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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 985. 1902. 293 drawings and illustrations for circulars, reports, and bulletins; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in establishing and maintaining experimental 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 turting lawns and pleasure grounds, and for solving the various forage problems presented in the several sections of our country, thirty thousand dollars. EXPERILIENTAL GARDENS AND GROUNDS, DEPARTMENT or AoR1oUL- d§]¤1;2¤j¤¤¤t¤1d gm- TURE: Cultivation and care of experimental gardens and grounds, E S gmun s' including the keep of lawns, trees, roadways, and walks; management and maintenance of the conservatories, greenhouses, and plant and fruit propagating houses; employment of assistants, experts, foremen, gar eners,' laborers, carpenters, painters, plumbers, and other · mechanics, in the city of Washington or elsewhere; 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, stones, ravel, and other material required for repairs; fertilizers, insecticici 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, fuel, freight and express charges, repairing roadways and walks, traveling and other necessary expenses, and for electric lighting, twenty-five thousand dollars. ARLINGTON EXPERIMENTAL FARM: To enable the Secretary of Agri- mj,fg‘}$;°,,;, “P°'i‘ culture to continue the necessary improvements to establish and main- ° tain a general experimental farm and agricultural station on the Arlington estate, in the State of Virginia, including employment of labor in the city of Washington or elsewhere, in accordance with the V°l·31·¥’·135· provisions of the Act of Congress approved April eighteenth, nineteen undred, entitled "An Act to set apart a portion of the Arlington estate for experimental agricultural purposes, and to place said portion under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and his successors in office," which Act shall be construed to confer upon the Secretary of Agriculture and his successors jurisdiction over so much of the Government land in Alexandria County, Vir rinia, known as the L°“"*’°‘“¥’““· Arlington estate, as lies east of the public road leading from the Aqueduct ridge to Alexandria, Virginia, otherwise called the Georgetown and Alexandria road, and between said road and the Potomac River, containing about four hundred acres, with the exception, however, of a strip of land as follows: Commencing at the point where the Georgetown and Alexandria road enters the Arlington estate on the north side, thence along said road six hundred and twenty-five yards, thence in a line perpendicular to said road to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, thence along said canal to the north line of the reservation, fifteen thousand dollars. _ _ TEA-oUL·rURE INVESTIGATIONSI For all expenses necessary, including g,f[§,‘;§f"‘“’°‘“““"‘ the employment of labor in the city of \Vashington or elsewhere, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report on the cost of making tea and the best method of cultivating an preparing the same for market, so as to demonstrate whether it is practicable to introduce its culture in the Southern States as a profitable industry, ten thousand dollars. · _ _ _ PURCHASE AND msrRmU·r1oN or VALUABLE smms: For the purchase, B,§$§§‘g§€?‘§‘{§{’,§g,u_ propagation, and distribution of valuable seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, *i<>¤·e*°· vines, cuttings, and plants; for rent of building, not to exceed two