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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss. III . Cs. 278 . 1931 . cooperation ex- the city of Washi ngton and els ewhere, and c ooperation wit h such penses,
authorities of the States concerned, organizations of growers, or individuals, as he may deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, eoLi ited °tolocal, etc . - $ 40,000, and, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, no expenditures shall be made for these purposes until a sum or sums at least equal to such expenditures shall have been appropriated, su bscri bed, or co ntri buted by S tate, coun ty, o r loc al au thori ties, or by individuals or organizations for the accomplishment of such pu r- Proviso.
oses : Provided, That no part of the money herein appropriated for trees de- stroyed .
sha ll be used to pay the cost or value of t res or other p rperty injured or destroyed . Forest pathology.
Forest pathology : For the investigation of diseases of forest and ornamental trees and shrubs, including a study of the nature and disease , chestnut etc. tree bark habits of the parasitic fungi causing te chestnut-tree bark disease, the white-pine blister rust, and other epidemic tree diseases, for the purpose of discovering new methods of control and applying methods Vol. 45, p.701.
of eradication or control already discovered, and including $125,000 U.S . c ., supp . iv, for investigations of diseases of forest trees and forest products, p. 175.
under section 3 of the Act approved May 22 ) 1928 (U. S. C., Supp. III, title 16, sec . 581b), $223,572 . White Blister rust pine eont bl ist er
Blister rust control : For applying such methods of eradication rust, eradi cation meth- or control of the white-pine blister rust as in the judgment of t he ode . 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, in cooperation with such au thori ties of th e Sta tes c oncer ned, organ izati ons, or in divi duals as he may deem necessary to accomplish such purposes, and in the dis- cretion of the Secretary of Agriculture no expenditures shall be Local c ontribu tions made for these purposes until a sum or sums at least equal to such required• expenditures shall have been appropriated, subscribed, or contrib - uted by State, county, or local authorities, or by individuals or organizations for the accomplishment of such purposes, $456,000 : Pr No pay for oviso . t rees,e te ., Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay destroyed .
the cost or value of trees or other property injured or destroyed . Plant nutrition .
For plant -nutr ition inve stiga tions , $18 ,050 . Cotton production, Cotton production and diseases : For investigation of cotton pro- etc' duction, including the improvement by cultural methods, breeding, ac clima tizat ion, adapt ation , and sele ction , and for inves tiga tion and control of diseases, $233,140, Rubber, fiber, and Rubber, fiber, and other tropical plants : For investigation of other tropical plants . cro s introduced from tropical regions, and for the improvement o f Acclimatizing, etc . rub er, abaca, and other fiber plants by cultural methods, breeding, acclimatization, adaptation, and selection, and for investigation of H ard fi bers pr oduc- their diseases, and for determining the feasibility of increasing the tion .
production of hard fibers outside of the continental United States, $140,463 . Drug plants, etc.
Drug and related plants : For the investigation, testing, and improvement of plants yielding drugs, spices, poisons, oils, and Nematology .
related products and by-products, $58,120 . Hema tolog y : For crop technological investigations, including the study of plant-infesting nematodes, $58 260 . Seed lab T esting commerci al orat ory .
Seed labora tory :
studying and testing g commerc ial see ds > seeds and gras ses .
including the testing of samples of seeds of grasses, clover, or alfalfa, and l awn-grass see ds secured in the open mark et, and where such samples are found to be adulterated or misbranded the results of the tests shall be published, together with the names of the persons by sion Pro of seeds, etc . admix- whom the seeds were offered for sale . and for carrying out the pro- Vol .37,p . 506; Vol . Visions of the Act approved August 24, 1912 (U . S . C ., title 7, sets . 44, . 325. p. s5.
111-1 14), entitled "An Act to re gulate foreig n commerce by pro- hibiting the admission into the United States of certain adulterated
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