270 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sass II. Ch. 238. 1894. districts is ready for distribution, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents or be directed and mailed by the Department upon their request; and the person receiving such eeds shall be requested to inform P~•¤•••- MH the Department of results of the experiments therewith: Provided, S°°°"°°°. °r' That all seeds, bulbs, plants, and cuttings here1n_ allotted to Senators, ' Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution remaining uncalled for on the first of May shall be distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture, giving preference to those persons whose names and addresses have been furnished by Senators and Representatives in Con s and who have not before during the same season been sup- P·¤¢l¤•¤¤¤.¤¢¤· pliedrbay the Department: And provided also, That the Secretary shall report, as provided in this Act, the place, quantity, and price of seeds purchased, and the date of purchase, but nothing_1u this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from send- 1>iv¤r¤i¤¤f•>r¤¥iM·¤- ing seeds to those who apply for the same. And the amount herem appropriated shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose but for the purchase, propagation, and distribution of improved and valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants: Provided, _df*•$l{g*j&;H*¤ l>• however, That the Secretary shall not distribute to any Senator, Rep- " of resentative, or Delegate seeds entirely unfit for the climate and locality he represents, but shall distribute the same so that each member may have seeds of equal value, as near as may be, and the best Ml! ¤¤¤**¤¤’r- adapted to the locality he represents: Provided, also, That the seeds allotted to the Senators and Representatives for distribution in the districts embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-second parallels of - latitude shall be ready for delivery on the tenth day of January or at the earliest practicable time thereafter. F•¤¤¤r¤' ¤¤¤·=¤i¤¤- And the Secretary of Agriculture may use not to exceed thirty thou- Pm»¤n¤•>¤.¤•·¤· sand dollars, of the amount herein appropriated for the preparation, printing, and publishing of farmers’ bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of different sections of the country, an equal proportion of twothirds of which shall be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among grggédon their constituents as seeds are distributed: Provided, That the Secre ` tary of Agriculture shall notify Senators and Representatives of the character and number of each bulletin and each other publication of the Department of Agriculture (not sent to the Folding Room of the Senate and House) to which each Senator and Representative may be entitled for distribution on the basis herein provided for the distribution of bulletins. rm.»m;,se¤. Printing seed packets, labels. postal cards, circulars, and so forth, labor, paper, ink, type, and other necessary material for printing and {or gipgiéing, and for repairing printing presses, five thousand four un ol ars. Sugar msi-seem. Exrnnimmzrs IN run Mnnnracruuu or Susan: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make and continue experiments in the pro- ' duction of sugar from sugar cane, sugar beets, and sorghum, including special culture experiments looking to the improvement of those sources of sugar, and for experiments for the more complete separation of the sugar from the molasses, including all necessary expenses in these investigations, namely, traveling expenses, labor, purchase of samples, apparatus, and supplies, chemical services, including two hundred and fifty dollars additional temporary compensation to the _ chief chemist, and other expenses incidental to the experiments, ten
nd me thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided,
mem. California That so much thereof as may be necessary may, in the discretion of "‘“”P '·“"°· the Secretary of Agriculture, be expended in experiments in sugarcane and rice production on reclaimed swamp lands in some suitable place in the San Joaquin or Sacramento Valley, California, to be used Sales M- by the Department free of charge : Provided further, That all products of the said experiments may be sold and the proceeds used in the
