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838 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 373. 1889. expenses incurred in collecting, purchasing, preparing for transportation, and transportin cocoons, and for expenses of stations in connection therewith, and for necessary traveling expenses, twenty thousand dollars. And the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby ausanes. thorized to sell in open market any and all reeled silk and silk waste produced in these experiments, and to apply the proceeds of such sales to the payment of the legitimate expenses incurred therein; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall make full report to Congress of the experiments herein provided for, and, also of all sales and purchases made under this paragqraph, with the names and residences of all producers of cocoons of w om purchases are made. W¤m¤~¤j¤ Silk Gulv For the encouragement and development of the culture of raising m A”°°m'°°° raw silk, five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Woman’s Silk Culture Association of the United States, located at Philadel hia, and to be paid directly to said association; and Report. said association shall make a full and detailed report of the expenditures and results obtained under this appropriation, to the Secretary of Agriculture who shall transmit the same to Congress, and two thousand five hundred dollars for the same purposes and under the

 Silk Culture same restrictions and conditions, to the Ladies’ Silk Culture Society

`° y' of Californiagand for the continuation of the study and experiments by Joseph Neumann of the wild native silk-worm of California, two Joseph N¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid directly to said Joseph Neumann; and the said Joseph Neumann shall report the results of such work to the Secretary of Agriculture on or before the first day _ _ _ _ of anuary, eighteen hundred and ninety. or*:‘,g,§')f§g‘;f;_$g’;g&"l'jjf Division of economic ornithology and mammalogy: For the pr0· malogy. motion of economic ornithology and mammalogy; an investigation of the food habits, distribution, and migrations of North American birds and mammals, in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry; for publishing report thereon; and for drawings, traveling and other expenses in the practical work of the division, seven thousand dollars, of which sum one thousand dollars shall be immediately available. G¤r<le¤s¤¤dgr¤¤¤dS- Experimental gardens and grounds: .For labor in experimental gardens and grounds, the care of conservatories, plant and fruit propagating and seed·testing houses, the keep of the reservation, awns, trees, roadways, and walks, twelve thousand dollars. For blacksmithing, the purchase of tools, wagons, carts, harness, rms, ac. lawn-mowers, and other machinery, and the necessary labor and inaterial for repairing the same; for t ie purchase of 11ew and rare kinds of seeds, plants, and bulbs, for pro agating purposes, including expense of material and labor in paclking plants for distribution and for transportation, for necessary pots, tubs, watering-cans, and hose, materials for the destruction of insects, and all other necessary items for the cultivation and improvement of the grounds and arboretum ; for the purchase of glass, paints, lumber, and tin for roofing and spouting, hardware, and for carpenter, painter, and other mechanical work necessaryl for keeping in good repair the conservatories, greenhouses, and other garden structures, fourteen thousand six hundred and forty dollars. Museum. Museum: For collecting and modeling fruits, vegetables, and other plants, for labor and material in preparing them for the museum, one thousand dollars. $*6 dll’lm<>¤· Seed division: For the purchase, propagation, a11d distribution, as required by law, of seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, and expenses of labor, transportation, paper, twine, gum, printing, postal·cards, and all necessary material and repairs for putting up and distributing the same, and to be distributed in local- > ities adapted to theinculture, one hundred thousand dollars. D¤¤¤·¤>¤¢i¤¤- _An equal proportion of two—thirds of all seeds, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants, shall, upon their request, be supplied to