REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



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the prosecution of its regular work. These funds were provided for 

 the following pui-poses: 



9,437,473.96 I 3,329,435.52' 3 6,108,038.44 



Farmers' seed-grain loans: 



Appropriation provided by special act of Mar. 20, 



1922, for loans to farmers in spring of 1922 



Appropriation provided by agricultural act of Mar. 

 3, 1921, for seed loans 



1,500,000.00 

 2,000,000.00 



Payment from national-forest receipts for benefit of 

 county schools and roads 



Acquisition of lands by National Forest Reservation 

 Commission for protection of forested watersheds of 

 navigable streams: 

 Provided by agricultural appropriation act for 1922.. 

 Balances from prior years 



Expenses of National Forest Reservation Commission 

 (provided by act of Mar. 1, 1911) 



Refunds to users of national-forest resources of moneys 

 deposited by them in excess of amounts required to se- 

 cure purchase price of timber, use of lands, etc 



Study of short-time rural credits (pro\ided by agricul- 

 tural appropriation act of 1922 for use of a special con- 

 gressional committee) 



2,298,371.84 j 8.39,916.37 



1,4.58,455.47 



25, 000. 00 



71,086.82 



5, 000. 00 



Work done by Department of Agriculture for other de- 

 partments at their request, under authority of sec. 7, 

 fortifications act of May 21, 1920: 



Allotments from other departments, fiscal year 1922. 



Balance of allotment from fiscal year 1921 



Payments during 1922 from balances remaining avail- 

 able of outstanding accounts for expenses incurred in 

 fiscal year 1921 and prior years 



Procuring and disposing of nitrate of soda to farmers 

 ( balance of war emergency revolving fund provided by 

 acts of Aug. 10, 1917, Mar". 28, 1918, and Oct. 1, 1918)... 



Stimulating agriculture and facilitating distribution of 

 products— purchase of seed and sale to farmers (bal- 

 ance of war emergency revolving fund provided by 

 acts of Aug. 10, 1917, and Mar. 28, 1918) 



74, 800. 00 

 5, 842. 35 



186.00 



71,086.82 



5, OOP. 00 



24, 814. 00 



80, 642. 35 



62, 474. 68 



Total Federal appropriations administered by de- 

 partment but not used for its regular work 



727, 484. 95 

 9,936,328.00 



5, 680, 380. 00 , ! ? 5, 680, 380. 00 



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308,558,306.87 | 105,790,311.81 i 202,767,995.06 



' Paid direct to States bj' Treasury Department. 



' Including expenditm-es from S14S,200 available for road-material investigations. 

 » Of these amounts approximately $160,000,000 was obligated through cooperative road-building agree- 

 ments. 



• $1,321,038.24 expended in spring of 1921. 



' Includes »668,742.77 repaid by farmers during fiscal year 1922 (p. 50). 



• Including $9,.500,000 turned into surplus fund Dec. 7, 1921. 

 ' Turned into surplus fund Dec. 7, 1921. 



