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 92315 l*`Il·`TY-SlX'l`l;l (j(_)N(§l{l·JSS. Sess. ll. Ch. 605. limi. ·‘ the culture of European table grapes and the study of the diseases that affect them. for the purpose of discovering remedies therefor, this work to be done in cooperation with the Section of Seed and Plant Introduction; to investigate in cooperation with the other divisions of the Department and experiment stations of the several States the 1narket conditions affecting the fruit trade in the United States and foreign countries, and the methods of harvesting, packing, storing, and shipping fruit and vegetables, and for experimental shipments of fruits to foreign countries, for the purpose of increasing the exportation of American fruits, and for all necessary expenses connected. with the practical work of the same; to investigate, map, and report upon the commercial fruit districts of the United States, for the purpose of determining the relative adaptability of the several important fruits thereto, by a study of the conditions of soil and climate, and of the prevalence of plant diseases existing therein as related to commercial fruit production, twenty thousand dollars. ‘ u£;m¤i¢¤li¤*‘<>$¤g¤· BOTANICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND Exraarmmrrsz Investigations relat- ing to medicinal, poisonous, fiber, and other economic plants, seeds, and weeds; the collection of plants, traveling expenses, and express charges; the purchase of paper and all other necessary supplies, materials, and apparatus; for rent and ordinary repairs of a building for office and laboratory purposes not to exceed one thousand dollars; for gas and electric current; for the employment of investigators, local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and student scientific aids at an annual salary of four hundred and eighty dollars each, and other labor in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; subscriptions to and purchase of botanical publications for use in the division; and the preparation, illustration, and publication of reports; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to purchase samples of seeds in open market, test same, and ‘ when found not up to standard, he may, at-his discretion, publish the results of such of these tests, together with the names of the seedsmen by whom the seeds were sold; to investigate and publish reports upon the useful plants and plant cultures of the tropical territory of the United States, and to investigate, report upon, and introduce other plants promising to be valuable for the tropical territory of the United States, such plants and botanical and agricultural information when secured to be made available for the work of agricultural experiment stations and schools; to investigate the varieties of wheat and other cereals grown in the United States or suitable for introduction, in order to standardize the naming of varieties as a basis for the experimental work of the State experiment stations, and as an assistance in commercial grading, and to investigate, in cooperation with the Bureau of Chemistry, the causes of deterioration of export grain, particularly in oceanic transit, and devise means of preventing losses from those causes, forty-five thousand dollars. ,,,f,_*,§§’§’uv§,§§‘}g,{,%'§.§€ Gaass AND roaacn PLANT rivvnsriearioxs: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct investigations of grasses, forage plants, and animal foods in cooperation with other divisions of the Department; to collect and (purchase seeds, roots, and specimens of valuable economic grasses an forage plants for investigation; experimental cultivation and distribution, and for experiments and reports upon the best methods of extirpating Johnson and other noxious and destructive grasses; to purchase tools, materials, apparatus, and supplies; to pay freight, express charges, and traveling expenses; for the employ- ment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and scientific student aids at an_annual salary of four hundred and eighty dollars each, and other labor required in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere; to prepare drawings and illustrations for