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history, geograpliical distribution and uses of grasses 

 and forage plants, their adaptation to special soils and 

 climates, and the introduction of promising native 

 and foreign kinds. 



Division of Vegetaile Pathology and Physiology : 

 Seeks, by investigations in the field and experiments 

 in the laboratory, to determine the causes of disease 

 and the best means of preventing them ; studies plant 

 physiology in its bearing on pathology. 



Division of Entomology : Obtains and disseminates 

 information regarding insects in their relation to 

 vegetation ; investigates insects sent to the division 

 in order to give appropriate remedies ; studies insect 

 life in relation to agriculture in different parts of the 

 country ; conducts an insectary for studying the habits 

 of insects, etc. 



Division of Pomology : Collects and distributes in- 

 formation in regard to the fruit interests of the United 

 States ; investigates the habits and peculiar qualities 

 of fruits ; their adaptability to various soils and 

 climates and conditions of culture, and introduces 

 new and untried varieties. 



Division of Chemistry : Investigates the methods 

 proposed for the analyses of soils and fertilizers, and 

 agricultural products ; investigates and reports on 

 adulteration of foods and on special subjects as or- 

 dered by Congress or the Secretary, conducts chemical 

 investigations for other bureaus of the Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Division of Agricultural Soils : Investigates the tex- 

 ture and other physical properties of soils and their 

 relations to crop production. 



Office of Experiment Stations: Represents the De- 

 partment in its relations to the experiment stations 

 in all the States and Territories, for which the gov- 

 ernment appropriates §750, 000 annually ; collects and 

 disseminates general information regarding the col- 

 leges and stations; publishes accounts of agricultural 

 investigations at home and abroad ; indicates lines of 

 inquiry; aids in arranging for cooperative experi- 

 ments; reports upon the expenditures and work of 

 the stations. 



Office of Fiber Investigations : Collects and dissemi- 

 nates information regarding the cultivation of textile 

 plants, including new and hitherto unused kinds ; 

 investigates the merits of new machines and pro- 

 cesses for preparing them for manufacture. 



Office of Boad Inquiry : Collects and distributes in- 

 formation concerning the systems of road manage- 

 ment in the United States and the best methods of 

 road-making. 



The total appropriation for the Department of Agri- 

 culture is $2,448,532. 



Total number of employees, 2,043. 



Agricultural Experiment Stations : In addition to the 



above the government appropriates annually, for 54 

 Agricultural Experiment Stations in the States and 

 Territories, $720,000. 



Total number of employees in stations, 575. 



The work of this Department is very closely 

 related to that of the others. That of the Divi- 

 sion of Soils, for example, depends upon the 

 work of the Geological Survey. The work of 

 the Weather Bureau is also very closely asso- 

 ciated with that of the Hydrographic Office 

 of the Navy and of the Coast Survey. These 

 various Departments, Bureaus, and Divisions 

 overlap and cross each other everywhere, caus- 

 ing many duplications and difficulties. 



DNDEE THIS SMITHSONIAN" INSTITUTION. 



Bureau of Ethnology : Collects, compiles and pub- 

 lishes information with regard to the native races of 

 America. Appropriation §45,000. 



Total number of employees, 21. 



U. S. Naiional Museum: ''The authorized place of 

 deposit for all objects of art, archfeology, ethnology, 

 natural history, mineralogy, geology, etc., belonging 

 to the United States or collected by any agency what- 

 soever for the government of the United States, when 

 no longer needed for investigations in progress. The 

 collections in the Museum are intended to exhibit the 

 natural and industrial resources, primarily of the 

 United States and secondarily of other parts of the 

 world, for purposes of comparison." 



Total appropriation, §187,725. 



Total number of persons employed, 197. 



COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Formerly connected with the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. Not now connected with any department. 

 Studies the rivers, lakes, bays and fishing grounds 

 along the coast for the purpose of determining their 

 food resources and of promoting the development of 

 the commercial fisheries ; collects and compiles statis- 

 tics of fisheries ; propagates and distributes fish and 

 conducts laboratories for studying marine life, etc. 

 Total appropriation |347,360. 



Total number of employees, 172. 



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 



Not connected with any of the Executive Depart- 

 ments. Collects and publishes useful information on 

 subjects connected with labor ; its relations to capital ; 

 hours of labor ; earnings of laboring men and women; 

 means of promoting all their interests ; investigates 

 strikes and controversies between labor and capital ; 

 cost of production in competing countries, including 

 wages, etc. Total appropriation §172, 170. 



Total number of employees, 94. 



