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lioiiod al>()vc, asoertiiin wliotlier the expenditures are in accordance with 

 iheir provisions, and malvc report tlicreon to Couj;ress. is set forth on 

 p. 251, ante. 



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 prepara- 

 tion, illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and all 

 other necessary expenses, one hundred and five thousand dollars, as 

 follows: Alaska, thirty thousand dollars; Hawaii, thirty thoiisand 

 dollars; Porto Rico, thirty thousand dollars; and Guam, fifteen 

 thousand dollars; and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 

 sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agri- 

 cultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the 

 island of Guam, and to apply the money received from the sale of 

 such products to the maintenance of said stations, and this fund shall 

 be available until used; 



To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report 

 upon the organization and progress of farmers' institutes and agri- 

 cultural schools in the several States and Territories, and itpon 

 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 employment of labor 

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

 expenses, fifteen thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars ; 



In all for general expenses, one million five hundred and ninety- 

 nine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. 



XuTRiTiox INVESTIGATIONS : To enable the Secretary of Agriculture 

 to investigate the nutritive value of agricultural products used for 

 human food, with special suggestions of plans and methods for the 

 more effective utilization of such products for this purpose, 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, and all other necessary 

 expenses, sixteen thousand dollars. 



Irrigation investigations: To enable the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture to investigate and report upon the laws of the States and Ter- 

 ritories as affecting irrigation and the rights of appropriators, and 

 of riparian proprietors and institutions relating to irrigation, and 

 upcn the use of irrigation water at home and abroad with especial 

 suggestions of the best methods for the utilization of irrigation waters 

 in agriculture, and upon the use of different kinds of power and appli- 

 ances for irrigation and for the preparation and illustration of 

 reports and bulletins on irrigation, including the employment of 

 labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, rent outside of the 

 District of Columbia, and all necessary expenses, ninety-eight thoii- 

 sand three hundred dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a 

 thorough investigation to be made and report to Congress at the 

 opening of the next session upon the feasibility and the economy of 

 irrigation by the reservoir system or plan in western Kansas and 

 western Oklahoma. 



Drainage investigations: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture 

 to investigate and report upon the drainage of swamp and other Avet 



