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elsewhere required for the investigations, t^xpernnents, and demon- 

 strations herein authorized, as follows: 



For investigations of plant diseases and pathological collections 

 twenty-five thousand dollars; ' 



For the control of diseases of orchard and other fruits, forty thou- 

 sand six hundred and seventy-five dollars; 



For the control of diseases of forest and ornamental trees and 

 shrubs, twenty-nine thousand five hundred and ten dollars; 



For the control of diseases of cotton, truck, and forage crops and 

 related plants, twenty-two thousand dollars; 



For investigating the physiology of crop plants and for testing and 

 breeding varieties thereof, thirty thousand three hundred and e'ighty 

 dollars ; '^ 



For soil-bacteriology and plant-nutrition investigations, twenty- 

 six thousand one hundred and forty-five dollars; 



For acclimatization and adaptation investigations of cotton, corn, 

 and other crops introduced from tropical regions, and for the im- 

 provement of cotton by cultural methods, breeding, and selection, 

 thirty-three thousand three hundred dollars; 



For drug plant, poisonous plant, tea cu.lture, and general physio- 

 logical and fermentation investigations, forty-six thousand nine hun- 

 dred and thirty dollars; 



For crop technological and fiber plant investigations, ten thou- 

 sand and ten dollars; 



For investigating the ginning, handling, grading, baling, and 

 wrapping of cotton, and the establishment of standards for the dif- 

 ferent grades thereof, and for carrying into effect the provisions of 

 law relating thereto, twenty-six thousand dollars: Provided, That 

 not to exceed eight thousand dollars of this amount may be used for 

 the purchase of spinning machinery in order to conduct the necessary 

 tests in connection with the ginning, handling, and grading of cotton; 



For investigating the handling, grading, and transportation of 

 grain, and the fixing of definite grades thereof, fifty-five thousand 

 six hundred and forty dollars; 



For physical investigations in connection with the various lines of 

 work herein authorized, fifteen thousand six hundred and fifty-five 

 dollars ; 



To collect, purchase, propagate, test, and experiment with seeds 

 of interest to agi'iculture, including rare new seeds, bulbs, trees, 

 shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, fifty-two thousand four hundred 

 and thirty dollars, of which amount forty thousand dollars shall be 

 used for the purchase and distribution of drought-resistant field 

 seeds ; 



For studying and testing commercial seeds, including the testmg 

 of samples of seeds of grasses, clover, or alfalfa secured in the ojDen 

 market, * * * twenty-three thousand five hundred and thirty 

 dollars; 



The portion of this parnirrnph here oniittod. rolntiiicr to the piihlicntlon 

 of the results of tests where seeds are fount! aiUilterated or niishrande<l, 

 and the names of persons by whom they were offered for sale, is set forth 

 on p. 77, ante. 



For the investiiration and improvement of cereals and methods of 

 cereal production, and the study of cereal diseases, eighty thousand 

 seven hundred and sixty-five dollars ; 



