124 ANNUAL RKPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



9,020 requests for department bills of lading and requests on the 

 Quartermaster General for the transportation of Government prop- 

 erty, while about 158,100 letters were written or recei\ed in the ordi- 

 nary transaction of business. 



To carry on the work of the Department of Agi'iculture during 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, Congress appropriated $13,487,- 

 636 for the ordinary expenses of the department, in addition to which 

 permanent annual appropriations amounting to $6,329,000 and 

 special appropriations amounting to $1,874,614 were available, mak- 

 ing a total of $21,691,250. 



The disbursements of the department for the fiscal year 1911 

 amounted to $17,188,339.27, and the greater part of the balance of 

 $4,496,348.68 will be required for the settlement of outstanding 

 liabilities. 



The amount for rent of buildings in the District of Columbia for 

 the several branches of the department was $70,481.86. 



All accounts for the fiscal year 1909 having been settled, the unex- 

 pended balance of appropriations for that year, amounting to 

 $306,333.71, was covered into the Treasury on June 30, 1911. The 

 account for the fiscal year 1910 is still open. 



The amount estimated for the fiscal year 1913 in the annual esti- 

 mates for the regular appropriation bill is $17,233,452, which in- 

 cludes $1,440,000 for agricultural experiment stations; in addition to 

 which there will be available permanent annual appropriations 

 amounting to $5,706,000, making a total of $22,939,452. There is also 

 an estimate in the sundry civil bill for printing and binding for this 

 department amounting to $480,000, making a grand total of 

 $23,419,452, which is an increase of $340,436 over the appropriations 

 for the fiscal year 1912. This amount will be used for establishing 

 new Weather Bureau stations in the fruit and horticultural sections; 

 for extension of the dairy and animal husbandry work in the eradica- 

 tion of tuberculosis in domestic animals; for an extension of farm 

 management investigations and demonstration work in the northern 

 States, and an enlargement of the scope of pathological investiga- 

 tions; for additional range investigations and tree planting; for an 

 extension of the work under the enforcement of the food and drugs 

 act; for an extension of the soil survey work; for an extension of the 

 w^ork under enforcement of the insecticide act; and for an extension 

 of the work on road management and experimental roads. 



DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 



The number of different publications, circulars, and reports issued 

 by the department during the year ended June 30, 1911, was 1,953. 

 which is 29 less than during the previous year, but the number of 



