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together with the names of the persons by whom the seeds were 

 oll'ered for sale, $i2(),000: 



For the investigation and improvement of cereals and methods of 

 lereal proilurtion, and the stndy of cereal diseases, and f<»r the investi- 

 gation of the cultivation and breeding of ilax for seed purposes, 

 including a study of flax diseases, $104,925: Piorided. That not less 

 than $;30,000 shall be set aside for the study of corn imjirovement 

 and methods of corn production; 



For the investigation and improvement of tobacco and the methods 

 of tobaci'o ])roduction and handling. $31,0-]0; 



For the investigation and improvement of forage crops and meth- 

 ods of forage-crop production, $25,000; 



For testing and breeding fibrous plants, including the testing of 

 fhix straw, in cooperation with the N^orth Dakota Agricultural Col- 

 lege, which may be used for paper making, $10,8-10; 



For the breeding and physiological study of alkali-resistant and 

 drought-resistant crops, $19,280; 



For the investigation and improvement of sugar-producing plants 

 including their utilization and culture, $38,595; 



For investigations in economic and systematic botany and the 

 miprovement and utilization of wild plants and grazing lands, 

 $22,000 ; 



To investigate and encourage the adoption of improved methods 

 of farm management and farm practice, and for farm demonstration 

 work, $375,000: Provided. That of the amount hereby appropriated 

 the sum of $8,800 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, $375,000: 



For the investigation and improvement of methods of crop j)ro- 

 duction under semiarid or dry-land conditions, $130,000: Provided, 

 That the limitation in this Act as to the cost of farm buildings shall 

 not apply to this paragraph: 



For studvina- methods of clearing off '" logged-off " 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 by-]iroducts arising in the process of clearing, in coop- 

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

 l,$ii,000; 



For investigations in connection with western irrigation agricul- 



1' ' ture. the utilization of lands reclaimed under the^ reclamation Act. 

 I and other areas in the arid and semiarid regions, $75,000; 

 I For the investiiration and improvement of fruits, and the methods 

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

 ping, and for exj^erimental shipments of fruits within the United 

 States and to foreign countries, $92,000; 

 To cultivate and care for experimental gardens and grounds, man- 

 * age and maintain conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and frtnt 



projiagating houses. $11.<)90; 

 j I For horticnitural investigations, including the study of producing, 

 j ! handling. shii)ping. and marketing truck and related crops, mcluding 

 I ! the continuance of the potato and sugar-beet seed work provided for 

 * ' in the aui-icultural Act of August tenth, nineteen hundred and twelve 



