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 334 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. CII. S5. 1898. _ Diri··¤·g¤ of Bi¤1<>z- B1oI.oe1cAI. SURVEY, DIvIsIoN or BIOLOGICAL SURVEY: For bio- ICR! Sun ey. . . . . . . . logical 1'll\’€SlSlg8U0l1S, Including the geographic distribution and migrations of animals, birds, and plants, and for the promotion of economic ornithology and mammalogy, an investigation of the food habits of North American birds and mammals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry; for preparation and publication of reports thereon, and for illustrations, field work, and traveling and other expenses in the _ _ _ practical work of the division, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. 0gIQf“°‘°“ °* P°“°°" POMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS, DIYIISION CF POMoLoGY: Inves- ` tigating, collecting, and disseminating information relating to the fruit industry; the collection and distribution of seeds, shrubs, trees. and specimens; and for collecting, classifying, and naming cereals, collecting and modeling fruits, vegetables, and other plants, and for labor and material for preparing same for museum; traveling and other necessary expenses, nine thousand five hundred dollars. isgj}*i¤i¤¤ ¤f Chem- LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DIVISION OF CHEM- " ISTRY: Chemical apparatus, chemicals, laboratory, fixtures, and supplies, repairs to engine and apparatus; gas and electric current, purchase of samples and necessary expenses in conducting special investigations, including necessary traveling and other expenses, labor, and expert work in such investigations, four thousand dollars; for rent of laboratory building, nine hundred dollars; in all, four thousand nine hundred dollars. H,1j£<;<;.1d1r§¤¤.t_§¤;1 To investigate the adulteration of foods, drugs, and liquors, when mL_ "“ °"‘“ ’ deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture advisable; employing such assistants, clerks, and other persons as the Secretary of Agriculture may consider necessary for the purpose named; preparing, illustrating, and publishing reports and exhibiting the results of such investigations, S°“ "l”"“°‘°’i°“°“· and to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue an investigation relative to the various typical soils of the United States to determine their chemical characteristics, and especially the nature of the nitrify- ing organisms contained therein; the preparation of reports thereon; apparatus and materials required in conducting such investigations; employment of the necessary investigators; freight and express charges and necessary traveling expenses, seven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, for Division of Chemistry, twelve thousand four hundred dollars. im-ninn. of rua- FORESTRY INVESTIGATIONS. DIVISION OF FORESTRY: To enable °“"" the Secretary of Agriculture to experiment and continue an investigation and report on the subject of forestry and timbers, for traveling and other necessary expenses in the investigation; and for the collection and distribution of valuable economic torest-tree seeds and plants, {f£··_;¥·;· twenty thousand dollars: I ’rori1l¢,vI, That the Secretary ot'Agricnltnre ` I' shall make a special and detailed report at the beginning of the next session of Congress upon the forestry investigations and work of the Department of Agriculture showing the results obtained and the practical utility of the investigations. `*’*¤·*‘m¤*‘*·'=·l _¤=··‘· lixrEIz.IMI:NTAL GARDENS AND GRoI‘NDS. l)EPAIt"r1IEN'r UF A(}RI- dens and vroundu. _ _, _ . . ' <·UI.I‘IvuE, DIN ISION OF UARDENS AND (x1t0I‘1\Ds: Cultivation and care of experimental gardens and grounds, including the keep of the lawns, trees, roadways, and walks; management and maintenance of the conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and fruit propagating houses; employment of foremen, gardeners, laborers, carpenters, painters, plumbers. and other mechanics; machinery, tools, wagons. carts, horses, harness, plows, lawn mowers, sprinklers, hose, watering cans, tubs, pots, and other implements required in cultivation; lumber, hardware, glass, paints, tin, stone, gravel, and other material required for repairs; fer tilizers, insecticide apparatus, and chemicals: blacksmithing, horseshoeing. and repairs to implements and machinery; seeds, plants. and bulbs hir propagating purposes: labels, potting, and packing materials, feed for horses. freight and express charges, and for repairing roadways and walks. twenty thousand dollars. nmsitnorstai- Sou. IXVESTIGATIONS, DIX'ISION OF Sous: Investigation of the relation of soils to climate and organic lite; for the investigation of