ing 1907, and for carrying out the provisions of said act March 2, 1887, and also said act March 16, 1906, in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1908 and thereafter.

ACT MARCH 2, 1889, c. 373. (25 Stat. 835.)

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Examination and classification of soils by agricultural experiment stations. That, as far as practicable, all such stations shall devote a portion of their work to the examination and classification of the soils of their respective States and Territories, with a view to securing more extended knowledge and better development of their agricul tural capabilities.

Act March 2, 1889, c. 373, 25 Stat. 841.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for experiment stations in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1890, cited above.

ACT MARCH 3, 1905, c. 1405. (33 Stat. 861.)

Cooperation of agricultural experiment stations in establishing and maintaining experimental grass stations.

* * the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in establishing and maintaining experimental grass stations, for determining the best methods of caring for and improving meadows and grazing lands, the use of different grasses and forage plants, and their adaptability to various soils and climates, the best native and foreign species for reclaiming overstocked ranges and pastures, for renovating worn-out lands, for binding drifting sands and washed lands, and for turfing lawns and pleasure grounds, and for solving the various forage problems presented in the several sections of our country,

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Act March 3, 1905, c. 1405, 33 Stat. 869.

This is a provision accompanying an appropriation for grass and forage-plant investigations, in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1906, cited above. Similar provisions were contained in the similar appropriation acts for the fiscal year 1900 and intervening fiscal years.

ACT JUNE 30, 1906, c. 3913. (34 Stat. 669.)

Cooperation of agricultural experiment stations in nutrition investigations. NUTRITION INVESTIGATIONS: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities 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 Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary in the city of Washington and elsewhere; and the agricultural experiment stations are 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 Territories, 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 the said Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise,

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Cooperation of agricultural experiment stations in irrigation and drainage investigations.

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE INVESTIGATIONS: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the laws of the States and Territories as affecting irrigation and the rights of appropriators and of riparian proprietors and institutions relating to irrigation and upon the use of irrigation waters, at home and abroad; with 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, printing, and illustration of reports and bulletins on irrigation and drainage, including employment of labor in the city of Washington or elsewhere; 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 and laws of the respective States and Territories as may be mutually agreed upon, and all necessary expenses,

Act June 30, 1906, c. 3913, 34 Stat. 694.

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These are paragraphs of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1907, cited above. Provisions requiring the agricultural experiment stations to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in nutrition investigations and irrigation and drainage investigations, in the same language, accompanied appropriations for such investigations in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal year 1905 and intervening fiscal years. Provisions relating to such cooperation were omitted, however, from the appropriations for the purposes mentioned in the similar appropriation acts for the fiscal years 1908 and thereafter.

ACT MAY 23, 1908, c. 192. (35 Stat. 251.)

Sale of copies of card index of agricultural literature; disposition of proceeds. And the Secretary of Agriculture hereafter may furnish to such institutions or individuals 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, the money received from such sales to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts; * *

Act May 23, 1908, c. 192, 35 Stat. 266.

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This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1909, cited above. Provisions in substantially similar language, but without the word "hereafter ", accompanied appropriations for "Office of Experiment Stations" in the agricultural appropriation acts for the fiscal year 1893 and intervening fiscal years.

A similar provision of the act cited above relating to the sale of a card index of agricultural literature, prepared by the Library of the department, is set forth on p. 236, ante, under "Library."

RES. APRIL 27, 1904, No. 29. Joint resolution providing for printing annually the report of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, Department of Agriculture. (33 Stat. 590.)

Report of Director of Office of Experiment Stations.

That there be printed eight thousand copies of the Report of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, prepared under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture, on the work and expenditures of that office and of the agricultural experiment stations estab

lished in the several States and Territories under the Act of Congress of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, for nineteen hundred and three, of which one thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, two thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and five thousand copies for the use of the Department of Agriculture; and that annually hereafter a similar report shall be prepared and printed, the edition to be the same as for the report herein provided.

Res. April 27, 1904, No. 29, 33 Stat. 590.

Act March 2, 1887, c. 314, mentioned in this resolution, is set forth on p. 245, ante.

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284. (37 Stat. 269.)

SALARIES, OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS: One director, four thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one computer, two thousand dollars; one draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk and proof reader, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one editorial clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one editorial clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, class three; four clerks, class two; seven clerks, class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twelve clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; three messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at six hundred dollars each; four messengers, messenger boys, or laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one skilled laborer, nine hundred dollars; five laborers or charwomen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two laborers or charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, fifty-eight thousand two hundred and forty dollars.

