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 F1F'I`Y—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 1486. 190+. 283 bought in open market and disposed of at the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, and he is authorized toapply the moneys received from the sales of such fruits and vegetables toward the continuation and repetition of these investigations and experimental shipments; 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, forty-three thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars of which sum may Vim di¤¢¤¤¢¤-. in the discretion of the Secretary be expended in cooperation with the i experiment station of the State of California for determining the ` adaptability of various grape stocks to the different soil and climatic conditions of the Pacific coast and their resistance to disease.. _ _ BOTANICAL Ixvnsrrsxtrroiws AND nxrnnrmnxrsz Investigations relat- ,,§§Q’{,‘{‘c$“1‘“"°“°lg'“‘ ing to medicinal, oisonous, fiber. and other economic plants, seeds, and weeds; the collection of plants, traveling expenses, and express and freight charges; for all necessary office fixtures; the purchase of paper and all other necessary supplies, materials, and apparatus; for rent and ordinary repairs of a bui ding for office and laboratory purposes, not to exceed three thousand dollars; for gas and electric current; for tele raph and telephone service; for the employment of ‘ investigators, local and special agents,-clerks, assistants, student or scientific aids and other labor in conducting experiments in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the result of such experiments; subscriptions to and purchase of botanical publications for use in the division; and the preparation, illustration, and publication of reports; to investigate and publish reports upon the useful plants and p nt cultures of e tropical territory of the United States, and to investigate, report upon, and introduce other plants promising to be valuable for the tropical territory of the United States, such plants and botanical and agricultural information when secured to be made available for the Work of agricultural experiment stations and schools; to investigate the varieties of cereals grown in the United States or suitable for introduction, in order to standardize the naming of varieties as a basis for the experimental work of the State experiment stations, and as an assistance in commercial grading, and to investigate, in cooperation with the Bureau of Chemistry, the cause of deterioration of export min, particularly in oceanic transit, and devise means of preventingdosses from those causes, sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. The Secretary of m'{j§;j_“{;f,,uj_$°d“ *°' Agriculture is herebv directed to obtain in the open market, samples of seeds of grass, clover, or alfalfa, test the same, and if any such seeds are found to be adulterated or misbranded, or any seeds of Canada blue rass (Poa compressa) are obtained under any other name than Canada blue grass or Poa compressa, to publish the results of the tests, together with the names of the persons by whom the seeds were offered for sale. (imss Asn ronmn-rnaxr nwnsrrcarroxsz To enable the Secretary p,§;}§¤nvé*g,§g¤§,°,§gg$· 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 and 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 dpurchase tools, all necessary office fixtures, materials, apparatus, an supplies; to y freight, express charges, and traveling expenses; for tele ph andlllelephone service; for gas and electric currents; for the emygldyment of local and special agents, clerks, assistants, student or scientific aids, and other labor required in conducting experiments