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W-6 The Introduction. Multiplication. Preservation and Deter- 



mination of the Potential Value of New Plants for Industrial 

 and Other Purposes ! To: (1) cooperate in a coordinated program 

 of plant explorations both foreign and domestic to obtain plant 

 materials and to determine their potential value for industrial 

 and other purposes; (2) establish and maintain a Regional Plant 

 Introduction Station and secondary stations if desired; (3) 

 initiate a program of cataloging, preserving, multiplying dis- 

 tributing, and reporting performance of introduced and domestic 

 seed and plant materials of potential value in the region; (4) 

 maintain and preserve the germ plasm of field and horticultural 

 plants of economic value in the region; (5) coordinate the pro- 

 gram with programs in other regions. 



Cooperating stations: Federal-grant projects - 



Idaho V, N. Mex. V 



