SIXTY-EIGHTH'CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 200. 1925. 839 GENERAL nxrnnsns, BUREAU or mrromoroer Gum, emmg _For the promotion of economic entomology; for investigating the ,6§,‘§°’§‘“**°“ °' ‘“‘ history and the habits of insects injurious and beneficial to agricul- is ` ture, horticulture, arboriculture, and the study of insects affecting the health of man and domestic animals, and ascertaining the best means of destroying those found to be injurious; for collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such investigations; for salaries and the employment of labor in the city of Washington O ,5.,,6 t and elsewhere, rent outside of the District of Columbia, freight, u I mb express charges, official traveling expenses, office fixtures, suppies, apparatus, te egraph and telephone service, gas, and electric current, 8,,,,.,,,0 ,,,m,,g,,, 111 connection with the following investigations: z¤;;<>¤?· _For investigations of insects affecting deciduous fruits, orchards, me Orchardmm vineyards, and nuts, $107,200; C al d I _ For investigations of insects aifecting cereal and forage crops, mi? an mm mcluding a special investigation of the Hessian fly, grasshopper, · alfalfa weevil and the chinch bug, $197,700; _ For investgations of insects affecting southern Held crops, includ- S°““‘°m ‘*""* °‘°P°· mg insects a ecting cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane, and so forth, and the cigarette beetle and Argentine ant, $255,440; For investigations of insects affecting forests, $75,000: Provided, l}‘},‘§‘,§§§j That $15,000 shall be used for preventing and combating infestations ¤£1g¤;*P;;g1¤miff**¤· of insects injurious to forest trees on and near the national forests, arc. 0 mm' independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, with States, counties, municipalities, or with private owners; For investigations of insects affecting truck crops, including in- Tmk °'°*”'°t°‘ sects and wireworms affecting the potato, sugar beet, cabbage, onion, tomato, beans, peas, and so forth, and insects affecting stored products, $171,250; For investigations and demonstrations in bee culture, $32,380; B°° $“1"”°‘ For investigations of insects affecting citrus and other trognical ,,QIj§‘§{°§1m€,'?d Sub and subtropical plants, and for investigations and control o the Mediterranean and other fruit flies, in cooperation with the Federal Horticultural Board, $71,385; _ _ Mmllanwm ,¤_ For investigations, identification, and systematic classification of me mmm; ammo: miscellaneous insects, including the study of insects affecting the ‘“°“·°‘°· health of man and domestic animals, household insects, an the im rtation and exchange of useful insects, $66,560; _ _ Fgr general administrative expenses connected with above lines ,,_,*,§,§,§,_?f‘“""“"'° °" of investigation, and for miscellaneous expenses incident thereto, $3,880; In all, general expenses, $980,795. rxu:vs;~rr·11~:o srxmn or Morris taiifilnpdgisimd mm To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to meet the emergency ,,,.§€§§,‘}‘§,‘}°§,,,,,*§,§’,§?,,'Y; caused by the continued spread o the gypsy and brown—ta1l moths ¤°°· by conducting such experiments as may be necessary to determine the best methods of controlling these insects; by introducing and establishing the parasites and natural enemies of these insects and Cooperative q,,,,,,_ colonizing them within the infested territory; by_ estabhshing and ¤¤¤¤¢ ¤¤¤i¤=¢¤¤¤¤¤· maintaining a quarantine against further spread in such a manner 31 as is provided by the general nursery stock law, approyed August V°*‘ 37’pp‘ 5*85* 20, 1912. as amended, entitled “An Act to regulate the importation of nursery stock and other plants and plant products, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain quarantine districts for plant diseases and insect gests, to permit and regulate the movements of fruits, plants, an vegetables therefrom, and
