198 F1FTY—SIXTH CONGRESS.- Sess. I. Ch. 555. 1900. laboratory purposes; the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsew ere, and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustratinlg the results of such expserimentsg the preparation of drawings audi ustrations; for materia , tools, instruments, apparatus, gas and electric current, supplies, and for traveling expenses, freight and express charges, twenty-five thousand dollars, of which sum ten thousandrdollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of demonstrating the practical value of underdrainage and other methods of reclaiming alkali lands. · ‘ —» w{fg;¤*°¤ °4 -4¤°°· Gmss Ann FORAGE-PLANT INvns·r1eAr1oN AND AMMAL Foons, ` Drv1s1oN or AGROSTOLOGYI 'Io `enable the Secretary of Agriculture . to conduct investigations of grasses, forage plants, and animal foods; to employ local and special agents and assistants; to collect and purchase seeds, roots, and specimens of valuable economic grasses and forage plants for investigation, experimental cultivation, and distribution, and for experiments and reports upon the best methods of extirpating Johnson and other noxious and destructive grasses; to purchase tools, materials, apparatus, and supplies; to pay freight, express charges, and trave ing expenses, and labor required in conducting experiments; to prepare drawings and illustrations for circulars, reports, and bulletins; and the agricultural experiment stations are_ hereby authorized and directed- to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in establishing and maintaining experimental grass stations, for determining the best methods of caring for and im roving meadows and grazing lands, the use of different grasses and) forage plants, and their adaptability to various soils and climates, the best ‘native and foreign species for reclaiming overstocked ranges and ., pastures, for renovating worn-out lands,ifor binding drifting sands i and washed lands, and for turiing lawns and pleasure grounds, and for solving the various forage problems (presented in the several sections A gzvgyhen muh, of our country, seventeen thousand ollars: Provided, That six thougmgmem. sand dollars of the amount hereby appropriated be used to purchase and collect seeds, roots, and specimens of valuable and economic grasses and forage plants, to be distributed to the various experiment stations in the several States and Territories', to be by them used, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, to ascertain their adaptability to the various soils and climates of the United States: Andpm-
ofgof;-}?§i§§· mfdedfurther, That not more than six thousand dollars of the amount
hereby approgriated shall be expended for salaries in the city of p Vlfashington, istrict of Columbia. _ im·*;§l{**g:;*,;?;;lsEXP°’· i$GB.ICUL'I'UB.AL Exrmmmnrrr Srnions: To carry into eifect the Vo1.24,p.440. provisions of an Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, entitled ‘ An Act to establish agricultural experiment
stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States V°l-*2·P·5°“· under the provisions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hun- - dred and sixty-two, and of the Acts supplementary thereto," and to , enforce the execution thereof, seven hundred and eighty -thousand F°””°- dollars; thirty-three thousand dollars of which sum shall be payable c upon the order of the Secretary of Agriculture, to enablenhim to carry V<>i- M P- 441 out the rovisions of section three of said Act of March second, eighteen S hundred and eighty-seven, and twelve thousand dollars of whisi sum may be exgended by the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and re ort to ongress upon the agricultural resources and capabilities of
- —*“"“· Aiaska; and to estab ish and maintain agricultural experiment stations
in said Territory,, including, the erection of buildings and all other expenses essential to the maintenance of such stations, of which sum ·*”“““‘ “*“*°’“°“*~ Eve thousand dollars shall be immediately available; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required by section three of said Act of March second, eighteen
