g SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 178. 1918. 991 sistants, at $300 each; two messengers, at $840 each; one skilled laborer, $1,050; one skilled laborer, $840; three messenger boys or laborers, at $540 each; thirteen messenger boys or laborers, at $480 each; three messenger boys or laborers, at $420 each; two messenger boys or laborers, at $360 each; nine charwomen, at $240 each; in all, $335,910. B CHE F mmaar. sxrrmsms, Unnau or Mrsrnrz or all necess ex- G°¤°*¤I°¤P¤¤¤¤¤·. penses, for chemical apparatus, chemicals and supplies, repairsalig ap. ¤uiZpp°°mS’ °°°Ph°°' paratus, gas, electric current, official traveling expenses, telegraph and telep one service, eglpress and freight charges, for the employ- ment of such assistants, erks, and other persons as the Secretary of Agriculture may consider necessary for the purposes named, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, in eonducti.r}g investigations, collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results o such investigations; and for rent outside of the District of Columbia for carrying out the investigations and work herein authorized, as follows: For conducting the investigations contemplated by the Act of May $§§°{§}§,‘f'§§.,°‘f" fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, relating to the application of chemist to agriculture, $42,400; For collarhoration with other departments of the Government desir— ¤¤§:ru32$:°}ii:i.§¤alith ing chemical investigations and whose heads request the Secretary of Agriculture for such assistance, and for other miscellaneous work, $1%:009; h ha f h h l d h cal E“'“““"‘,,,,,,,,,,,,,'°'°‘*’·" or mvesti ating the c racter o the c emica an i tests {tac! _ which are apilied to American food plroducts in fore&nyScormtriw, °°¤· Pm and for inspecting the same before s 'pment when desired by the shippers or owners of these products intended for coimtries where chemical and ph ical tests are required before the said products are allowed to besolil therein; and for all necessary expenses in connection with such inspection and studies of methods of analysis in foreign countries, $4,280; 4 For investigating the preparation for market, handling, grading, P¤¤¤=¤‘¤¤¤¤s¤· packilrig, freezing, drying, storing, transportation, and preservation of po try and eglgs, an for experimental shipments of poultry and e¤·gs within the nited States, in cooperation with the Bureau of Llzrkets and the Butrgaarli of Animal lin ustry, $40,000; f or investigating e , a ing, packing, canning, reezin , F`*¤¤¤¤¤¢1¤¤z.¤Mi>· storing, and transportation of if and for experimental shipmengs °mg'°t°' of fish, for the utilization of waste products, and the development of new sources of food, $14,000; For investigating the [Lacking, handling storing, and shippin of ¤¤¤¤v¢¤s¤y¤¢¤¤¤.¤c¤. oysters and other shellfis in the United tates and the waters gordering on the United States, $5,000; For- the biological investigation of food and drug products and sub- 0 B*¤*¤¢{<;=*¤ ¢<¤>¤. me stances used in the manufacture thereof, including investigations of °°°` the physiological effects of such products on the human organism, $15,000; For the study and improvement of methods of utilizing by-products prgljggs egum by- of citrus fruits; and the investigation and development of methods for ’ ' determining maturity in fruits and ve%tables, in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry and the ureau of Markets, $13,000; For investigation and experiment in the utilization, for coloring Utimuwg mt,. pruposes, of raw materials grown or produced in the United States, "**’¤‘°*°° ‘*· rn cooperation with such persons, associations, or corporations as may be foxmd necessary, including repairs, alterations, improvements, or additions to a building on the Arlington Experimental Farm, $70,720; For the investigation and development of methods for the manu- '1‘¤\>1¤ ¤¤¤v· facture of table srrup, $7,000;
