FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 985. 1902. 297 To investigate, in collaboration with the Bureau of Animal Industr , l'"°S“$““°“ °* the chemistry of dairy products and of adulterants used therein, arid dm Pmdum m` of the adulterated products: to determine the composition of process angd other treated butters, and other chemical studies relating to dairy r ucts. P To study, in collaboration with the lVeather Bureau and agricultural cQ:,§;‘“ ‘“"’ °“‘°‘ experiment stations, the influence of environment upon the chemical · composition of wheat and other cereals, with especia reference to the variation in the content of gluten, and the suitability of barley for brewing and other purposes. To investigate the chemical composition of sugar-producing plants p§m“§f"P'°°“°‘“* in the United States and its possessions, and, in collaboration with the Weather Bureau and agricultural experiment stations, to study the effects of environment upon the chemical composition of sugarproducing plants, especially with reference to their content of available sugar, sixty thousand five hundred dollars. Twenty thousand S“`“"· dollars of which sum, or so much thereof as is necessary, shall be used in investigatilnf, determining, and reporting the proper treatment and process in o er to secure uniform grade and quality of first-class marketable table sirun. Total for Bureau of Chemistry, seventy-three thousand seven hundred dollars. · _ BUREAU or sorts. "‘"°··“°”°*** Bumuu or So11.s, sarxruns: One soil hysicist, who shall be Chief S““""“‘ of Bureau, three thousand five hundredp dollars; one scientist, two thousand five hundred dollars; one scientist, two thousand dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; two scientists, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; two scientists, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, three thousand two hundred dollars; two scientists, at one thousand four hundred dollars each, two thousand eight hundred dollars; two scientists, at one thousand two hundred dohars each, two thousand four hundred dollars; one scientist, one thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars: one clerk class three, one thousand six hundred C‘°’k¤» °*°· dollars; one clerk class two, one thousand four hundred dollars; tive clerks class one, six thousand dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each, three thousand dollars; one clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; two watchmen at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars: one charwoman, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Gamma!. rsxrzzvsrzs, BUREAU or Soms: Investigation of the relation f,‘j’;fQlf;§g’g°:*·0, of soils to climate and organic life; for the investigation of the texture sous. , and com sition of soils in the field and laboratory; for the investi - tion of th; cause and prevention of the rise of alkali in the soils of Bile irrigated districts; the investigation of the relation of soils to drainage and seepage waters, and of methods for the prevention of the accumulation of and injury from seepage waters in irrigated districts; for investigations of soils in continental United States and for indicating upon maps or plats, by coloring or otherwise, the results of suc investigations: to map the tobacco soils of the United States; to inves- ’f<>¤¤¢¤<>· tigate the soils and conditions of tobacco growth in Cuba, Sumatra, and other tobacco·competing countries; to investigate, in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant lndustry, the methods of curing, with particular reference to fermentation; to originate, through selection and breedin , improved varieties for the principal tobacco districts of the United States, and to secure, as far as may be, a change in the methods of sup lvin tobacco to foreign countries; the location of the stations; rent of) builgliugs, not to exceed two thousand dollars per annum, for R°¤f· office and laboratory purposes; the employment of local and special "°°""°8°°"•°*°·
