20 J.AV-'^ APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICrLTURE. 



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one blacksmith. $900; one carpenter, $900: one painter, $900; one 

 t^'ainster. $840; one teamster. $G00; nineteen laborers, at $540 

 each; twenty-four laborers, messengers, or messenger boys, at $480 

 each; five lal)()rers or charwomen, at $480 each; two laborers or 

 charwomen, at $360 each; two laborers, at $420 each; eight char- 

 women, !it $240 each; eight messenger boys, at $8(>0 each; three 

 messenger l)(»ys, at $300 each; in all, $427,690. 



Genekal expenses. Bureau of Plant Industry; For all neces^J 

 saiy expenses in the investigation of fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, 

 tobacco, vegetables, grasses, forage, drug, medicinal, poisonous, fiber, 

 and other jjlants and plant industries, in cooperation with other 

 branches of the department, the State experiment stations, and 

 practical farmers, and for the erection of necessary farm buildings: 

 Provided, That the cost of any building erected shall not exceed 

 $1,500; for field and station expenses, including fences, drains, and 

 other farm improvements; for repairs in the District of Columbia 

 and elsewhere; for rent outside of the District of Columbia; and for 

 the employment of all investigators, local and special agents, agricul- 

 tural ex])lorers. experts, clerks, illustrators, assistants, ami all labor 

 and other necessary expenses in the city of "Washington and elsewhere 

 required for the investigations, experiments, and demonstrations 

 herein authorized, as follows: 



For ijivestigations of plant diseases, including diseases of ginseng, 

 and pathological collections, $30,000: 



F'or the control of diseases of orchard and other fruits, $40,675: 



For the control of diseases of forest and ornamental trees and 

 shrubs, $29,510; 



For the control of diseases of cotton, truck, and forage crops, and 

 related i)lants, $25,000; 



For investigating the physiology- of crop plants and for testing and 

 breeding varieties thereof, $33,380: 



For soil-bacteriology and plant-nutrition investigations, $30,000; 



For acclimatization and adaptation investigations of cotton, corn, 

 and other crops introduced from tropical regions, and for the im- 

 provement of cotton by cultural methods, breeding, and selection, 

 $38,000; 



For drug plant, j^oisonous |)lant, tea culture, and general physio- 

 logical and fermentation investigations, $50,000; 



For crop technological and fiber plant investigations, $10,010; 



For investigating the ginning, handling, grading, baling, and wrap- 

 ])ing of cotton, and (he establishment of standards for the different 

 grades thereof, and for carrying into effect the provisions of law 

 lolating thereto, $46,120: Provided, That of the sum thus appropri- 

 ated, $10,000 is to be used for testing the waste, tensile strength, and 

 bleaching qualities of the different grades of cotton as standardized 

 by tiie (lovernnient ; 



For investigating the handling, grading, and transportation o\ 

 grain, and the fixing of definite grades thereof, $65,000; 



For biophysical investigations in connection with the various lines 

 of work liercin authorized, $20,000; 



For studying and testing commercial seeds, including the testing 

 of samples of seeds of grasses, clover, or alfalfa and lawn-grass seeds 

 secnrt'd in the open nuirket, and where such samples are found to bt 

 adulterated or niisbr:in(U'd the results of the tests shall be published 



