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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 109-MAY 5,1945 44 Stat. 1422. 68 Stat. 742. 5 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 574. 37 Stat. 315. 42 Stat. 833. 33 Stat. 1269 . 56 Stat. 40. 7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, i 149. 58 Stat. 734. 7 U. S. C., Supp. IV, I 147a. Airplanes. and indication of their extent and distribution on maps, and deter- mination of their potential productivity under adapted cropping and improved soil management, $913,000. Agricultural engineering: For investigations involving the appli- cation of engineering principles to agriculture, including farm power and equipment, rural water supply and sanitation, and rural electrifi- cation; farm buildings and their appurtenances and buildings for processing and storing farm products, and the preparation and dis- tribution of building plans and specifications; cotton ginning, and other engineering problems relating to the production, processing, transportation and storage of agricultural products, $445,500. National Arboretum: For the maintenance and development of the National Arboretum established under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a National Arboretum, and for other purposes", approved March 4, 1927 (20 U. S. C. 191-194), including travel expenses of the advisory counsel, $26,800, of which not to exceed $2,500 may be expended for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706 (a) of the Act of September 21, 1944 (Public Law 425). BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses, independently or in cooperation with public or private agencies, including individuals, corporations, or foreign gov- ernments, necessary for investigations, experiments, demonstrations and surveys for the promotion of economic entomology, for investi- gating and ascertaining the best means of destroying insects and related pests injurious to agriculture, for importing useful and bene- ficial insects and bacterial, fungal, and other diseases of insects and related pests, for investigating and ascertaining the best means of destroying insects affecting man and animals, and the best ways of utilizing beneficial insects, for carrying into effect the provisions of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended (7. U. S. C. 151-167), the Honey Bee Act (7 U. S . C . 281-282), the Insect Pest Act (7 U. S. C . 141-144), the Mexican Border Act (7 U. S . C. 149) and the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (Public Law 425), authorizing the eradication, control, and prevention of spread of injurious insects and plant pests; including the operation and maintenance of airplanes and the purchase of not to exceed seven and not to exceed $544,493 for personal services in the District of Columbia, as follows: Insect investigations: For the investigation of insects affecting fruits, grapes, nuts, trees, shrubs, forests and forest products, truck and garden crops, cereal, forage and range crops, cotton, tobacco, sugar plants, ornamental and other plants and agricultural products, household possessions, and man and animals; for bee culture and apiary management; for classifying, identifying, and collecting information to determine the distribution and abundance of insects; for investigations in connection with introduction of natural enemies of injurious insects and related pests and for the exchange with other countries of useful and beneficial insects and other arthropods; for developing methods, equipment, and apparatus to aid in enforcing plant quarantines and in the eradication and control of insect pests and plant diseases; and for investigations of insecticides and fungi- cides, including methods of their manufacture and use and the effects of their application, $2,114,900. 146 [59 STAT.

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