SIXTY·EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 200. 1925. 831 untila sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contributed by States, county or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations for the accomplish- p,.,,,,;,,,_ ment of such purposes, $348,280: Provided, That no part of this ,m’j;g;*g"°'°°S"°Y°d appropriation shall be used to pay the cost or value of trees or other ` prgpertg injured or destroyed; or the investigation of diseases of cotton, potatoes, truck crops, ,,§°},,*gg;sg“°k °*°P¤» forage crops, drug and related plants, $130,080; " _ For investigating the physiology of crop plants and for testing ¤g$i°° mm phys‘°l` and breeding varieties thereof, $72,582; For soil-bacteriology and plant-nutrition investigations, including Sm b“°*°“°'°gY·°‘°- the testing of samples, procured in the open market, of cultures for " inoculating legumes, and if any such samples are found to be impure, _ nonviable, or misbranded, the results of the tests may be published, cuiP$.i,“`fm"“ °°""’ °‘ together with the names of the manufacturers and of the persons by “ whom the cultures were offered for sale, $52,235; . _ For soil-fertility investigations into organic causes of infertility °°mmm°y' and remedial measures, maintenance of productivity, pro erties, and composition of soil humus, and the transformation andp formation of soil humus by soil organisms, $49,040; _ For acclimatization and adaptation investigations of cotton, corn, ;,;}'jf§{,§"t§’{,§§" °’°¥" and other crops introduced from tropical regions, and for the im- i i provement of cotton and other fiber plants b cultural methods, Hmmm reeding, and selection, and for determining the feasibility of in- ` creasing the production of hard fibers outside of the continental mmm. United States, $197,658: Provided, That not more than $7,500 of this br§e%§;g¤¤¤¤¤ i¤¢¤r- sum may be used for experiments in oottonseed interbreeding: Pro- Ranma- producing vided further, That of this sum $50,000 may be used for explorations, Pl¤¤'$- research, and field experiments relating to potential rubber—producing` plants; or the investigation, testing, and improvement of plants yielding Dm "“““·°‘°· drugs, spices, poisons, oils, and related products and by-products and for general physiological and fermentation investigations, $46,992; Crop tachnolo · For crop technological investigations, including the study of ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤as. "' plant-infesting nematodes, $49,420; C I l For studying and testing commercial seeds, including the testing g»,.;$§S,lE{°§° ° °°°d" of samples of seeds of grasses, clover, or alfalfa, an lawnitgrass "°"‘“¥ °°‘°P‘°°·°'°· seeds secured in the open market, and where such samples are ound to be adulterated or misbranded the gesiljlts of the ltests lihall Ilje ublished to ether with the names 0 the persons y w om the Prmntinssdmissiun Seeds were otgzred for sale, and for carryintg out the provisions of S}l`{““°°°°° ’°°°"`"°" the Act approved August 24, 1912, entitle "An _Act to rggulate ‘°‘·"»P·°°°· foreign commerce by prohibiting the admission mto the_ mted States of certain adulterated grain and seeds unfit for seeding pur- Prom poses " (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 506), $58,230: Pro- ;,,,.,,,;m,,,,,,; $.,,,1 vided, That not to exceed $250 of this amount may be used for meet- '*`§,§gg §j,°g§;°;lSéeS on ing the share of the United States in the expenses of the International Seed Testing Congress in carrying out plans for correlating the work of the various adhering governments on problems relating to seed analysis or other subjects which the congress may determme to be necessary in the interest of international seed trade; _ Cams For the investigation and improvement of cereals, mcluding corn; gmpmvingem and methods of cereal production, and for the study and control o cereal diseases, including barberry eradication, and for the investigation of the cultivation and breeding of flax for_ seed purposes, including a study of iiax diseases, and for the investigation and }H1· provement of broomcorn and methods of broomcorn production, _ $699,340: Provided, That $375,000 shall be set aside for the location R1 u"’°,",°’,,;m dm,,,,_ of and destruction of the barberry bushes and other vegetation from ¤¤¤- ° 45822**-25T--55 '
