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acclimation ; the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composi- 

 tion of manures, natural or artificial, with experiments designed to 

 test their comparative effects on crops of different kinds ; the adapta- 

 tion and value of grasses and forage plants ; the composition and 

 digestibility^ of the different kinds of food for domestic animals ; the 

 scientific and economic questions involved in the production of 

 butter and cheese ; and such other researches or experiments bear- 

 ing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may 

 in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varj'ing 

 conditions and needs of the respective States or territories. 



Sec. 3. That in order to secure, as far as practicable, uniformity 

 of methods and results in the work of said stations, it shall be the 

 duty of the United States commissioner of agriculture to furnish 

 forms, as far as practicable, for the tabulation of results of inves- 

 tigation or experiments ; to indicate, from time to time, such lines 

 of inquiry as to him shall seem most important; and, in gei^eral, to 

 furnish such advice and assistance as will best promote the purposes 

 of this act. It shall be the duty of each of said stations, annually, 

 on or before the first day of February, to make the governor of the 

 state or territory in which it is located, a full and detailed report of 

 its operations, including a statement of receipts and expenditures, a 

 copy of which report shall be sent to each of said stations, to the 

 said commissioner of agriculture, and to the secretary of the 

 treasury of the United States. 



Sec. 4. That bulletins or reports of progress shall be published 

 at said stations at least once in three months, one copy of which 

 shall be sent to each newspaper in the states or territories, in which 

 they are respectively located, and to such individuals actually 

 engaged in farming as may request the same, and as far as the 

 means of the station will permit. Such bulletins or reports, and 

 the annual reports of said stations, shall be transmitted in the 

 mails of the United States free of charge for postage, under such 

 regulations as the postmaster general may from time to time prescribe. 



Sec. 5. That for the purpose^ of paying the necessary expenses 

 of conducting investigations and experiments and printing and dis- 

 tributing the results as hereinbefore described, the sum of $15,000 

 per annum is hereby appropriated to each state, to be specially 

 provided for by Congress in the appropriations from year to year, 

 and to each territory entitled under the pi'ovisions of section eight 

 of this act, out of any money in the treasury proceeding from the 



