252 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGPvICULTUEE. 



iug 1907. and for carrjiug out ihe provisions of said act March 2, 1SS7, 

 and also said act March 16, 1906, in the agricultural appropriation acts 

 for the fiscal years 1908 and thereafter. 



ACT MARCH 2, 1889, c. 373. (25 Stat. 835.) 



Examination and classification of soils by agn^icultural experiment stations. 



* * * That, as far as practicable, all such stations shall devote 

 a portion of their Avork to the examination and classification of the 

 soils of their respective States and Territories, with a view to securing 

 more extended knowledge and better development of their agricul- 

 tural capabilities. 



Act March 2, 1889, c. .373, 25 Stat. 841. 



This is a proviso annexe<l to an appropriation for experiment stations 

 in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1890, cited above. 



ACT MARCH 3, 1905, c. 1405. (33 Stat. 861.) 



Cooperation of agricultural experiment stations in establishing and maintaining 

 experimental grass stations. 



* * * the agricultural experiment stations are hereby author- 

 ized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in 

 establishing and maintaining experimental grass stations, for deter- 

 mining the best methods of caring for and improving 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, for binding drifting sands and washed 

 lands, and for turfing lawns and pleasure grounds, and for solving 

 the various forage problems presented in the several sections of our 

 countrv. * * * 



Act March 3, 1905, c. 1405, 33 Stat. 869. 



This is a provision accompanying an appropriation for grass and 

 forage-plant investigations, in the agricultural appropriation act for the 

 fiscal year 1900. cited above. Similar provisions were contained in the 

 similar appropriation acts for the fiscal year 1900 and intervening fiscal 

 years. 



ACT JUNE 30, 1906, c. 3913. (34 Stat. 669.) ^ 



Cooperation of agriicultural experiment stations in nutrition investigations. 



Nutrition investigations : To enable the Secretary of Agriculture 

 to investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the various arti- 

 cles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestions 

 of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and more econom- 

 ical than those in common use, including special investigations on the 

 nutritive value and economy of the diet in public institutions: and the 

 Secretai'v of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assist- 

 ants, clerks, and other ))ersons as he may deem necessary in the city 

 of Washington and elsewhere; and the agricultural experiment sta- 

 tions arc 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 con- 

 ditions and needs of the respective States and Territories, and as may 

 be mutually agreed upon; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby 

 authorized to re(]uirc said stations to report to him the results of any 

 such investigations Avhich they may carry out, whether in cooperation 

 with the said Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise, * * * 



