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 74TH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 489. JUNE 4, 1936 . 1435 of employees and advisory council, and other necessary expenses, $34,307, of w hich such amounts as may be necess ary may be expend ed Landscape architects. by cont ract or o ther wise for the serv ices of c onsu ltin g la ndsca pe architects wi thout reference t o the Classificat ion Act of 1923, as amend ed, o r civ il-se rvice rules. Nematology : For crop technological investigations, including the Kematologre . study of plant-infesting nematodes, $43,961. Plant exploration and introduction : For investigations in seed and Pla nt exploration plant introdu ction including t he stud collectio n ttesting, and introduction. p ropagation, and distributin of rare and valuable purchase, seed, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign countries and from our pos sessi ons, and for expe rime nts with refe renc e to thei r introduction and cultivation in this country, $204,483. Pla nt nutrition : For p lant-nutrition inv esti gat ion s, $16,024. Plant nutrition in- vestigations. Rubber and other tropical plants : For investigation of crops, from Rubber, etc ., plants. tropical regions, and for the study and improvement of rubber plants by cu ltura l met hods, breed ing, accli matiza tion, adap tation, and sele c- tion, and for investigation of their diseases, $46,749. Seed investigations : For studying and testing commercial seeds Se ed in vesti gatio ns. 7 Testing commercial including the testing of samples of seeds of grasses, clover, or alfalfa, seeds and grass es. and lawn-grass seeds secured in the open market, and where such samples are found to be adulterated or misbranded the results of the tests shall be published, together with the names of the persons by whom the seeds were offered for sale, and for carrying out the sionr et nting admis- provisions of the Act approved August 24, 1912 (U. S. C., title 7, vol, 37,p.506;Vol. sees . 111-111), entitled "An Act to regulate foreign commerce by 44u'sc., p. 117. prohibiting the admission into the United States of certain adultered 1 grain and seeds unfit for seeding purposes", as amended by the Act approved April 26, 1926 (U. S. C., title 7, sees. 111, 115, 116), $67 .293 : Provided, That not to exceed $250 of this amount may neri ostional Seed be used for meeting the share of the United States in the expenses of Testing Congress. the International Seed Testing Congress in carrying out plans for correlating the work of the various adhering governments on prob- lems relating to seed analysis or other subjects which the congress may determine to be necessary in the interest of international seed trade. Soil-fertility investigations : For soil investigations into causes of Soil-fertility investi- infertility ; maintenance of productivity ; effects of soil composition, g ati•ns' cultural methods, fertilizers, and soil amendments on yield and quality of crops ; and the properties, composition, formation, and transformation of soil organic matter, $172,157. Soil microbiology investigations : For investigations of the micro- soil microbiology in. organisms of the soil and their activities, including the testing of Pestigations. samples procured in the open market, of cultures for inoculating legumes, other crops, or soil, and the publication of results, and if any such samp les are found to be impure, nonvia ble, or misbrande d, the results o f the tests may b e published, toge ther with the nam es of the manufacturers and of the persons by whom the cultures were offered for sale, $39,854. Sugar-plant investigations : For sugar-plant investigations, includ- sugar-plant investi. ing studies of diseases and the improvement of sugar beets and sugar- gati ons. beet seed, $312,079. Tobacco investi gations : For the investigat ion and i mprovement Tobacco investiga- tions. of tobacco and the methods of tobacco production and handling, $137,744 . Western irrigation agriculture : For investigations in connection 1we e irrigation with western irrigation agriculture, the utilization of lands reclaimed 'So in original.