602 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Statement of appropriations, disbursements, and unexpended balances for the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, etc. — (bntiuutd. 



Purpose. 



and 



Laboratory 



Forestry investigations. 



Experimental gardens 

 grounds 



Soil investigations 



Grass and forage plant investi- 

 gations 



Fiber investigations 



Agricultnriil experiment sta- 

 tions ($750,000) a 



Nutrition investigations 



Public road inquiries 



Publications 



Purchase and distribution of 

 valuable seeds 



Bureau of Animal Industry... 



Weather Bureau 



Salaries, officers and clerks 



Furniture, cases, and repairs.. 



Library 



Museum 



Postage 



Contingent expenses 



Animal quarantine stations . . . 



Collecting agricultural statis- 

 tics 



Botanical investigations and 

 experiments 



Entomological Investigations. 



Vegetable pathological investi- 

 gations 



Biological investigations 



Pomological investigations 



Laboratory 



Forestry investigations 



Experimental gardens and 

 grounds 



Soil investigations 



Grass and forage plant investi- 

 gations 



Fiber investigations 



Agricultural experiment sta- 

 tions ($755,000 a) 



Nutrition investigations 



Pulilic road inquiries 



Publications, including Farm- 

 ers' Bulletins 



Investigating production of 

 domestic sugar 



Purchase and distribution of 

 valuable seeds 



Salaries and expenses, Bureau 

 of Animal Industry 



Weather Bureau 



Salaries, officers and clerks 



Furniture, cases, and repairs. . 



Library 



Museum 



Postage 



Contingent expenses 



Animal quarantine stations... 



Collecting agricultural statis- 

 tics 



Botanical investigations and 

 experiments 



Pate of ap- 

 propriation 

 act. 



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Amount 

 appro- 

 priated. 



$12,400.00 

 20,000.00 



20,000.00 

 10,000.00 



10,000.00 

 5,000.00 



6 30,127.25 



15,000.00 



8,000.00 



70,000.00 



150,000.00 

 650,000.00 



c 883, 876. 28 



319,300.00 



9,000.00 

 7,000.00 

 3,000.00 

 3,000.00 

 25,000.00 

 12,000.00 



110,000.00 



15,000.00 

 20,000.00 



20,000.00 



17,500.00 

 8,000.00 



12,400.00 



20,000.00 



Amount 

 disbursed. 



$10,800.18 

 19,514.88 



19,483.28 

 9,808.16 



9,203.14 

 4, 143. 00 



29,171.57 



14,821.64 



7,873.97 



07,709.89 



142,822.52 



642,715.68 



870,581.46 



285, 181. 30 



18,962.98 



9,811.02 



7,8.51.30 



6, 734. 81 



2,906.02 



1,500.00 



22,061.73 



10,897.98 



92,896.01 



9,021.09 



14,714.50 



19,73,5.02 



18,966.67 



660. 00 



10, 160. 90 



7. 487. 93 



3,913.86 



900.00 



6.718.71 



19,831.32 



25,000.00 24,937.31 

 10,000.00 I 



10,000.00 

 5,000.00 



35,000.00 



15,000.00 

 8,000.00 



65,000.00 



5,000.00 



130,000.00 



675,000.00 



883, 702. 00 



319,300.00 



9, 000. 00 



6,000.00 



1,500.00 



2,000.00 



25,000.00 



12,000.00 



105,000.00 



20,000.00 



9, 199. 82 

 660.00 



8,877.68 



3, 659. 05 



f 29,413.10 



1 4,925.80 



14,872.88 



7,978.44 



f 34,966.55 



\ 29,812.59 



4,941.32 



121,870.38 



( 673, 444. 02 



\ 1,200.00 



877,838.35 



315,986.70 



8, 667. 75 



5,6.59.51 



1,46.5.36 



2,000.00 



23, 888. 08 



11,833.38 



100,952. 48 



19,972.07 



Amount 



unex- 

 pended. 



$1,599.82 

 485.12 



516. 72 

 131. 84 



796.86 

 857.00 



955. 68 



178. 36 



126. 03 



2,290.11 



7,177.48 



7,284.32 



13,294.82 



5,118.70 



37.02 



188.98 



1,148.70 



2G5. 19 



93.98 



1,. 500. 00 



2,938.27 



1,102.02 



7, 103. 99 



978. 91 



285. 50 

 264 98 

 373. 33 



1,339.10 



512. 07 



86.14 



781. 29 

 168.68 



62.69 

 140.18 



1,122.32 



1,340.95 



586.90 



74.20 



127. 12 



21.56 



33.45 



187. 41 



58.68 



8, 129. 62 

 355.98 



5,863.65 



3,313.30 



332.25 



340.49 



34.64 



1,111.92 

 166.62 



4,047.52 



27.93 



a Of this amount $720,000 was paid directly to the experiment stations from the Treasury Department. 



6 Includes $127.25 from the sale of card index. 



c Includes $104.28 from the sale of Weather Bureau publications. 



