4 EXPEEIMENT STATION KECOED. 



observatories are provided except a building at Neali Bay, Wash- 

 ington, to cost $3,000. The allotments of the Bureau have been classi- 

 fied on a new basis, $327,270 being available for statutory salaries; 

 S122,000 for carrying on investigations in meteorology, climatology, 

 seismology, evaporation, and aerology, and the dissemination of 

 meteorological, climatological, and marine information in the city 

 of Washington; $1,189,000 for similar expenses outside of Washing- 

 ton; and $26,000 for the maintenance of a Bureau printing office in 

 Washington. The Secretary is also directed to report to Congress 

 relative to the future disposition of the plant at Mount Weather, 

 Virginia, from which the extensive research work formerly carried on 

 is being largely withdrawn. 



An increase of $288,830 is accorded the Bureau of Animal Indus- 

 try, making its total $2,320,026. This is in addition to the permanent 

 annual appropriation of $3,000,000 for meat inspection previously 

 referred to and also to a special appropriation of $600,000, approved 

 Februay 23, 1914, of which $50,000 was allotted to the inspection of 

 virus, serums, etc., used in the treatment of animal diseases, $100,000 

 for the investigation, treatment, and eradication of dourine, and the 

 remainder for similar work with hog cholera. Among the largest 

 items of increase in the Bureau's appropriation are those supple- 

 menting the meat inspection funds and for the tick eradication cam- 

 paign alread}'^ mentioned, and for work in dairying which receives 

 $256,490, an increase of $78,590. The various items pertaining to 

 animal husbandry are combined into a single group aggregating 

 $182,840, of which $30,000 may be used for the horse breeding project, 

 $24,500 for the poultry studies, including the ostrich industry, and 

 $10,000 for sheep importation. The appropriation for inspection and 

 quarantine work is $625,520, and that for pathological investigations 

 of animal diseases $77,360. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry receives $3,616,045. This is an 

 increase of $948,050, about two-thirds of which is accounted for by 

 the large additions to the funds for demonstration purposes pre- 

 viously mentioned, and the remainder chiefly by smaller increases 

 apportioned among a large number of projects. The congressional 

 seed distribution is continued on the usual basis and with an appro- 

 priation of $257,000, as for the previous year. The Bureau also 

 receives $166,500 for the testing and distribution in quantities suffi- 

 cient for practical field tests of new and rare seeds which from 

 j.trevious trials seem especially promising, and for the improvement o I: 

 alfalfa, clover, and other forage crops, $100,000 of this amount being 

 available for the purchase and distribution of these new and rare 

 seeds. The amoimt of $74,600 is appropriated for the foreign seed 

 and plant introduction. 



