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 l·`.ll·"l`Y-§%lX'.l`ll L“t)N(%l{l·Z$5. Sess. ll. Ch. sn.3, lturl. U2?) circulars, reports. and bulletins: and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in establishing and maintainingexperimental grass stations, for determining the best methods of caring for and improving meadows and grazing lands, the use of different grasses and forage plants, and their adaptability to various soils and climates, the best native and foreign species for reclaiming overstocked ranges and pastures, for renovating worn-out lands, for binding drifting sands and washed lands, and for turiing lawns and pleasure grounds, and for solving the various forage problems presented in the several sections of our country, twenty thousand dollars: Prorvidecl, That five thou- f,°"Qf(‘§,'Q·,,,,mm ,m_ sand dollars of this sum, or such part thereof as the Secretary of ¤¤¤‘uv¤u1=¤b1€- Agriculture may deem necessary, to be immediately available. EXPERIBIENTAL GARDENS AND GRoUNDs: Cultivation and care of dO§§P§{;m€*****l $*1* experimental gardens and grounds, including the keep of lawns, trees, " ' roadways, and walks; management and maintenance of the conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and fruit propagating houses; employ ment 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; fertilizers, insecticide apparatus, and chemicals; blacksmithing, horseshoeing, and repairs to implements and machinery; seeds, plants, and bulbs for propagating purposes; labels, potting and packing materials, feed for horses, freight and express charges, repairing roadways and walks, t1·}av*elingdand other necessary expenses, and for electric lighting, twenty thousand dollars. Total for Bureau of Plant Industry, two hundred and four thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. BUREAU OF FORESTRY. Bureau ¤fF¤res¤v. BUREAU OF FoREs·rnY, SALARIES: One forester, who shall be chief ,S¤1;gu<;i of chief. of bureau, three thousand dollars; one assistant forester, two thousand C er " 6 ` five hundred dollars; one assistant forester, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant forester, two thousand dollars; one chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one field assistant, one thousand five hundred dollars; one field assistant, one thousand four hundred dollars; one neld assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; one field assistant, one thousand dollars; one field assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten collaborators at three hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars; one clerk class three, one thousand six hundred dollars; one photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one computer, one thousand dollars; three clerks class one, three thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; four clerks at nine hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars; seven clerks at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, five th<éusandaénd1forty dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand one hundred an sixt dollars. GENEgAL EXPENSES, BUREAU OF FoREsTRY: To enable the Secre- Invesugations tary of Agriculture to experiment and to make and continue investi- _ gations and report on forestry, forest reserves, forest fires, and lumbering; to advise the owners of woodlands as to the proper care of the same; to seek, through investigations and the planting of native and foreign species, suitable trees for the treeless regions; to collect and distribute valuable economic forest-tree seeds and plants; for the employment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, and other labor required in conducting -experiments and investigations in the von xxx1——59