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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 544. 1891. 1047 botanists in the field for exploration and collection of plants in little known districts, forty thousand dollars. _ INVESTIGATING run Hisronv AND HABITS or Insmors, DIVISION ¤{M¤<>¤ of ¤¤¢·> OF ENTOMOLOGY: Promotion of economic entomology, investigating m° °°` the history and habits of insects injurious and beneficial to agriculture, arborculture, and horticulture; and for the urchase in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture of a collection of rare and destructive insects; experiments in ascertaining the best means of destroying them; publishing reports thereon, and for illustrations, chemicals, and other expenses in the practical work of the division of entomology, twenty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars: Provided, That two thousand five hundreddollars, or so much mma. thereof as may be necessary, may be expended for an investigation into the natural histor of and remedies for the cotton-boll worm; comumu worm, for compensation of additional temporary agents of the division °°°‘ of entomolo ; for traveling expenses, chemicals, insecticide apparatus, and other necessary expenses in this investigation. · INVESTIGATIONS IN ORNITHOLOGY AND MAMMALOGY, DIVISION OF lDivi¤i¤¤:, ¤f Omithlj ORNITHOLOGY AND MA1uuALoeY: For investigating the geographic 3f,?' “" distribution of animals and plants, and for the promotion of economic ornithology and mammalogy, and investigation of the food habit of North American birds and mammals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry; for publishing reports thereon, and for illustrations, field work, travelin , and other expenses in the practical work of the division, fifteen Idiousand dollars. POMOLOGICAL INFORMATION, Division or Pomonocv: Traveling mmm or roms. and other necessary ex enses in investigating, collecting, and dis- °"· seminating pomological) information, an the collection and distribution of trees, see s, shrubs, and specimens, five thousand dollars. INVESTIGATION OF FOOD ADULTERATIONSAND INVESTIGATIONS 1),,,,,;,,,, of mm,. AND EXPERIMENTS RELATING T0 TEXTILE FABRICS, DIVISION or °°P>'· MICROSGOPY: Microscopical apparatus, chemicals, photographic illustrations and drawings, and 0 er supplies; trave ing expenses; the purchase of food samples and condiments in the investigation of the adulteration of food; the purchase of textile fabrics, and ascertaining their relative strength and forms, two thousand dollars. VEGETABLE PATHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS, Damien or vegas- D1v1s1oN or VEGETABLE PATHOLOGYZ Investigating the nature of **1** *’°°“°‘°¤'· diseases injurious to fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, and other useful plants; experiments in the treatment of the same; chemicals and apparatus required in the field and laboratory- necessary traveling expenses; the preparation of drawings and illustrations; and for other expenses connected with the pxractical work of the mvestiglaé tion, fifteen thousand dollars; of w ich so much thereof as may directed by the Secretary may be applied to the investigation of peach yellows, California gratpe disease, root rot and_bligl1t of cotton, pear blight, the diseases o the orange, and remedies therefor. LABoRATORY, DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY: Chemical apparatus, mbivisiou of 0b6m- chemicals, laboratory fixtures and supplies, purchase of samples and ry' necessary expenses in conducting special investigations, including necessary traveling expenses, labor and expert work in such investigations, six thousand dollars; for rent of aboratory building, nine hundred dollars; in all, six thousand nine hundred dollars. To enable the Secretar of Agriculture to extend and continue the investigation of the adulleration of food, drugs, and liquors, includ- d;`*1<;¤g,*£g2;‘g ing the purchase of samples, transportation, traveling expenses, stationery, return postage, printing and illustrations, analyzing, investigatin , and examining samples purchased in the open markets, the sum og twelve thousand five hundred dollars; and for these purposes the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to employ such assist- °* ”‘ ants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary: Provided, mm.