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 874 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 1405. 1905. L¤b°”-*°’Y °X· LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: General expenses, mmm Bureau of Chemistry: Chemical apparatus, chemicals, laboratory tix- - tures and su plies, re irs to engine and apparatus, gas and electric current, purchase of allanecessary office lixturesmsupplies, and necessary expenses in conducting investiglations in this ureau, including actual and necessary traveling and other expenses, telegraph and telephone services, for express_and freight charges, labor and expert work in such investigations, in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and in collating, digesting, reporting, and illustrating the results of such experiments; to continue the collaboration with other bureaus and divisions of the Department desiring chemical investigations and to collaborate with other Departments of the Government whose heads request the Secretary of Agriculture for such assistance, and for other miscellaneous work; for the employment of additional assistants and Rm- chemists, when necessary, and for the rent of buildings occupied by dM¤i¢¤¤*¤¤¤¤ 0* the Bureau of Chemistry; to investi to the adulteration of foods, mgS'°i°' condiments, bevera es, and drugs, wgbn deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture advisaile, and to publish the results of such investigations when thought advisable, and also the effect of cold storage upon wifwd v¤‘¤¤¤¤'¤¤'*=¤· the healthfulness of foods; to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to ‘ investigate the character of food preservatives, co oring matters, and other substances added to foods, to determine their relation to digestion and to health, and to establish the principles which should guide their use; to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the character of the chemical and physical tests which are applied to American sb{¤£¤¤ l>•>*°¤> food products in foreign countries, and to inspect before shipment, pwhen desired by the shippers or owners of these food products, American food products intended for countries where chemical and physical tests are required before said food products are allowed to be sold in the countries mentioned, and for all necessary expenses connected with such inspection and studies of methods of analysis in S¤¤¤<l¤*d¤°*P‘¤'**Y·`foreigri countries; to enable the Secretary of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, and such other experts as he may deem necessary, to establishstandards of purity for food products and to determine what are regarded as adul- Dm? P’°d°°**· °*°- terations therein. To investigate, in collaboration with the Bureau of Animal Industry, the chemistry of dairy products and of adulterants used therein, and of the adulterated roducts; to determine the composition of process., renovated, or adulterated and other treated butters, and other chemical studies relating to dairy products, and to make all analyses of samples required for the execution of the law regulating the Wheat and other manufacture of process, renovated., or adulterated butters. To study, °°"`"l”' in collaboration with the lVeather Bureau and agricultural experiment stations, the influence of environment u ion the chemical composition of wheat and other cereals, with especial reference to the variation in the content of gluten, and the suitability of barley for brewing and saga`; and Search- other purposes. To investigate the chemical composition of sugar and m°d"` mg mms' starch—producing plants in the United States and its possessions, and, in collaboration with the Weather Bureau and agricultural experiment stations, to study the effects of environment u n the chemical com o- bédxétfpdugicfngg sition of sugar and starch—producing plants. Io investigate the adid- condiments, and ingredients of such articdes, when deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture advisable, and report the result in the bulletins of the Department; and the Secretary of Agriculture, whenever he has reason to believe that such articles are bein imported from foreign countries which are dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, or which shall be falsely labeled or branded either as to their, contents or as to the place of their manufacture or production, shall
 * ,,.d,_m_”’ " teration, false labeling, or false bran in of foods, drugs, beverages,