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 79TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 109-MAY 5, 1945 appraisement based on the meat, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraisement based on breeding value no appraisement of any animal shall exceed three times its meat or dairy value, and, except in case of an extraordinary emergency, to be determined by the Secre- tary, the payment by the United States Government for any animals shall not exceed one-half of any such appraisements: Providedfurther, That of said $305,000 not to exceed $5,000 may be used to control and eradicate the European fowl pest and similar diseases in poultry. BUREAU OF DAIRY INDUSTRY Salaries and expenses: For necessary expenses, including not to exceed $332,325 for personal services in the District of Columbia, of the Bureau of Dairy Industry in carrying out the provisions of the Act of May 29, 1924 (7 U. S . C . 401-404), including investigations, experiments, and demonstrations in dairy industry, cooperative investigations of the dairy industry in the various States, for carrying out the applicable provisions of the Acts of May 9, 1902 (26 U. S. C. 2325, 2326 (c), 2327 (b)), and August 10, 1912 (26 U. S . C. 2327 (c)), relating to process or renovated butter, and the Act of May 23, 1908 (21 U. S . C. 94 (a)) insofar as it relates to the exportation of process or renovated butter, $742,300. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, SOILS, AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERINO SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses, independently or in cooperation with public or private agencies, including individuals, necessary for investigations, experiments, and demonstrations in connection with the production and improvement of farm crops and other plants and plant industries; soils and soil-plant relationships, and the application of engineering principles to agriculture; plant diseases, including nematodes, and methods for their prevention and control; plant and plant-disease collections and surveys; the distribution of weeds and means for their control; methods of handling, processing, transportation, and storage of agricultural products; and plants in foreign countries and our possessions for introduction into the United States, including explora- tions and surveys, and propagation and testing in this country; for the operation and maintenance of airplanes and the purchase of not to exceed two; and for personal services in the city of Washington and elsewhere, as follows: Field crops: For investigations on the production, improvement, and diseases of alfalfa, barley, clover, corn, cotton, flax, grasses, oats, rice, rubber crops, sorghums, soybeans, sugar beets, sugarcane, tobacco, wheat, and other field crops, $1,983,900. Fruit, vegetable, and specialty crops: For investigations on the pro- duction, improvement, and diseases of fruit, vegetable, nut, orna- mental, drug, condiment, oil, insecticide, and related crops and plants, $1,572,000. Forest diseases: For investigations of diseases of forest and shade trees and forest products, and methods for their control, $252,700. Soils, fertilizers, and irrigation: For investigations of soil manage- ment methods to increase and maintain productivity, including fer- tilization, liming, crop rotations, tillage practices, and other means of improving soils; fertilizers, fertilizer ingredients, and their improve- ment for agricultural use; soil management and crop production on dry and irrigated lands, and the quality of irrigation water and its use by crops; and for the classification of soils in a national system 145 Eradication of Eu- ropean fowl pest, etc. 43 Stat. 243. 7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, i§ 401-404 note. 32 Stat. 193. 37 Stat. 269. 35 Stat. 254 . Plant and soil in- vestigation* Airplanes. 66347°-- -- PT. --- 10 59 STAT.]

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