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human food, with special Riiggestioiis of full, wholesome, and edible rations less 

 wasteful and more economical than those in common use; and the agricultural exper- 

 iment stations are hereby authorizeil to co(Ji)erate with tlie Secretary of Agriculture 

 in carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be 

 warrantt'd by a due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective 

 States and Territories and as may be mutually agreed ujjon; and the Secretary of 

 Agri<ulture is herel)y authorized to require said stations to report to him the results 

 of any such investigations which they may carry out, whether in cooperation with 

 said Secretary of Agriculture or otlierwise, twenty thousand dollars. 



luKUiATiox JxvESTiciATioxs: To enable (lie Secretary of Agriculture to investigate 

 and report upon the laws as affecting irrigation and the rights of riparian proi)riet(jr3 

 and institutions relating to irrigation and upon the use of irrigation waters, at home 

 or abroad, witli especial suggestionsof better methods for the utilization of irrigation 

 waters in agriculture tlian those in common use, and u[)on plans for the removal of 

 seepage and surplus waters l)y drainage, and upon the use of different kinds of power 

 for irrigation ami other agricultural purposes, and for the preparation, printing, and 

 illustration of ri'ports and liulletinson irrigation, inchiding employment of lalior 

 in the city of Wiushington or I'lsewhere; and the agricultural experiment stations are 

 hereby authorized antl directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in 

 carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be war- 

 raiiteil by a due regard to the varying conditions anil needs of the resj)ective States 

 and Territories as may be nuitually agreed upon, sixty-tive thousand dollars. 



PiTHLic" Ro.vn IxQUiRiEs: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to make iiKpiiries 

 in regard to the system of road management throughout the United States; to make 

 investigations in regard to the best methods of road making, and the best kind 

 of road-making materials in the several States; the employment of local [and special 

 agents, clerks, a&sistants, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the 

 city of Washington and elsewhere; and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illus- 

 trating the results of such experiments; to enable the Secretary of .\griculture to 

 investigate the chemical and physical character of road materials, for the pay of 

 experts, chemists, and laborers, for necessary apjiaratus and materials; traveling and 

 other neces.sary expenses, and for preparing and i)ublishing bulletins and reports on 

 this subject for di.stributioii, and to enal)le him to assist the agricultural colleges and 

 experiment .stations in disseminating information on this subject, thirty thousand 

 dollars. * * * 



BuKE.vu OK l*r..\NT INDUSTRY, PoMOLOGic.vL INVESTIGATIONS: Investigating, collect- 

 ing, and disseminating information relating to the fruit industry; the collei'tion and 

 distriliution of seeds, shrubs, trees, and sjiecimens; and for collecting and modeling 

 fruits, vegetables, and other plants, and furnishing duplicate models to the experi- 

 ment stations of the several States, as far as found practicable; the employment of 

 investigators, local and spi'cial agents, clerks, assistants, student scientific aids at an 

 annual salary of four hundnd and eighty dollars each, and other labor rcipiired in 

 conducting experiments in tiie city of Washington and elsewhere; and in collating, 

 digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; for all neces- 

 sary olHce fixtures and supplies and for traveling and other nece.s.sary expenses, to 

 continue the invi'stigations and »'Xperiments in tin' introduction of tiie culture of 

 European table grapes and the study of the diseases that affect them, for the purpose 

 of discovering remi'dies therefor, this work to be done in coo[>eration with the sec- 

 tion of seed and i)lant introduction; to investigate in cooperation with tlie other 

 divisions and bureaus of the De|)artment ami the experiment stations of the several 

 States the market conditions affecting the fruit and vegetable trade in the United 

 States and foreign countries, and the metho<ls of harvesting, packiu'^', storing, and 

 shi|i|)ing fruit and vegetables, and for expt-rimental shipments of fruit.< and vegetal)les 

 to foreign countries, for the purpose of increasing the exportation of American fruits 



