SIXTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 127. 1921. 132]. $660 each, fomteen at $600 each, ten at $480 each; charwomen—- eleven at $480 each, twenty-one at $240 each; in all, $501,000. Gmmnsr. nxrnNsr.s, BUBEAU or PLANT INnUsTnY: For all neces- ,,,§,?é,,°{,?§,‘§,fP§';f”·*°‘ sary expenses in the investigation of fruits, fruit trees, ain, cotton, tobacco, ve etables, grasses, forage, drug, medicinal? poisonous, iiber, and otger plants and plant in ustries, in cooperation with other branches of the department, the State experiment stations, and ractical farmers, and for the erection of necessary farm buildings: Pr . Provided, That the cost of any building erected shall not exceed L1$a”i° for manu;. $1,500; for field and station expenses, includ' fences, drains, and other farm improvements; for re airs in them§istrict of Columbia and elsewhere; for rent outside ofp the District of Columbia; and for the employment of all investigators, local and special agents, agricul· h“'°““€"*°'“·°’°· tural 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: _ For investigations of plant diseases and pathological collections, Fmt ‘“s°°s°S·°“’· includin the maintenance of a plant—disease survey, $72,000: Providef That $10,000 of this amount shall be used for research in 1;;?.°cl§°{,s,diSm,,s, brown-rot and kindred diseases of peach trees; For the investigation of diseases of orchard and other fruits, O”!l"d’°°°"°’°m' $80,935: Provided, That $8,000 of said amount shall be available iiganlgf for the investigation of diseases of the pecan; ummm For conducting such investigations of the nature and means of °" communication o the disease 0 citrus trees known as citrus canker, and for appl g such methods of eradication or control of the disease as in the ]udig11i1ent of the Secretary of Agriculture may be necessary, including the payment of such expenses and the employment of such persons and means, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, coop tmexpmd and cooperation with such authorities of the States concerned, a¤m.°°° ` organizations of growers, or individuals, as he may deem necessary to accomplish such ulpmiposes, $79,720, and, in the discretion of the Ima, coummwm Secretary of Agric ture, no expenditures shall be made for these r•q¤ir<=<1· pugposes until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures sh have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by State, county, or local authorities or by individuals or organizations for the Pr _ accomplishment of such purposes: Promkkd, That no part of the N,,°§',;',‘Z',.,,.;.,,,;,,,,..; money herein appropriate shall be used to (pay the cost or value of “’°‘”»°°°- trees or other property inyured or destroye ; hw For the investigation 0 diseases of forest and ornamental trees mwgxfx °°,:rk and shrubs, including a study of the nature and habits of the parasitic cams. fungi causing the chestnut-tree bark disease, the white-pine blister rust, and other eipidemic tree diseases, for the purpose of discovering new methods o control and applying methods of eradication or control already discovered, $81,115; _ www in mm For applying such methods of eradication or control of the white- me P ° pine blister rust as in the judgment of the Secretary of Agriculture °°§,‘;g,°};ggl'jj,gf‘ md may be necessary, including the payment of such expenses and the em lo ent of such persons and means in the city of Washington and) ellslenwhere, in cooperation with such authorities of the States concerned, organizations, or individuals as he may deem necessary LMI to accomplish suchupurposes, $100,000, and in the discretion of the °"°"""‘°°°"" Secretary of Agri ture no expenditures shall be made for these p oses until a. sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shudig have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed y_ States, county, or local authorities, or by individuals or orgamzations for Pmm_ the accomplishment of such p ses: Provided, That no part of the Nupggtwdeshwd money herein appropriated shhdllobe used to agay the cost or value °°°°’ of trees or other property injured or destroy ; 44281°—2l·—-85
