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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 464-JUNE 16, 1938 Industrial utiliza- tion of farm products and byproducts. Agricultural fires and explosive dusts. Naval-stores in- vestigations. Turpentine and ros- in, data. 49 Stat. 653. 5 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 556b. Soil survey. Soil chemical and physical investigations. Fertilizer Investiga- tions. Personal services, D.C. Vehicles. Bureau of Ento- mology and Plant Quarantine. Salaries and ex- penses. Investigations, etc. cooperate with associations and scientific societies in the development of methods of analysis, $372,500. Industrial utilization of farm products and byproducts: For the investigation, development, experimental demonstration and applica- tion of methods for the industrial utilization of agricultural prod- ucts, waste, and byproducts, and products made therefrom, except as otherwise provided for in this Act, by the application of chemical physical, and technological methods, including the changes produced by micro-organisms such as yeasts, bacteria, molds, and fungi; the utilization for color, medicinal, and technical purposes of substances grown or produced in the United States, $236,200, of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for the construction and equipment of an experimental laboratory building, to be erected on land donated to the United States. Agricultural fires and explosive dusts: For the investigation, devel- opment, experimental demonstration, and application of methods for the prevention and control of dust explosions and fires during the harvesting, handling, milling, processing, fumigating, and storing of agricultural products, and for other dust explosions and resulting fires not otherwise provided for, including fires in grain mills and elevators, cotton gins, cotton-oil mills, and other structures; the heat- ing, charring, and ignition of agricultural products; fires on farms and in rural communities and other explosions and fires in connection with farm and agricultural operations, $40,000. Naval-stores investigations: For the investigation of naval stores (turpentine and rosin) and their components; the investigation and experimental demonstration of improved equipment, methods, or processes of preparing naval stores; the weighing, storing, handling, transportation, and utilization of naval stores; and for the assembling and compilation of data on production, distribution, and consumption of turpentine and rosin, pursuant to the Act of August 15, 1935 (5 U.S. C. 556b), $79,400. Soil survey: For the investigation of soils and their origin, for sur- vey of the extent of classes and types, and for indicating upon maps and plats, by coloring or otherwise, the results of such investigations and surveys, $298,708. Soil chemical and physical investigations: For chemical, physical, and physical-chemical investigations of soil types, soil composition, and soil minerals, the soil solution, solubility of soil, and all chemical and physical properties of soils in their relation to soil formation, soil texture, erosibility, and soil productivity, $76,700. Fertilizer investigations: For investigations within the United States of fertilizers, fertilizer ingredients, including phosphoric acid and potash, and other soil amendments and their suitability for agri- cultural use, $263,800. Total, Bureau of Chemisty 1 and Soils, $1,457,508, of which amount not to exceed $1,003,541 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $1,900 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia. BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE SALRIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses connected with investigations, experiments, and demonstrations for the promotion of economic entomology, for 2 So in original. 730 [52 STAT.

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