294 FI`I•'I`Y—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1486. 1904. uals as may care to buy them 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 mone s received toward the expense of the preparation of the index, Asficulmmi 5** and tdis fund shall be available until used; and the Secretary of Agriumm culture is hereby authorized to expend fort -five thousand dollars of i which sum to establish and maintain agricultural experiment stations P0-'ggslg?l;(§¥¤"¤**·*"" in the Territories of Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, including the ` erection of buildings, the printing (in Hawaii and Porto Rico), illustra-
tion, and distribution of reports and bulletins: Providea', That not
'more than fifteen thousand dollars shall be expended for the maintenance of such stations in an one of said Territories; and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to sell such products as are obtained on the land belonging to the agricultural 'experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, and to apply the moneys received from the sale of such products to the maintenance of said stations, and this fund shall be available until used; in all,·eight hundred and ten thou- Rewn cu hrm¤r¤’ sand dollars: Promfded, That five thousand dollars of this sum shall be ummm used by the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the organization and progress of farmers’ institutes in the several States and Territories, and upon similar organizations in foreign countries, with special su gestions of lans and methods for making such organizations more egective for the dissemination of the results of the work of the Department of Agriculture and the agricultural experiment stations and of improved methods of agricultural practice. Total for agricultural experiment stations, eight hundred and ten thousand dollars. ‘ m§,;"“'°” "¥'°’“¤“‘ Nrrriucrrou INVESTIGATIONSZ To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investi te and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles andllzommodities used for human food, with special suggestions of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and more economical than those in common use, including special investigations on the nutritive value and economy of the diet in public institutions; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be warranted by a due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States and erritories, and as may be mutually agreed upon; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to require said stations to report to him the results of any such investigations which they may carry out, whether in cooperation with said Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise, twenty thousand dollars. - m;mg:¤i¤·· Md lmucnriox Ayn nnsmaurz INVESTIGATIONS2 To enable the Secretary ' of Agriculture to investigate and report u on the laws of the States and erritories as affecting irri tion and the rights of appropriators and of riparian proprietors andglinstitutions relating to irri tion and upon the use of irrigation waters, at home and abroad; wig: especial suggestions of the best methods for the utilization of irrigation waters in agriculture, and upon plans for the removal of seepage and surplus waters by drainage, and upon the use of different kinds of power and appliances for irrigation and drainage, and for the preparation, print- R¤P°¤¤· ing, and illustration of reports and bulletins on irrigation and drainacre. including employment of labor in the city of lVashington or elsewheie: and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrvino out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may bl; warranted by a due regard to the varying conditions and needs`and laws of the respective States and Territories as may be mutuallv
