SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 313. 1916. 473 omca or- Msnimrs nm nmur. onesinzamox. 0,*g_?n}:B*g,0;¤gm¥g°¤j*¤ Snanms, Orrrcn or Manners AND Runs:. Oneamzyrrouz One c,_§g·{m_¤¤**°*¤¤¤» chief of office, $4,500; one chief clerk, $2,000; one administrative ’ assistant, $1,980; five clerks, class four; eight clerk, class three; fourteen clerk class two; one clerk, $1 ,380· one clerk, $1,320; tweng clerks, class one; one clerk, $1,140; ten clerk, at $1,000 each; one erk, $1,080; ten clerks, at $900 each; one clerk, $840; two clerks, at $720 each; one mechanical assistant, $1,800; one mechanical assistant, $1,380; three laboratory aids, at $900 each; four laboratory aids, at $720 each; two laboratory aids, at $600 each; one photographer, $1,400; one photographer, $1,200; one telegraph operator, $1,400; one telegraph operator, $1,200; one map tracer, $900; one map tracer, $720; one map tracer, $600; one map tracer, $480; one laborer, $720; one laborer, $660; four messenger boys or laborers, at $600 each; four messenger boys or laborers, at $540 each; eight messenger boys or laborers, at $480 each; one memenggr boy, $420; two charwomen, at $480 each; one charwoman, $3 ; two eharwomen, at $240 each; in all, $129 880. - Gmrmuu. nxrnnsms, Ormcn or Mhnmrrs AND- Ronan, Omam- ¤¤¤'¤!·¤¤••¤- zsrrouz For salaries and the employment of labor in the city of Washington and elsewhere,. furniture, supplies, trarveling expenses, rent outside of the District of Columbia, and all other `expenses necessary in conducting investigations, experiments, and demoustra- . tiolns, as follows: d th cfm U md S D or ui] an Memo eseople- e ni tates ,,0,,,,;,,,, useful iiiigormation on subjects colgnec with the marketing and ¤¤v1>¤i¤¤»•¤=~mdfm'
of farm and nonmanufactumd food products and the pur- *
chasing of arm supplies, independently and in cooperation with other branches of the department, tate agencies, tpurchasing and consuming organizations, and persons englaged in e transportation, marketing and distributiriisof farm an ood products, $285,000; mmm M For collecting and tributing, by telegrzlph, mail, and otherwise, p¤as,.i2u°° um timely information on the supply, commerci movement, disposition, and market prices of fruits and vegetables, $136,600; uv md md To enable the Secretaig of Agriculture to ather from stockmen, um; ’ pm live-stock associations, tate hve-stock and agricultural boards, ,,,‘{,‘§{f§;‘“{,,:g‘,{\, Q'; common carriers, stockyards, commission firms, live-stock exchanges, f<>rm::{<>¤ ¤&`r¤i=i¤¢. slaughtering and meat—pa.cking companies, and others information mr i°"° relative to the number of different c asses and grades of marketable live stock especially cattle, hogs, and sheep in the principal live- ‘ stock feeding districts and sections; prices, receipts, and shi ments of the different classes an grades of cattle, hogs, and sheep at livestock market cente1s;(prices o meats and meat food (products and the amounts of such pro ucts in storage; to compile an pubhsh such information at such frequent intervals as most effectively to guide producers, consumers, and distributors in the sale and purchase of live stock, meats, and other animal products; and to gather and plublish ang related information pertaining to marketing and distri ution of 've stock, meats, and animal by-products, the sum °f1igi’i£$é ° ting demonstrating and promoting the use of stand- .€Z°°d°"1”’ 7 7 r • prds for thetxifertgnt grades, qualities, and condbgaions of cotton, and or investigating e gmning, grading, sta ’ , , marking, com- _ pressing, and tare of cotton, $48,000: I£•%ed,hg§>at of the su_m_ {TY’,&,,,,,,,,,¤,, thus appropriated $28,620 may be used for testing the waste, tensile v¤¤¤¤. strength and bleaching qualities of the different grades and classes of cotton in order to etermine their spinning value and for demonstrating the results of such tests; Bm, at To enable the Secretarg of Agriculture to make studies of cooper- s¢¤ay°ii?‘•%¤¤ ation among farmers in the United States in matters of rural credits *“'j",,;"}f‘,*'§a
