six"rY.r1Rs*r o0NGREss. sm. 11. os. 256. 1910. 421 assistant in farm management, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks, class four; eight clerks, class three; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; f§teen clerks, class two; thirty-three clerks, class one; one seed clerk and superintendent, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand and eighty dollars; two clerks, at one thousand and twenty dollars each; nineteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; nineteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; sixteen clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred dollars; thirtiy·one clerks, messengers, or laborers, at seven hundred and twenty ollars each; sixteen clerks, messengers, or laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; thirty clerks, messengers, or laborers at six hundred dollars each; one gardener, one thousand two hundred dollars; one gardener, one thousand one hundred dollars; two gardeners or assistants, at one thousand dollars each; six ardeners, at nine hundred dollars each; two gardeners, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; four gardeners, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; eight gardeners, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three gardeners, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; one gardener, six hundred dollars; one skilled laborer, nine hundred dollars; three skilled laborers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; six laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each;nineteen laborers, messengers, or messenger boys, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; three laborers or charwomen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one laborer or charwoman, three hundred and sixty dollars; two laborers, at four hundred and twenty dollars each; six charwomen, at two hundred and fortly dollars each; four messe er boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; three messengeiigboys, at three hundred dollars each ; in all, two hundred and fifty-five thousand two hundred and sevent dollars. ` GENERAL EXPENSES, gunman OF PLANT INDUSTRY: For all neces- gfy;*;¤,;·%$gg, sary expenses in the investigation of fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, ` tobacco, vegetables, grasses, forage, drug, medicinal, poisonous, fiber, and other lants a.nd plant in ustries, in cooperation with other branches oi) the department, the state e%pr1ment stations, and practical farmers; for rent and repairs in the `strict of Columbia and elsewhere; and for the em loyment of all investigators, local and special agents, a ricultural) explorers, experts, clerks, illustrators, assistants, and alglabor and other necessary expenses rn the city of Washington and elsewhere required for the investigations, experiments, and demonstrations herein authorized, as follows: For investigations of plant diseases and pathological collections, *’*¤¤*d*=*°¤¤€¤· twenty-one thousand seven hundred and ten dollars; For the control of diseases of orchard and other fruits, thirty-four F¤****“°°*L‘****- thousand and seventy-Eve dollars; For the control of diseases of forest and ornamental trees and T*°¤·°*°··d“°¤¤°*· shrubs, sixteen thousand five hundred and ten dollars; For the control of diseases of cotton, truck crops, and related c,g3§,f°“ wd ““°k plants, twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars; For investigating the physiology of crop plants and for testing and C"? *’““““· breeding varieties thereof, twenty-five thousand and fifteen dollars; _ _ _ For soil bacteriology, plant nutrition, and water purification inves— 0,f,`Q’;"§§Q“* b“°‘°“‘ ggfitions, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty-Eve ’ o ars; For acclimatization and adaptation investigations of cotton, com, €,§°°““"‘”"“°“· and other crops introduced from tropical regions, and for the improve— ` ment of cotton by cultural methods, breeding, and selection, thirty- four thousand six hundred and seventy dollars; For drugi plant, poisonous plant, tea culture, and general physio- mg P‘“"'”· °‘°· logical an fermentation investigations, forty-two thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars; S8740°—vo1. 36, rr 1--11-——29