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and efficiency of comparable materials and articles for specific pur- 

 poses, the protective power of clothing of different Idnds, the rela- 

 tive value and efficiencj^ of different materials and methods with 

 reference to household labor, the relation of the diet to body effi- 

 ciency, and similar questions. It is believed that the results of such 

 investigations will be of much interest not only to the housekeeper 

 but also to the general public since they will furnish definite infor- 

 mation along lines hitherto very inadequately studied but of great 

 importance in the consideration of questions of rational and eco- 

 nomical living. They should also be of direct benefit to the farmer 

 since agricultural production is influenced to a very great extent by 

 the demands of the home. 



The salary of the director of the Office of Public Eoads is in- 

 creased from $4,000 to $4,500, and the appropriations as a whole 

 from $279,400 to $352,560. The principal increase is one of $40,000 

 for studies of road building and maintenance, making $145,000 

 available for the purpose, special emphasis to be directed to the ordi- 

 nary sand-clay and dirt roads. Increases of $4,800 are also granted 

 for road management studies, $6,260 for tests of road materials, and 

 $15,000 for field trials of various materials, types of construction, and 

 road equipment. 



The work of the remaining branches of the Department is con- 

 tinued substantially as at present. The increasing administrative 

 work is evidenced in the enlarged allotments for the Office of the 

 Secretary, rent, and miscellaneous expenses for which $339,880, 

 $108,329, and $110,000 respectively are available. As a result of 

 recent legislation whereby the administrative auditing of accounts 

 is now carried on in the several Bureaus, the appropriation for the 

 Division of Accounts and Disbursements is reduced from $104,370 

 to $46,320. The Division of Publications receives $189,500 and the 

 Library $45,360. 



In connection with the appropriations included in the Act itself, 

 reference should also be made to the funds derived in other ways. 

 For the fiscal year under discussion, permanent appropriations 

 under the Department aggregate, exclusive of those recently pro- 

 vided by the Smith-Lever Act, $5,999,200, the largest items being 

 those of $3,000,000 for meat inspection and $2,000,000 for the acqui- 

 sition of lands for the protection of watersheds of navigable streams, 

 and the remainder being almost wholly for forestry purposes. The 

 appropriation act for sundry civil expenses carries an appropriation 

 for the Department printing and binding of $500,000, an increase of 

 $10,000, of which $137,500 is for Farmers' Bulletins and $47,000 

 for the Weather Bureau. 



When it is recalled that large appropriations will also be available 

 for agricultural education in the land-grant colleges under the Mor- 



