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thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculfiire/' relative to their adminis- 

 tration, including the employment of clerks, assistants, and other persons in the city 

 of Washington and elsewhere, freight and express charges, official traveling expenses, 

 office fixtm-es, supplies, apparatus, telegraph and telephone service, gas, electric 

 current, and rent outside of the District of Columbia, $58,500; and the Secretary of 

 Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required under 

 the above acts, ascertain whether the expenditures are in accordance with their pro- 

 visions, coordinate the work of the Department of Agriculture with that of the State 

 agricultural colleges and experiment stations in the lines authorized in said acts, and 

 make report thereon to Congress. 



STATIONS IN ALASKA, HAWAII, PORTO RICO, AND GUAM. 



To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain agricultural 

 experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the island of Guam, including 

 the erection of buildings, the preparation, illustration, and distribution of reports and 

 bulletins, and all other necessary expenses, $143,000, as follows: Alaska, $48,000; 

 Hawaii, $40,000; Porto Rico, $40,000; and Guam, $15,000; and the Secretary of 

 Agriculture is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging 

 to the agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the island 

 of Guam: Provided, That of the sum herein appropriated for the experiment station in 

 Hawaii $5,000 may be used in agricultural extension work in Hawaii. 



INVESTIGATIONS IN HOME ECONOMICS. 



To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the relative utility and 

 economy of agricultm-al products for food, clothing, and other uses in the home, with 

 special suggestions of plans and methods for the more effective utilization of such 

 products for these purposes, with the cooperation of other bureaus of the department, 

 and to disseminate useful information on this subject, including the employment of 

 labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, and all other necessary 

 expenses, $24,220. 



farmers' cooperative DEMONSTRATION WORK. 



For farmers' cooperative demonstration work outside of the cotton belt, including 

 the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, and all 

 other necessary expenses, $478,240; 



For farmers' cooperative demonstrations and for the study and demonstration of 

 the best methods of meeting the ravages of the cotton-boll weevil, including the 

 employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, and all other 

 necessary expenses, $661,300: Provided, That the expense of such service shall be 

 defrayed from this appropriation and such cooperative funds as may be voluntarily 

 contributed by State, county, and municipal agencies, associations of farmers, and 

 individual farmers, universities, colleges, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, 

 other local associations of business men, business organizations, and individuals 

 within the State. 



farmers' INSTITUTES AND AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION. 



To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the organi- 

 zation and progress of farm^s' institutes and agricultural schools in the several States 

 and Territories, and upon similar organizations in foreign 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 agricultural practice, 

 including the emplo5Tnent of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and all 

 other necessary expenses, $20,600 (38 Stat. L., 1086, 1109). 



