rV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Publication and informal ion work 38 



ristribution of Fanners' Bulletins 39 



The agricultural experiment stations 39 



Nitrogen and potash 39 



Potash from kelp and other sources 40 



Meteorology 41 



The progress of highway construction 41 



Great highway program under way 41 



Projects approved and completed 42 



Construction difficulties 42 



Ad\'isory board of highway officials 43 



Technical problems to be solved 44 



Provision for five-year program 45 



National forest roads 45 



The forestry problem 45 



Cooperation with the States. 46 



Forest experiment stations needed 46 



National forests and national parks 47 



Grazing fees 48 



The development of Alaska 48 



Responsibility of the Forest Service 49 



Amendments to existing legislation 49 



The meat-inspection act 50 



The ^^Lrus-serum-toxin act 51 



The food and drugs act 52 



The insecticide and fungicide act 52 



The grain-standards act 53 



Food products inspection law 53 



The warehouse act 54 



The plant quarantine act 54 



The Lacey Act 55 



Administration of mid-life reservations 55 



Protection, of oflBcers from violence 55 



Authority to obtain information 56 



New legislation 56 



Pure seeds 56 



Feeds and fertilizers and naval stores 56 



Roads 57 



Marketing of live stock 57 



The need of new buildings 57 



The problem of personnel 58 



Abnormal turnover 59 



Importance of research 59 



Directors of scientific and regulatory work 60 



Funds for 1922 , 61 



Agricultural agencies expected to help 61 



REPORTS OF CHIEFS. 



Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau 65 



Forecast service 66 



River and flood warnings 72 



Stations and Accounts Division 73 



Telegraph service 74 



Aerological investigations 79 



