74TH CONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 489. JUNE 4, 1936.
144 1 by micro-org anisms such as yeasts, bacter ia, molds, and fungi ; t he utilization for color, medicinal, and technical purposes of substances grown or produced in the United States, $171,243 . Agricultural fires and explosive dusts : For the inve stig atio n, development, experimental demonstration, and application of meth- ods for the prevention and control of dust explosions and fires dur- ing the harvesting, handling, milling, processing, fumigating, and storing of agricultural products, and for other dust explosions and resulting fires not otherwise provided for, including fires in grain mills and elevators, cotton gins, cotton-oil nulls, and other structures ; the heating, charring, and ignition of agricultural products ; fires on farms and in rural communities and other explosions and fires in connection with farm and agricultural operations, $48,403 . Naval-stores investigations : For the investigation of naval stores (turpentine and rosin) and the ir components ; t he inv est iga tio n a nd experimental demonstration of improved equipment, methods, or processes of preparing naval stores ; the weighing, storing, handling, transportation, and utilization of naval stores ; and for the assem- bling and compilation of data on production, distribution, and con- sumption of turpentine and rosin, pursuant to the Act of August 15, 1935 (49 Stat ., p . 653), $79,241 . Soil survey : For the investigation of soils and their origin, for survey of the extent of classes and types, and for indicating upon maps and plats, by coloring or otherwise, the results of such inves- tigations and surveys, $301,208 . Soil chemical and physical investigations : For chemical, physical, and physical-chemical investigations of soil types, soil composition, and soil minerals, the soil solution, solubility of soil, and all chemi- cal and physical properties of soils in their relation to soil forma- tion, soil texture, erosibility, and soil productivity, $78,081 . Fertili zer in vestig ations : For investigations within the United States of fertilizers, fertilizer ingredients, including phosphoric acid and potash, and other soil amendments and their suitability for agri cultur al use , $269 ,595 . Total, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, $1,398,272, of which amount not to exceed $1,106,747 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia, and not to exceed $2,420 shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger- carrying vehicles necessary in the conduct of field work outside the District of Columbia . BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE Plan tt Qua ran ti ne and reau . Salarie s and expens es . SAL ARIE S AND FXPENSES For necessary expenses connected with investigations, experi- ments, and demonstrations for the promotion of economic entomol- ogy, for investigating and ascertaining the best means of destroying insects and related pests injurious to agriculture, for investigating an d impo rting u seful and be nefici al ins ects an d bact erial, funga l, and other diseases of insects and related pests, for investigating and ascer- taining the best means of destroying insects affecting man and ani- mals, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, to conduct other activities hereinafter authorized, and for the eradication, control, and prevention of spread of injurious insects and plant pests ; independently or in cooperation with other branches of the Federal Government, States, counties, municipalities, corpora- tions, agencies, individuals, or with foreign governments ; including the employment of necessary persons and means in the District of 104019'-36 ----91 Agricultural fires and dust exp losions . Naval -store s inves ti . gations, etc . Turpen tine and ros in, stat istics . Ante, p.653. Soil survere . Soil trepes, etc., chem- ical and phresical inves- tigations. Fertilizer investiga- tions . Services in the D is- trict . Vehi cles . Investigations, etc ., of insect s . Plant Quarantine Ac t, enforcement . Vol.37,p.315. U.S.C.,p.122.
