84 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



For the investigation and improvement of tobacco and the meth- 

 ods of tobacco production and handling, twenty-six thousand six 

 hundred and thirty dollars; 



For the investigation and improvement of forage crops and meth- 

 ods of forage-crop production, twenty thousand dollars; 



For testing and breeding fibrous plants, including the testing of 

 flax straw, in cooperation with the North Dakota Agricultural Col- 

 lege, which may be used for paper making, tAvelve thousand five 

 hundred and eighty dollars; 



For the breeding and physiological study of alkali-resistant and 

 drought-resistant crops, eighteen thousand one hundred and forty 

 dollars; 



For the investigation and improvement of sugar-producing plants, 

 including their utilization and culture, thirtj'-five thousand seven 

 hundred and ninety-five dollars; 



For taxonomic investigations and the study of methods for the 

 improvement of grazing lands, twenty-one thousand nine hundred 

 and thirty-dollars; 



To investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods 

 of farm management and farm practice, and for farm demonstration 

 work, three hundred thousand dollars: Provided^ That of the amount 

 hereby appropriated the sum of ten thousand dollars may be used 

 in the investigation and utilization of cacti and other dry-land plants 

 as food for stock ; 



For farmers' cooperative demonstrations and for the study and 

 demonstration of the best methods of meeting the ravages of the 

 cotton-boll weevil, three hundred and thirty-two thousand nine hun- 

 dred and sixty dollars ; 



For the investigation and improvement of methods of crop produc- 

 tion under semiarid or dry-land conditions, one hundred and twenty- 

 five thousand dollars: Proinded, liowcvei\ That the sum of fifty 

 thousand dollars of this amount, or so much thereof as may be neces- 

 sary, shall be used for the purchase of land and equipment and the 

 construction of buildings necessary to establish, equip, and maintain 

 an experimental fann in the northern section of the Great Plains 

 area to demonstrate the kind and character of plants, shrubs, trees, 

 berries, and vegetables best adapted to the climate and soil of the 

 semiarid lands of the United States: Pi'omded furtlici\ That the 

 limitation in this Act as to the cost of farm buildings shall not apply 

 to this paragraph ; 



For studying methods of clearing off " logged-otf " lands with a 

 view to their utilization for agricultural and dairying purposes; for 

 their irrigation; for testing powders in clearing them; and for the 

 utilization of l)v-]:)roducts arising in the jirocess of clearing, in coop- 

 eration with the States, companies, or individuals, or otherwise, five 

 thousand dollars; 



For investigations in connection with western irrigation agricul- 

 ture, the utilization of lands reclaimed under the reclamation Act, 

 and other areas in the arid and semiarid regions, sixty-nine thousand 

 six hundred dollars; 



For the investigation and improvement of fruits, and the methods 

 of fruit growing, harvesting, packing, storing, handling, and ship- 

 ping, and for experimental shipments of fruit< within the United 



