FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ch. 140. 1896. 103 FORESTRY INVESTIGATIONS, Division or FoREsTRY: To enable the Diri¤i<>¤¤fF<>r¤¤¢ry· Secretary of Agriculture to experiment and continue an investigation and report on the subject of forestry and timbers, for traveling and other necessary expenses in the investigation, and for the collection and distribution of valuable economic forest-tree seeds and plants, twenty thousand dollars. EXPERIMENTAL GARDENS AND GROUNDS, DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- dE¤1¤¤rim¤¤¢¤1 Gu- CULTURE, Division or GARDENS AND GRoUNDs: Cultivation and care °“° °"° G'°““°“‘ of experimental gardens and grounds, including the keep of the lawns, trees, roadways, and walks; management and maintenance of the conservatories, and seed-testing and plant and fruit propagating houses; employment of foremen, gardeners, laborers, carpenters, painters, plumbers, and other mechanics; machinery, tools, wagons, carts, horses, harness, plows, lawn mowers, sprinklers, hose, watering cans, tubs, pots, and other implements required in cultivation; lumber, hardware, glass, paints, tin, stone, gravel, and other material required for repairs; fertilizers, insecticide apparatus, and chemicals; blacksmithing, horseshoeing, and repairs to implements and machinery; seeds, plants, and bulbs for propagating purposes; labels, potting, and packing materials, feed for horses, freight and express charges, twenty thousand dollars. S01L INVESTIGATIONS, DIVISION or So1Ls: Investigation of the rela- Divi¤i·>¤ of S<>¤¤ tion of soils to climate and organic life; for the investigation of the texture and composition of soils in the field and laboratory; the location of the stations and the rent of a building, not to exceed six hundred and sixty dollars per annum, for office and laboratory purposes; the employment of local and special agents, and other labor required in conducting experiments; the preparation of drawings and illustrations; for materials, tools, instruments, apparatus, gas, and supplies, and for traveling expenses, freight and express charges, ten thousand dollars. GRAss AND FORAGE PLANT INVESTIGATIONS, D1v1810N OF AGRos- Division of Agron- ToLOGY: Field and laboratory investigations relating to the natural °°‘°gy‘ history, geographical distribution, and uses of the various grasses and forage plants, and their adaptability to special soils and climates; establishment and maintenance of experimental grass stations; employment of local and special agents and assistants; collection of seeds, roots, and specimens for experimental cultivation and distribution; materials, tools, apparatus, supplies, and labor required in conducting experiments; freight and express charges and traveling expenses; the preparation of drawings and illustrations for special reports, and the preparation of illustrated circulars of information, bulletins, and monographic works on the forage plants and grasses of North America, ten thousand dollars. FIBER INVESTIGATIONS: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to F¤>¤ri¤v¤¤¤z•¤¤¤¤- continue the investigations relating to textile fibers indigenous in, or adapted to, the United States, including their economic growth, cleansing, and decorticatin g, preparatoryto manufacture; the testing machines and processes for said cleansing and decorticatin g; for the purchase of material for said tests; for the purchase of fiber plants and seeds for distribution, propagation, and experiment, and for the labor and expenses incident thereto; and for traveling expenses in connection with said duties, five thousand dollars. .AGRICULTURAL Exrnnrmnnr STATIONS, OFFICE or Exrnnmnnr im»;sg¤g1tg·;;¤;1 ¤=1><¤- S’rAT10Ns: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March v01. 24,p.-14d second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled **An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Acts supplementary thereto," and to enforce the execution thereof, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, thirty thousand dollars of which sum.shall $g{f*;g’*;ff;m_ be payable upon the order of the Secretary of Agriculture, to enable him to carry out the provisions of section three of the said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eightyseven; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement —“”°°* °“’°°‘“°"*°·
