FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. S5. 1898. 335 the texture and composition of soils in the field and laboratory; the location of the stations and the rent of a building, not to exceed six hundred and sixty dollars per annum,for office and laboratory purposes; the employment of local and special agents, and other labor required in conducting experiments; the preparation of drawings and illustrations; for materials, tools, instruments, apparatus, gas, and supplies, and for traveling expenses, freight and express charges, ten thousand dollars. GRASS AND FORAGE PLANT INvEsT1GATIoNs, DIVISION OF Aenos- Division of Arms- TOLGGY: Field and laboratory investigations relating to the natural t°1°gy ` history, geographical distribution, and uses of the various grasses and forage plants, and their adaptability to special soils and climates; establishment and maintenance of experimental grass stations; employment of local and special agents and assistants; collection of seeds, roots, and specimens for experimental cultivation and distribution; materials, tools, apparatus, supplies, and labor required in conducting experiments; freight and express charges and traveling expenses; the preparation of drawings and illustrations for special reports, and the preparation of illustrated circulars of information, bulletins, and monographic works gnuthe forage plants and grasses of North America, ten thousand o ars. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS, OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT _ Agricultural exper- STATIGNS: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved "“°"° ““"°“‘ March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to v01.24,p.440. establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act V<>r12. v-503- approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Acts supplementary thereto," and to enforce the execution thereof, seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars, thirty thousand dollars of which sum shall be payable upon the order of the Secretary of Agriculture to enable_hi.m to carry out the provisions of section three of the said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and ten thou- $‘;{f*:,§ ;f°;m_ sand dollars of which sum may be expended by the Secretary of Agri-` ` culture to investigate and report to Congress upon the agricultural resources and capabilities of Alaska, with special reference to the Masks desirability and feasibility of the establishment of agricultural experiment stations in said Territory, as has been done in other States and Territories, and the selection of suitable locations for such stations; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual ~*¤¤¤¤1 ¤*¤*¤*¤°¤*¤· financial statement required by section three of said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, shall ascertain whether the expenditures under the appropriation hereby made are in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and shall make report thereon to Congress; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary, and to incur such other expenses for office fixtures and supplies, `stationery, traveling, freight and express charges, illustration and publication of the Experiment Station Record, bulletins, and R£f)§g'l6'Q_f°* S*°'*°” reports, as he may find essential in carrying out the objects of the ’ “ above Acts; and the sums apportioned to the several States shall be _ paid quarterly in advance. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby m{,’;{’§§€r§f,_rQ$“°“*‘ authorized to furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy it copies of the card index .of agricultural literature prepared by the Office of Experiment Stations, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies; and he is hereby authorized to apply the moneys received toward the expense of the preparation of the index. IRmoAr1oN INFORMATION: For the purpose of collecting from agri- m}Ij¤s¤*i·>¤ *¤f°¤¤*· cultural colleges, agricultural experiment stations, and other sources, ` including the employment of practical agents, valuable information and data on the subject of irrigation, and publishing the same in bulletin form, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Nurmriou 1Nvnsr1eArrons; To enable the Secretary of Agriculture Wf;°·*·¤*****'*°¤ ‘“· . . . . . · gatious. to investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the various arti-
