1 164 r1rrr-sEvEN*rH coivenass. sm. 11. cH. 1008. 1903. three of said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighg-seven, Al**’k’*- and fifteen thousand dollars of which sum may be expende by the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report to Congress upon the agricultural resources and capabilities of Alaska, and to establish and maintain agricultural experiment stations in said Territory, including the erection of buildings and all other expenses essential to the maintemfljtguuci ul *°**°· nance of such stations; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe ·the form of the annual Hnancial statement required by section three of said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; shall ascertain whether the expenditures under the a propriation hereby made are in accordance with the plrovisions of said) Act, and shall make E>¤¤¢¤<¤¤¤¢¤· report thereon to Congress; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may · deem necessary, 1H the city of Washington and elsewhere, and to incur such other expenses for office fixtures and supplies, stationery, traveling, freight, and express charges, illustration of the Experiment Station Record, bulletins and reports, as he may tind essential in carrying out P¤Y¤*°¤* *° 9*****- the objects of the above Acts, and the sums apportioned to the several (7**** *¤d°*- States shall be paid quarterly in advance. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish to such institutions or individuals ` as may care to buy them copies of the card index of agricultural literature prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations, and charge for the same a rice covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies, and he is hereby authorized to apply the monm$,§'*°“"“'“‘ ””‘ cys received towar the expense of the preparation of the index. And Hawaii. the Secretar of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend fifteen thousand dollars of which sum to establish and maintain an agricultural station in the Hawaiian Islands, including the erection of buildings, the printing (in the Hawaiian Islands), illustration, and distribu- · tion of reports and bulletins, and all other expenses essential to the P¤¤¤ Rm- maintenance of said station. And the Secretarv of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend fifteen thousand dollars of which sum to establish and maintain an agricultural experiment station in· Porto Rico, including the erection of buildings, the printing (in Porto Rico), illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and all other expenses essential to the maintenance of said station; and the Secretary of A riculture is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the landbelongin to the agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, S°"’ “‘¥“’°"“°"· Hawaii, and Porto Eico, and to apply the moneys received from the sale of such products to the maintenance of said stations; in all, eight fQ;':j§t°·0n mmm. hundred and ten thousand dollars: Provided, That five thousand dolinmwws.lars of this sum shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the or nization and progress of farmers’ institutes in the several States andaTerritories and upon similar organizations in forei n countries, with special suggestions of plans and methods for making such organizations more effective for the dissemination of the results of the work of the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural experiment stations and of improved methods of a ricu tural practice. jTotaldfgr pgricultural experiment stations, eight hundred and ten thousand ol ars. ¤,}g,Yj*jfgg§‘jg gi}? Nrrrnrrrou Iivvnsrxcniorzsz To enablethe Secretary of Agriculture to mvestrgate and report upon the nutritive value ot the various arti- ‘ cles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestions of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and more economical than those in common use, including special investigations on the nutritive value and economy of the diet in public institutions; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be warranted by a due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective
