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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 89. MARCH 26, 1934 . 479 elsewhere required for the investigations, experiments, and demon- strations herein authorized as follows : General administrative expenses : For necessary expenses for gen- office of Soon l eau, and eral administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and oth er per sonal servic es in the Di strict of Col umbia, $171, 569. Arlington Farm : For continuing the necessary improvements to Arlington, Va ., form, establish and maintain a general experiment farm and agricultural station on the Arlington estate, in the State of Virginia, in accord- Vol .31,p .135. ance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April 18, 1900 (31 Stat ., pp . 135, 136), $44,469 : Provided, That the limitations C os t Siimit ation not in this Act as to the cost of farm buildings shall not apply to this applicable. paragraph. Botany : For investigation, improvement, and utilization of wild wild plants and plants and grazing lands, and for determining the distribution of grazi ng lands. weeds a nd mea ns of their contro l, $33 ,816. Cereal crops and diseases : For the investigation and improvement Cer eal crops and dis- of cereals, including corn, and methods of cereal production and for etc°s , improvement, the study and control of cereal diseases, and for the investigation of the cultivation and breeding of flax for seed purposes, including a Flax, broomcorn, etc. st udy of flax diseas es, an d for the in vestiga tion a nd imp roveme nt of broom corn and m etho ds of broo mcor n pro ducti on, $ 415, 048. Cotton production and diseases : For investigation of cotton pro- a d Cotton pr oduc tion duction, including the improvement by cultural methods, breeding, acclimatization, adaptation, and selection, and for investigation and control of diseases, $173,092. Drug and related plants : For the inve stiga tion, tes ting, and Drug, etc ., plants. improvement of plants yielding drugs, spices, poisons, oils, and related products and byproducts, $34,101. Dry-land agriculture : For the investigation and improvement of ou Drye land, etc ., agri- methods of crop production under subhumid, semiarid, or dry-land conditions, $197,945 : Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the establishment of any new field station. Experimental greenhouse maintenance : For maintenance and ExperiinentaI operation of experimental greenhouses and adjacent experimental grounds' etc' grounds and plots, $71,239. Forage crops and diseases : For the purchase, propagation, testing, Fora ge crops and and distribution of new and rare seeds ; for the investigation and diseases. i mprov ement of grass es, a lfalf a, c lover, and oth er fo rage crop s, including the investigation and control of diseases, $174,596. Foreign plant introduction : For investigations in foreign seed Foreign s eed and and plant introduction, including the study, collection, purchase, plant introduction. testing, propagation, and distribution of rare and valuable seeds, "are, etc ., seeds . bulbs. trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign coun- tries and from our possessions, and for experiments with reference to their intro ductio n and cultiv ation in this count ry, $2 18,297, of wh ich $2 0,000 shall be imm ediate ly ava ilable . Forest pathology : For the investigation of diseases of forest and Forest patholog y y ornamental trees and shrubs, including a study of the nature and habits of the parasitic fungi causing the chestnut-tree bark disease . the white-pine blister rust, and other epidemic tree diseases, for the purpose of discovering new methods of control and applying meth- ods of eradication or control already discovered, and including $117,600 for investigations of diseases of forest trees and forest i?l .4 5,s. 701. VII, p . products, under section 3 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (U.S.C., 327. Supp . VI, title 16, sec . 581b), $237,066. Fruit and vegetable crops and diseases : For investigation and Fruit and vegetable crops and diseases control of diseases, for improvement of methods of culture, propa- gation, breeding, selection, and related activities concerned with the p roduc tion of f ruits, nut s, ve geta bles, orna ment als, and r elat ed