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the rearing of fur-bearing animals, and similar work, and $26,500 

 for field studies of the distribution and migrations of water fowl and 

 other birds and of the bird and mammal life of the public domain. 

 The Bureau of Statistics is rechristened the Bureau of Crop Esti- 

 mates, the new designation representing more accurately, it is be- 

 lieved, the nature of its work and obviating confusion with results 

 based on actual enumerations such as are made by the Bureau of 

 the Census. Several changes are also made in the language prescrib- 

 ing the work of the Bureau, and the appropriation at its disposal 

 is increased from $243,680 to $275,580. It is expected that these 

 changes will permit of enlarging the scope and completeness of the 

 data collected, notably as regards special crops and industries. 



The various activities of the Office of Experiment Station^ are 

 continued and several of its functions are considerably extended. 

 The total appropriation is $1,930,780, of which $1,440,000 is paid 

 to the state experiment stations under the Hatch and Adams acts, 

 and $50,500 (a net increase of $10,720) is for general expenses in 

 connection with the enforcement of these acts and the Smith-Lever 

 Act. The work of the Agricultural Education Service and of the 

 Irrigation and Drainage Investigations is continued on the present 

 basis with allotments of $23,000, $106,400, and $96,280 respectively, 

 and $68,840 is granted for statutory salaries. 



The total allotment for the insular experiment stations is $120,000, 

 of which the Alaska stations receive $40,000 and those in Hawaii, 

 Porto Rico, and Guam, $35,000, $30,000, and $15,000, respectively. 

 The act provides that of the allotment for the Hawaii Station $5,000 

 may be used in agricultural extension work, the Territory receiving 

 no funds under the Smith-Lever Act. The annual leave privileges of 

 employees of the Department permanently assigned to Alaska. Ha- 

 waii, Porto Eico, and Guam are extended to correspond to those now 

 applying to employees in Washington. 



The appropriation for the Nutrition Investigations of the Office 

 is increased from $16,000 to $25,760 and the authority hitherto 

 granted to study means of utilizing agricultural products for food 

 IS broadened to include clothing and household equipment. With 

 the enlarged appropriation it is proposed to continue and extend the 

 studies of food with reference to nutritive value and economical 

 use in the home, studying both popular and technical problems, the 

 latter including, among other things, the calorimetric study of 

 changes which take place in fruits and vegetables during ripening 

 and storage. In the case of clothing and household equipment, such 

 questions, considered from the standpoint of the expenditure of 

 human energy, will be studied as the relative durability, economy, 



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