'2()2 REIMHIT OF OFFICE OF F:XPEliIMENT STATIONS. 



and vcp'tahlt'S, and for all necessary cxix'tiscs (•"iiinichd witli tiic practical wnrk of 

 tlu' Kline, and such fruits and vcgt'tal>U'>^ as arc nccilcd for these i n vest ij^at ions and 

 exiH'rinieiital shipments may bo Ixmtiht in open market and disposed of at the dis- 

 cretion of t he Secretary of Agricnltnre, and he is authorized to apply the moneys 

 received from the sales of such fruits and vepetahles towanl the continuation ;ind 

 repetition of these iuvestijrations and t-xpi-riniental shipments; to investigate, map, 

 and report upon tlu' commercial fruit districts of the United Stat^-s, for the purpose 

 of determining the relative ailaptahility of the several important fruitH thereto, by a 

 study of the conditions of soil and climate, and of the i)revalence of jilant diseases 

 existing therein as related to commercial fruit }>roduction, thirty thousand dollars. 

 Botanical Investigations and Experiments: Investigations relating to medicinal, 

 poisonous, fiber, and otlier economic plants, seeds, and weeds; the collection of 

 ])laiits, traveling ex])enses, and express charges; for all necessary ofiice fixtures; the 

 jiurchase of i)api'r and all other necessary supj)lies, materials, and apparatus; for 

 rent and ordinary repairs of a Imilding for office and laboratory purposes not to 

 exceed three thousand dollars; for gas and electric; current; for the enii)loyment of 

 investigators, local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and student scientific aids 

 at an annual salary of four hundred and eighty dollars each, and other labor in con- 

 ducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and in collating, 

 digesting, reporting, and illustrating the result of such experiments; sul)scriptions 

 to and i)urchase of botanical publications for use in the division; and the jjrepara- 

 tion, illustration, and ])ublication of reports; to investigate and imblish reports upon 

 tlu' useful plants and plant cultures of the tropical territory of tlie United States, 

 and to investigate, report upon, and introduce other plants promising to be valuable 

 for the tropical territory of the United States, sucli plants and Ixjtanical and agricul- 

 tural information when secured to be made available for the work of agricultural 

 experiment stations and schools; to investigate the varieties <if wheat and otlii'r 

 cereals grown in the United States or suitable for introduction, in order to standanl- 

 ize the naming of varieties as a basis for the experimental work of the State experi- 

 ment stations, and as an assistance in commercial grading, and to investigate, in 

 coojieration with the Bureau of Chemistry, the cause of deterioration of export 

 grain, i)articularly in oceanic; transit, and devise means of preventing losses from 

 those causes, fifty-five th(jusand d()llars. 



Grass and Forage-plant Investigations: To enabU; the Secretary of Agriculture 

 to conduct investigations of grasses, forage plants, and animal foods in cooperation 

 with other divisions of the Department; to collect and purchase seeds, roots, and 

 specimens of valual)Ie economic grasses and forage plants for investigation; experi- 

 mental cultivation and distribution, and for experiments and reports upon the best 

 methods of extirpating Johnson and other noxious and destructive grasses; to pur- 

 chase tools, all necessary office fixtures, materials, apparatus, and sui)plies; to pay 

 freight, express charges, and traveling exjienses; for tlu^ emi)loyment of local and 

 special agents, clerks, assistants, and scientific student aids at an annual salary of 

 four hundred and eighty dollars each, and other labor required in conducting experi- 

 ments in the city of Washington and elsewhere; to iirei)are drawings and illustra- 

 tions for circulars, reports, and IjuUetins; and the agricultural exi)eriment 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 improving meadows and grazing lands, the use of differ- 

 ent grasses and forage i)lants, 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, for binding drifting sands and washed lands, and for 

 turfing lawns and pleasure grounds, and for solving the various forage problems pre- 

 sented in the several sections of our country, thirty thousand dollars. * * * 

 Purchase and Distribution of Valuable Seeds: For the purchase, propagation, 



