EDITORIAL. 703 



half to horse breeding failed. The fund for developing the dairy 

 industry in the South, which was included last year, was not renewed. 

 The provision for experiments in cooperation with the Minnesota 

 Station with a view to developing antitoxins or preventive vaccines 

 was continued. 



The Weathci- bureau was given a slightly smaller appr()])riation 

 than the previous year, the amount being $1,413,540. The usual ap- 

 propriation for the erection of buildings was stricken out on a point 

 of order, and the cost of niaintenaiice of the printing office was limited 

 to $1<S,000. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry was increased $132,490, the total 

 ai3i5roi)riation being $1,052,230. This increase was largely for gen- 

 eral maintenance and extension of the i:)resent lines of Avork, but in- 

 cluded an increase of $25,000 for the grain inspection, as previously 

 noted. The fund for the Congressional seed distribution, in spite of 

 the extended discussion of its merits, was retained in the bill as passed, 

 the amount being $238,000, of which $3G,000 may be used for the in- 

 troduction of seeds and plants from foreign countries. In addition 

 to the above amounts, the Bureau received a considerably larger pro- 

 portion of the emergency appropriation for cotton boll weevil work, 

 the amount assigned to it being $150,000, out of a total of $190,000. 



The amount for the Forest Service was increased to $2,400,000, but 

 $1,000,000 of this was in lieu of the estimated receii^ts from the re- 

 serves, which nnist henceforth be turned into the Treasury instead of 

 being used in their management. The sum of $500,000 was appro- 

 priated for " the proper and economical administration, protection, 

 and development of the National forests," $125,000 of which is immedi- 

 ately available. Authority to conduct experiments and investigations 

 in Washington was refused. The authority of the President to estab- 

 lish forest reserves was rescinded, it being stipulated that future 

 reserves or additions in Oregon, AVashington, Idaho, Montana, Colo- 

 rado, or Wyoming are to be made only by act of Congress. In 

 response to the widespread movement for the establishment of forest 

 reserves in the Appalachian and White mountains, authority Avas 

 given for a survey and report on these watersheds with regard to 

 their area and natural conditions, the price at which they can be pur- 

 chased, and "■ the advisability of the (Tovcrnment purchasing and set- 

 ting apart the same as national forest reserves for the purpose of con- 

 serving and regidating the water supply and flow of said streams in 

 the interest of agriculture, water power, and navigation." Twenty- 

 five thousand dollars was appropriated for this purpose and made 

 immediately avaihd)le. 



The Bureau of (^hemistry received $()50.000 foi- general main- 

 tenance, inchiding the execution of the pure-food law, which, with 



