SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 179. 1917. 1],53 one machinist, $1,380; one instrument maker, $1,200; one machinist’s helper, $900; one messenger, $840; three messengers, memenger boys, or aborers, at $480 each; two laborers, at $600 each; one laborer, $300; one charwoman or laborer, $480; in all, $72,220. Gnrmnan Exrnnsns, Bmrnau or Sons: For all necessary expen- °°"'"l °'°°"’°°‘ ses connected with the investi ations and experiments hereinafter authorized, including the employment of investigators, local and special agents, assistants, experts, clerks, draftsmen, and labor in t e city of Washington and elsewhere; official traveling expenses, materials, tools, instruments, apparatus, repairs to apparatus, chemicals, furniture, office fixtures, stationery, as, electric current, telegaph and telephone service, express and gre ht charges, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and for all oislrer necessary supplies and expenses, as follows; _ _For chemical rnvestrgatrons of soil thes, soil com osition and soil mrnerals, the soil solution, solubility Zgsoil and all) chemical ropertres of soils in their relation to soil formation, soil texture, and soil productivity, including all routine chemical work in connection with the soil survey, $25,610; _ _ _ _ For gxhysrcal mvestigatrons of the important properties of soil ,,,?f§',?j°°{‘,,,,{’,’?•,;‘;_P°‘*" which etermme productivity, such as moisture re ations, aerations, heat conductivity, texture, and other physical investigations of the various soil classes and soil types, $12,22§· _ _ _ For exploration and mvestrgatron within the United States to N°““‘“°““”°”· determine possible sources of supply of potash, nitrates, and other natural fertilizers, $33,380· _ _ _ _ _ _ For the mvestrgatron of soils, in cooperation with other branches g_‘§,‘f,‘;§}“;f,k”Y;“gj of the Department of égriculture, other departments of the Govern- pi¤z.•t¤. ’ ment, State agricultur experiment stations, and other State institutions, and for indicating upon maps and plats, by coloring or other- . wise, the results of such investi ations, $198, 200; A ml I Imaam For the examination and classification of agricultural lands in .,§i.;{,,"2¤_ forest reserves, in cooperation with the Forest Service, $18,100- mmm! me _ _ For general administrative expenses connected with the above- ,,.;,,,.._,_ ’° x mihrtioffeeil lines of ipvestigatior; $4,g?g; _ n a or enera ex enses, 291, . That so mrgch of the Iaippropriatiou of $175,000 made by the Agri- ii@l§:rY{;{';i:iiZ?}.°‘iE; cultrual appro iriation act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and “mf*;‘ W¤"*°"· seventeen for tlre investi ation and demonstration within the United ` ' States to determine the best method of obtaining potash on a commercial scale, includin the establishment and equipment of such plant or plants as may is necessary therefor, as remains unexpended is hereby rea propriated for the purposes named. Total for lgureau of Soils, $363,735. BUREAU or nN·r0Mor.oer. ,,,§f""‘“ °' E"‘°"‘°" Sananms, Bunmu or Emouonoerz One entomologrst, who shall m*§{Yc,§k§f“;,Q_°‘ "“‘ be chief of bureau, $4,500; one chief clerk and executive assistant, $2,250; one administrative assistant, $2,250· one financial clerk, $1,800; three clerks, class four; four clerks, class three; ten clerks, class two; nine clerks, class one; ten clerks, at $1,000 each; four clerks, at $900 each; five clerks, at $840 each; two entomologrcal draftsmen, at $1,400 each· one entomological draftsman, $1,080; four foremen, at $1,080 each; one entomological preparator, $1,000; four entomological preparators, at $840 each; eight entomologrcal pre arators, at $720 each· seven entomologrcal preparators, at $600 each; two messengers or laborers, at $900 each; two messengers or laborers, at $840 each; three messengers or laborers, at $720 each; one messenger boy, $480; five messenger boys, at $360 each; one mechanic, $1,080; one mechanic, $900; one mechanic, $840; one laborer, 9l890°—vox. 39—r·r 1-73
