FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. ssa. H. cs. sos. 1901. 927 two thousand five hundred dollars; one pomologist, two thousand five hundred dollars; one agrostologist, `two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant pathologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant botamst, one thousand_ eight hundred dollars; one assistant pomologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant agrostologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks class three, three thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks class two, four thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks class one, three thousand six hundred dollars; five· clerks, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks, at eiglht hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand six hundred and eig ty dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. GENERAL EXPENSES, BUREAU or PLANT INDUSTRY; VEGETAELE mg;¤§§gg¤ti¤¤¤ Md rATHoL0e1cAL AND 1>HYs1oLOG1oAL 1NvEsT1GAT1oNs: Investigating the vegmiue pathonature of diseases injurious to fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, vege- l°g‘°“1·°‘°· tables, and other useful plants; experiments in the treatment of the same; the- study of plant physiology in relation to crop production and the improvement of crops by breeding and selection; to investigate the diseases affecting citrus fruits, pineapples, and truck crops grown during the winter in the Southern States; to investigate and report upon the diseases affecting plants on the Pacific coast; to originate 01'1Ilt»I‘O(ll1CB improved V8»1‘1BEl9S of fruits and vegetables in coo eration with the Section of Seed and Plant Introduction; to study tllle relation of soil and climatic conditions to diseases of plants, particularly with reference to the California vine diseases and the diseases of the sugar beet, in cooperation with the Bureau of Soils, and for other purposes connected with the discovery and practical application of improved methods of crop production; to continue the work of originating, by breeding and selection, in cooperation with the other · divisions of the Department and the experiment stations, new varieties of oranges, lemons, and other tropical and subtropical fruits more resistant to cold and disease, and of better quality; varieties of wheat and other cereals more resistant to rust and smut and better suited to the various sections of this country; varieties of cotton more resistant to disease and of longer and better staple, and varieties of pears and apples more resistant to blight and better adapted for export; the employment of investigators, local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and student scientific aids at an annual salary of four hundred and eighty dollars each, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; for gas and electric current; purchase of chemicals and apparatus 1'€ql1ll‘€d in the field and laboratory; necessary traveling expenses; the preparation of reports and illustrations; the rent of a building, not to exceed one thousand four hundred dollars per annum; and for other expenses céoplnected with the practical work of the investigations, sixty thousand o ars. PoMoLoe1oAL 1NvEsT1cAT1oNs: Investigating, collecting, and dis- t,;3¤gg)Q1;¤gi¤¤* *¤v¤¤· seminating information relating to the fruit industry; the collection ` and distribution of seeds, shrubs, trees, and specimens; and for collecting and modeling fruits, vegetables, and other plants, and furnishing duplicate models to the ex eriment stations of the various States as far as found practicable; tlie employment of investigators, local and special agents, clerks, assistants, student scientific aids at an annual salary of four hundred and eighty dollars each, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; for traveling and other necessary expenses; to continue the investigations and experiments in the introduction of
