FUNDS OF THE DEPARTMENT. 



The net cost to the Federal Government of the regular activities 

 of the department during the fiscal year 1922 was approximately 

 $34,000,000, as indicated by the following table : 



FEDERAIi FUNDS FOR UEGULAR WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT. 



Agricultural appropriation act, 1922 (exclusive of appropria- 

 tions made direct to States for research work under the 

 Hatch and Adams Acts and for extension work under the 

 Smith- Lever Act ; appropriations for farmers' seed-grain loans, 

 for the acquisition of lands by the National Forest Reserva- 

 tion Commission, and for a study of short-time rural credits 

 by a congressional joint committee; and immediately avail- 

 able appropriations expended during 1921) $30,409,643.00 



Agricultural appropriation act, 1923, immediately available 



funds expended during 1922 35, 982. 00 



Deficiency appropriation acts (Aug. 24, 1921, Dec. 15, 1921, and 



Mar. 20, 1922) 1, 627, 875. 00 



Permanent annual appropriation for meat inspection (act of 



.June 30. 1906) 3, 000, 000. 00 



Protection of lands involved in Oregon and California Railroad 

 forfeiture suits (sundry civil appropriation act, 1922, and de- 

 ficiency appropriation act of July 1, 1922) 30,726.00 



Increase' of compensation (legislative appropriation act. 1922) _ 3,137,882.00 



Printing and binding (sundry civil appropriation act, 1922) 725,000.00 



Allotment for fixed-nitrogen research (transferred from appro- 

 priation placed at disposal of the President by the national 

 defense act of June 3, 1916) 500, 000. 00 



39, 467, 108. 00 

 Excess of unexpended balances and surplus fund, fiscal year 



1922, over balances of appropriations from prior years 14, 450. 00 



Actual expenditures from Federal funds for regular work_ 39, 452, 658. 00 

 Less receipts, 1922, deposited in United States Treasury to credit 



of miscellaneous-receipts fund (see p. 50) 5,209,364.81 



Net cost of regular work 34, 243, 293. 19 



Of the total expenditure of $39,000,000 for the regular work of the 

 department, approximately $9,000,000, or 23 per cent, was used for 

 research; $3,000,000, or 8 per cent, for extension; $20,000,000, or 51 

 per cent, for servics and regulatory activities; and $7,000,000, or 18 

 per cent, for campaigns for the eradication and control of various 

 animal and plant diseases and pests. 



SPECIAJL FUNDS FROM RECEIPTS. 



In addition to direct Federal appropriations, the following special 

 funds from Forest Service receipts were available for work incident 

 to the department's regular activities : 



Roads and trails for States (construction and improvement of 

 roads and trails within national forests) : 

 Amount available from deferred national-for- 

 est grazing-fee receipts for fiscal year 1921, 



collected in fiscal year 1922 (see p. 50) $181,236.34 



Amount available from receipts for fiscal year 



1921 247, 997. 19 



Balance from receipts in prior years 369, 284. 19 



$778,517.72 



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