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 408 Proviso. Cost limit for build- ings. Field, etc ., expenses. Investigators , agents, etc. Administrative ex- penses. Arlington, Va ., ex- perimental farm, etc. 31 Stat. 135. Wi ld plants and grazing l ands. Eradicating noxious weeds. Cer eal c rops and diseases, investiga- tion, etc. Flax, broomcorn, etc. Cotton, etc ., pro- duction and diseases. Sea Island cotton. Pro viso. Acquisition of tract near Greenville, Tex. Drug, etc ., plants. Dry-land, etc ., agri- culture : Post, p.761. Proviso. New field stat ion forbidden. Experimental green- house maintenance. Forage crops and diseases. Forest pathology. 75T H CON GRESS , 1ST SESSION-CH. 404-JUNE 29, 1937 ings : Provided, That the cost of any building erected, except head houses connecting greenhouses, shall not exceed $2,500 ; for field and station expenses, including fences, drains, and other farm improve- ments ; for repairs in the District of Columbia and elsewhere ; for rent outside the District of Columbia ; and for the employment of all investigators, local and special agents, agricultural explorers, experts, clerks, illustrators, assistants, and all labor and other necessary expenses in the city of Washington and elsewhere required for the investigations, experiments, and demonstrations herein authorized, as follows General administrative expenses : For necessary expenses for gen- eral administrative purposes, including the salary of chief of bureau and other personal services in the District of Columbia, $189,242. Arlington Farm : For continuing the necessary improvements to establish and maintain a general experiment farm and agricultural station on the Arlington estate, in the State of Virginia, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved April 18, 1900 (31 Stat ., pp. 135, 136), $49,414. Botany : For investigation, improvement, and utilization of wild plants and grazing lands, and for determining the distribution of weeds and means of their control, $76,635, of which $40,000 shall be expended for scientific investigation concerning control and era dication of white top, bind weed, and other noxious weeds. Cereal crops a nd diseases : F or the investi gation and imp roveme nt o f cerea ls, inc luding corn, a nd met hods of cereal produc tion an d for the study and control of cereal diseases, and for the investigation of the cultivation a nd breeding of fl ax for seed purpos es, including a study of flax diseases, and for the investigation and improvement of broomcorn and methods of broomcorn production, $541,721. Cotton and other fiber crops and diseases : For investigation of the production of cotton and other fiber crops, including the improve- ment by cultural methods, breeding, and selection, fiber yield and qualit, and the control of diseases, $406,435, of which sum not less than 15,000 shall be used for experimenting in Sea Island cotton, including its hybridization with other varieties : Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to acquire, by gift, devise, or by purchase in fee simple for a sum not to exceed one dollar, a tract of land containing approximately fifteen acres, now a part of the cotton field station near Greenville, Texas. Drug and related plants : For the invest igation, testi ng, and improvement of plants yielding drugs, spices, poisons, oils, and rel ated products and byproducts, $47, 139. Dry-land agriculture : For the investigation and improvement of m ethods of crop produc tion un der su bhumid, semiar id, or dry-lan d conditions, $215,578 : Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the establishment of any new field station. Experimental greenhouse maintenance : For maintenance and operation of experimental greenhouses and adjacent experimental grounds and plots, $78,632. Forage crops and diseases : For the investigation and improvement o f forag e crops, inclu ding gr asses, alfalf as, clo vers, s oybeans , les pedezas, vetches, cowpeas, field p eas, and miscellan eous legumes ; for the investigation of green-manure crops and cover crops ; for investigations looking to the improvement of pastures ; and for the investigation of forage-crop diseases and methods of control, $300,193. Forest pathology : For the investigation of diseases of forest and ornamental trees and shrubs, including a study of the nature and habits of the parasitic fungi causing the chestnut-tree bark disease,