442 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 266. 1924. _ provement of broomcorn and methods of broomcorn production, {:.°§°°,g,°,, dam,.} $684,220: P704??;¢i€d, That $411,315 shall be set aside for the_location ¤¤¤· of and destruction of the barberry bushes and other vegetation from which rust spores originate: Promlled further, That $111,315 of this Sgt*;**¤{;°$;*;’$£Y amount shall be available for expegisdzitigigl only when lan equgl aénount ’ " shall have been appropriated su ri or contri uted y tates, counties, or local authorities, br by individuals or organizations, for T mm _ the accomplishment of such purposes; ° °"'°°°“°°' For the mvest1gation and unfprovexgfnt of tobacco and the methods _ of tobacco roduction and han ing 6 300 · ‘*“°l"“° °'°°°' d Flpgh the and$physiologibal study of alkali-resistant and _ ro t-resistant crops, 19 555· gagiiiig pmt mum For sugar-plant investigzitioiis, includingwsgzudies of diseases and G lmdsmc. the improvement of sugar beets and sugar- seed, $119,955; For mvestigation, improvement, and nt1l1zation of wild plants and grazing launds, and for $éi;termining the distribution of weeds and means of eir control 100·
°t°" wp For the investigation and improvement of methods of crop produc-
. tion under subhumid, semiarid, or dry-land conditions, $180,000: 1.,.,2 mah) Sgiilpt the lixpitatiiolpls in this Alizt ps to $$2; jcost of farm ·¥’· dm,,,· u' gs not appy to `s paragrap : ro•v‘ urther That Hwngtm um no part of this iipprfgpodgpionbshah be¥used in the free distribution or pro agation or StI'1 ution 0 cuttings seedlin or trees of willbw, box elder, ash, caragana; or other cdmmon gslrieties of fruit, ornamental, or shelter-belt trees in the Northern Great Plains grea, expelpt gw e1x§)ri1p1ep)ta]l or demopsttgation purposes in the tates o ort an ut a ota west o e one hun redth merid- Nom Mdmam ian, andlin Mlgntana a1}d Wyoniliplg east of the five thousand—foot " contour ine: r0#vulcd' wrther at no part of this appropriation mm _ mm R- shall used for the establishment of any new held statigii); P _ cmm8d"{;§,,,‘;_ For investigations in connection with western irrigation agriculture, the utilization of lands reclaimed under the Reclamation Act, Edible mm and other areas in_ the and and semiarid regions, $93,175; omm¤g,hawau¤g, For_ the investigation, improvement, encouragement, and deter- °“’· mination of the adaptability to different soils and climatic conditions of pecans, almonds, Persian walnuts, black walnuts, hicko nuts, butternuts, chestnuts, iilberts, and other nuts, and formethodls pf gg·o§’pg&giarvest1ng, packing, shipping, storing, and utilizing the am · giuexiig, mmaung, Foixthe inwestigption and improvement of fruits, and the methods °*°· of fruit growing, arvesting, handling, and studies of the physiological and related changes of ruits and vegetables during the processes _ of marketing and while in commercial storage, $139,125; ~m¤5‘#»¤·=m¤ ,.1;: ;2*&@;;::2S.;a$: {aaa:s;a11aP;.s°¤Pd2s*h¤£€ia¤· C1 0 a in on u t and lighting of the grounds gud the constmctibxiii suiligcing, gig repamng o roadways and walks; and to erect, manage, and maintain conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and fruit propagating hptpires gn the grgpéiggoof the Department of Agriculture in the city o as in on · t,&*jgff,§S°?I*‘”“l ““"°s’ For hortlgiircgulturalhnvestigations, including the study of producin Mmmm wget? and harvesting truck and related crops, including potatoes ang bles,etc. studies of the phyiiologilgal and related changes of vegetables ivvhile in e processes o mar eting and in commercial storage, and the sdidy of gérgdgggpe and vegetable gardening, floriculture, and related pu an . Su lac i . i . . ggggrgérrjlfiexiiegzx For ifivestigating, in cooperation with States or privately owned wm, or sacks, me nurseries. methods of propagating fruit trees, ornamental and other- ¤¤B$·°‘°· plants, the study of stocks used in propagating such plants and
