradication or control of the disease as in_the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary, including the payment of such expenses and the employ- ment of such persons and means, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and cooperation with such authorities of the States con-· cerned, organ1zatrons_of growers, or individuals, as he may deem necessary to accomphsh such purposes, $60,000, and, in the dis- d1g{°,·°,sp?°°m° °“’°°' cretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, no expenditures shall be made for these rtiprposes until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures sha have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by State, county, or local authorities or by individuals or organiza- P tions for the accomplishment of such purposes: Provided, That no Nmxmmmm part of the money herein appropriated shall be used to pay the cost “°°‘·°‘°· or value of trees or other property injured or destroyed; For- the investi tion of diseases of forest and ornamental trees °`“’°‘·""'“"‘¤°°°· and shrubs, includiiirg a study of the nature and habits of the para- c1»smuz tree bark sitio fungi causing the chestnutrtree bark disease, the white-pine d‘“°°"°·°’°· blister rust, and other epidemic tree diseases, for the purpose of discovering new methods of control and applying methods o eradication or control already discovered, $81,115; www im bmw For applying such methods of eradication or control of the white- mst. P pine blister rust as in the judgnent of the Secretary of Agriculture  'md °°“' may be necessary, including the payment of such expenses and the em(plo]y;1ent of such persons and means in the city of Washington an e where, in cooperation with such authorities of the States concerned, organizations, or individuals as he may deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, and in the discretion of the Secretary naar museums of Agriculture no expenditures shall be made for these purriloses ’°‘*‘“’°d· until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall ave been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by States, county or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations for the accom- §r·¤i¤¤-M plishment of such purposes, $250,000: Provided, That no part of rmiiliig this appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees or other property injured or destroyed; For the investigation of diseases of cotton, potatoes, truck crops, ,,§‘ff,°,‘;‘Q,;,,§,',‘}°k “’°p”· forage crops, drug and related plants, $127,000; For investigating the, physio ogy of crop plants and for testing plggugggw °' °*°¤ and breeding varieties thereof, $66,860; ’ ` For soil-bacteriology and plant-nutrition investigations, including S°“b¤°*°**°*°¤Y»°*°· the testing of samples, procured in the open market, of cultures for inoculating legumes, and if any such samples are found to be Pu mu M impure, nonviable, or misbranded, the results of the tests may be c,,m,§’,l‘§°_m"‘ published, together with the names of the manufacturers and o the persons by whom the cultures were offered for sale, $50,000; _ _ Som amy For soil-fertility investigations into organic causes of infertility, ° ‘ and remedial measures, maintenance of productivity, properties and composition of soil humus, and $tihe Ogiansformation and formation of soil humus b soil or nisms, 5, ; . . For acclimatéation ag-iiil adaptation investigations of cotton, corn, ,,,f§f,,,l“{‘§E?§g mpi and other crops introduced from tropical regions, and for the improvement of cotton and other fiber plants by cultural methods, Hm mm breeding, and selection, and for determining the feasibility of ` increasing the production of hard fibers outside of the continental Promo United States, $132.500: Provided, That not more than $7,500 of caamslm inurthis sum maybe used for experiments in cottonseed interbreedmg; ”'°°‘“”g·