GENERAL EXPENSES, OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS: To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Acts supplementary thereto," the sums apportioned to the several States and Territories to be paid quarterly in advance, seven hundred and twenty thousand dollars;

To carry into effect the provisions of an Act approved March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An Act to provide for an increased annual appropriation for agricultural experiment stations and regulating the expenditure thereof," the sums apportioned to the several States and Territories to be paid quarterly in advance, seven hundred and twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars shall be paid to each State and Territory under this Act;

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to enforce the provisions of the above Acts, relative to their administration, including the employment of clerks, assistants, and other persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere, freight and express charges, official traveling expenses, office fixtures, supplies, apparatus, telegraph and telephone service, gas, electric current, and rent outside of the District of Columbia, thirty-eight thousand four hundred dollars;

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A provision, here omitted, that the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of financial statement required under the two acts men

tioned above, ascertain whether the expenditures are in accordance with their provisions, and make report thereon to Congress, is set forth on p. 251, ante.

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to establish and maintain agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the island of Guam, including the erection of buildings, the preparation, illustration, and distribution of reports and bulletins, and all other necessary expenses, one hundred and five thousand dollars, as follows: Alaska, thirty thousand dollars; Hawaii, thirty thousand dollars; Porto Rico, thirty thousand dollars; and Guam, fifteen thousand dollars; 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, Porto Rico, and the island of Guam, and to apply the money received from the sale of such products to the maintenance of said stations, and this fund shall be available until used;

To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the organization and progress of farmers' institutes and agricultural schools in the several States and Territories, and upon similar organizations in foreign countries, with special suggestions of plans and methods for making such organizations more effective 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, including the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and all other necessary expenses, fifteen thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars;

In all for general expenses, one million five hundred and ninetynine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.

NUTRITION INVESTIGATIONS: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the nutritive value of agricultural products used for human food, with special suggestions of plans and methods for the more effective utilization of such products for this purpose, with the cooperation of other bureaus of the department, and to disseminate useful information on this subject, including the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, and all other necessary expenses, sixteen thousand dollars.

IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the laws of the States and Territories as affecting irrigation and the rights of appropriators, and of riparian proprietors and institutions relating to irrigation, and upon the use of irrigation water at home and abroad with especial suggestions of the best methods for the utilization of irrigation waters in agriculture, and upon the use of different kinds of power and appliances for irrigation and for the preparation and illustration of reports and bulletins on irrigation, including the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and all necessary expenses, ninety-eight thousand three hundred dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a thorough investigation to be made and report to Congress at the opening of the next session upon the feasibility and the economy of irrigation by the reservoir system or plan in western Kansas and western Oklahoma.

DRAINAGE INVESTIGATIONS: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report upon the drainage of swamp and other wet

lands which may be made available for agricultural purposes, and to prepare plans for the removal of surplus waters by drainage from such lands, and for the preparation and illustration of reports and bulletins on drainage, including the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and all necessary expenses, one hundred thousand dollars. Total for Office of Experiment Stations, one million eight hundred and seventy-one thousand and seven hundred dollars.

Act August 10, 1912, c. 284, 37 Stat. 297.

These are provisions of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1913, cited above.

OFFICE OF PUBLIC ROADS.

ACT JUNE 30, 1906, c. 3913. (34 Stat. 669.)

Director of office.

One director, who shall be a scientist and have charge of all scientific and technical work, * *

Act June 30, 1906, c. 3913, 34 Stat. 694.

This is a provision of the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year 1907, cited above. Provisions in the same words are contained in the similar acts for subsequent fiscal years. The provision in the act for the fiscal year 1913 is set forth below.

ACT AUGUST 10, 1912, c. 284. (37 Stat. 269.)

SALARIES, OFFICE OF PUBLIC ROADS: One director, who shall be a scientist and have charge of all scientific and technical work, four thousand dollars; one chief clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars; two clerks, class three; one clerk or instrument maker, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one clerk, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars each; three clerks, class one; one clerk or photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk or photographer, one thousand dollars; two clerks, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk, one thousand and eighty dollars; one clerk, one thousand and twenty dollars; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one clerk or instrument maker, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger or laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger or laborer, six hundred and sixty dollars; four messengers or laborers, at six hundred dollars each; one messenger boy, four hundred and eighty dollars; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; two charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, thirtyseven thousand and twenty dollars.

GENERAL EXPENSES, OFFICE OF PUBLIC ROADS: For salaries, and the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere, supplies, office fixtures, apparatus, traveling and all other necessary expenses for conducting investigations and experiments, and for collating, reporting, and illustrating the results of same, and for preparing, publishing, and distributing bulletins and reports as follows: Provided, That no part of these appropriations shall be expended for the rent or purchase of road-making machinery except such as may be necessary for field experimental work as hereinafter provided for: