AGRICULTURAL AI*PIU)rRIATION MILL, r.C4. !.')<» 



Mr. Andkrson. And I would iinnj^iup tliat it wouWl vorv mutfriidly 

 ij'diicc tlic use of imported sr<»d. 



Doctor Tayi-ok. It wotild tnid t«) «Mu-oiini<;i> (In- prudurtioii of an 

 iid('(jMat(' supply Iwrc, flirouj^h tlir drv<>lopincut of prcftTiMiro -intolli- 

 m'Mt prt'frrt'ucc on tlw part of furuu'rs f(ir liomc-j^rowii s«mm|. 



Mr. Andkhson'. Docs this item includt' your rxporinuMitiil iin[)ort><? 



Doctor 'I'ayi.ok. The iinporl-sccd law adtninistratiou coinc-i under 

 this item. This doc-; not include forcij^n seed atid plant introduction. 



Mr. Andkkson. That is what I wjinte<l to know. I thouj^ht not, 

 hut I wanted to be sure. 



Vtm I\VK.STr(;ATt<)\AL WOIJK in rflK nfPROVKMKVT OK TKUKALS. 



Doctor Tvii.ou. On j)a;4e 10(1 is one nf (he most iniporlani >id>- 

 aj)pro{)rintions of (he bureau of IMant Industry <>r of the depart- 

 ment, this heinj; the one which covers the investigational work in 

 the improvement of cereals, ijicludin;; corrj and the methods of 

 cereal production. 



I( includes th(» investij^ntiomd work on (he disejises of (he cereals 

 as well as on the a«2:ronomio and plant hreedinj^ experimentation. 

 It also includes und(>r the proviso the funds for the harherry eradica- 

 tion campaii^n, now under way in I'.i of the princii)al wheat-«^rowing 

 States including the sprin<^-wheat States where tlie hlack-stem rust 

 of wheat has been most destructive. 



The change in the estimate* involves a reduction of $150,000 in 

 the money |)rovitled for barberry eradication, but an increjise of 

 $2r).()()() for investigational work outside of this proviso and the 

 transfer from the subappropriation for cereal-disease contrt)l pre- 

 viously r<»f(M'r(Ml to in connection with the fii-st para^irraph of SI"), 000. 

 which heretofore has been used in cereal-disease control work, and 

 it is desired to devote that to cereal-disease research work especially. 



The net chan<j;e. therefore, in the money carried by the subappro- 



Criation is a decrease of S110,000, all of which comes out of the 

 arberrv-eradication reduction, $25,000 of new money j^oing into 

 cereal research. 



Mr. Andeksox. Let me ask you if in connection with that $15,000 

 which is transferred from the cereal disease item on pa<^e 102, do you 

 expect to continue the same work that was done under that i(em, or 

 is it merely a transfer of that work i 



Doctor fAVLOR. Yes; work in that same jjjeneral field. 1 will ask 

 Doctor Kellerman to elaborate on that a little, so that it will be 

 clearly before the committee. 



CKI{K.\I.-I>ISEASK WOKK TIJ.\ NSFKKKKD. 



Doctor Kkixf:r.m.vx. Mr. Chairnum, you will probably recall under 

 the cereal-disease control item (here was inserted in the appropriation 

 this amount becau.se of the discovery of two diseases — flag smut and 

 take-all, in the Middle West. 



The invest i«!;at ions on the seriousness and the general spread of 

 take-all have indicated that it is a disease that spreads very slowly. 

 While it is a serious disease, it is a disease that does not need to be 

 handled as an eradication camj)aign. It can not be so handled, since 

 it occurs in several wheat areas. 1 1 is a research problem rather than 



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