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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 26. 1919. 255 GENERAL EXPENSES, BUREAU OF S01Ls: For all necessary expenses G°”°"‘* °XP°”S°$· connected with the investigations and experiments hereinafter authorized, including the employment of investigators, local and special agents, assistants, experts, clerks, draftsmen, and labor in t e city of Washmgton and elsewhere; official traveling expenses, materials, tools, instruments, apparatus, repairs `to apparatus, chemicals, furniture, office fixtures, stationery, as, electric current, telegraph and telephone service, ex ress and geight charges, rent outside the District of Columbia, andp for all other necessary supplies and expenses, as follows: For chemical investigations of soil ty es, soil com osition and soil g°' minerals, the soil solution, solubility ol) soil and alllchemical properties of soils in their relation to soil formation, soil texture, and soil productivity, including all routine chemical work in connection with the soil survey, $25,610; Ph For (physical investigations of the important roperties of soil 1tyin}?;sc21i;aIii?•;ii;ictivwhich etermine productivity, such as moisture reliations, aerations, heat conductivity, texture and other physical investigations of the various soil classes and soil types, $12,225; N mm For exploration and investigation within the United States to ° manu"' determine possible sources of supply of potash, nitrates, and othernatural fertilizers, $31,340. — cm me sou m_ For the investigation of soils, in cooperation with other branches of »—¤s¤iggfi°¤¤s, mapping, the Department of Agriculture, other epartments of the Government, °°°‘ State agricultural experiment stations, and other State institutions, and for indicating upon maps and plats, by coloring or otherwise, the results of such investigations, $198,200; V » . mmmmim 0,8% For examination of soils to aid in the classification of agricultural mimi mas. . lands in cooperation with other bureaus of the department and other departments of the Govemment, $18,100; · I · roses mmm or the investiggtion and demonstration within the United States mms. to determine the est method of obtaininlg potash on a commercial scale, $127,600: Promkied, That the pm act obtained from such supprpmum. experimentation may be sold at a price to be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and the amount obtained from the sale thereof shall be covered into the Tresmury asmiscellaneous receipts; A,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,_, ,,_ For general administrative expenses connected with the above- wwwmentioned lines of investigation, $4,000;. In all, for eneral exggnses, $417,075. · Total for gureau of ils, $491,235. Entomole Bureau BUREAU 01-* ENrouoL0oY. gy ` Psy of chief of bu· Sarnams, Bmzmu or Ezvrouonoor: One entemolegist, who shal1~¤¤·¤*·¤¤·¤=¢~ be chief of bureau, $5,000; one chief clerk and executive assistant, $2,250; one administrative assistant, $2,250- one editor, $2,250; one financial clerk, $1,800· four clerks, class four; seven clerks, class three; sixteen clerks, class two; twenty-two clerks, class one; eiggilt clerks, at $1,000 each; one insect delmeator, $1,600; two insect de - eaters, at $1,400 each; two entomological draftsmen, at $1,400 each; one entomological draftsman, $1,080; one photographer, $1,200; one entomol 'cal preparator, $1,000; four entomologxcal preparators, at $840 sag; eight entomological preparators, at $720 each; seven entomologieal reparators, at $600 each; one laborer, at $1,080; two memengers or laborers, at $900 each; one messenger or laborer, $840; three messengers or laborers, at $720 each; six messenger boys, at $480 each; one laborer, $540; one laborer, $480; two chairwoman, at $480 each; three charwomen, at $240 each; m all $124,010. _ Gmnlupensw Gmmxn. nxrnnsns, Burman or Exrouower: For the promotion. rmsgmem or xpof economic  for   the history and the h8b1@,·°“s'° °‘ ot-insects injmioixsan banehcnal to agriculture, hert1c11l¤1re,.arbon·,