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 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 131. MAY 17, 1935 . 259 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, 19 00 (31 Stat ., pp . 135, 136), $49,414 : Provided, That the limitations covior limitation not in this Act as to the cost of farm buildings shall not apply to this app licable . paragraph. Wild plants and graz- Botany : For investigation, improvement, and utilization of wild ing lands. plants and grazing lands, and for determining the dist ribution of weeds and means of their control, $76,635, of which $40,000 shall be expended for scientific investigation concerning control and eradica- tion of bind weed and other noxious weeds. Cereal crops and diseases : For the investigation and improvement e ce real cimpropsrov and n t, emet of cereals, including corn, and methods of cereal production and for etc ses, a . the study and control o f cereal diseases, and for the investigation of the cultivation and breeding of f lax for seed purposes, includi ng Fl ax, broomcorn, etc. a study of flax diseases, and for the investigation and improvement of broomcorn and methods of broomcorn production, $501,923. Cotton and other fiber crops and diseases : For investigation of a nd dtton sp roduction the production of cotto n and other fiber crops, including the improve- ment by cultural methods, breeding, and selection, fiber yield and quality, and the control of diseases, $406,435, of which sum not exceeding $15,000 shall be used for experimenting in Sea Island c otton, incl uding its hy bridi zation with other varie ties. Dru g and related pla nt s : For the investigation, testing, and Drug, etc ., plants. im prove ment of pl ants yield ing d rugs, spi ces, poiso ns, o ils, and related products and byproducts, $47,139. Dry-land agriculture : For the investigation and improvement of "Y-land agriculture, me thods of c rop p roduc tion under sub humid, sem iarid , or dry-l and conditions, $215,578 : Provided, That no part of this appropriation Nw • field station s shall be used for the establishment of any new field station . forbidden . E xper iment al g reen house mai nten ance : For mainte nance and Experim ental operation of experimental greenhouses and adjacent experimental greenhouse. grounds and plots, $78,632 . Forage crops and diseases : For the purchase, propagation, testing diseasese crops and and distribution of new and rare seeds ; for the investigation and im prove ment of gr asses , alf alfa, clo ver, and o ther forag e cro ps, i ncludi ng th e inve stigat ion a nd con trol o f dis eases, $290, 346 . Forest pathology : For the investigation of diseases of forest and Forest pathology. 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 methods of eradication or control already discovered, and including $127,357 U • s41,pp7 1. 672 . for investigations of diseases of forest trees and forest products, under section 3 of the Act approved May 22, 1928 (U . S . C ., Supp . VII, title 16, sec. 581b), $252,092. Fruit and vegetable crops and diseases : For investigation and crops Fruit and d iseveg etable control of diseases, for improvement of methods of culture, propa- gation, breeding, selection, and related activities concerned with the prod uctio n of frui ts, n uts, veget ables, orn ament als, and relat ed plants, for investigation of methods of harvesting, packing, shipping, storing, and utilizing these products, and for studies of the physio- logical and related changes of such products during processes of marketing and while in commercial storage, $1,151,192. Genetics and biophysics : For biophysical investigations in connec- Genetics and bio- tion with the va rious lines of wo rk he rein a uthori zed, $31,67 5. physics. Mycology and disease survey : For mcological collections and the Plant disease survey, mainte nance of a plant- diseas e sur vey,' $42,81 8. etc.