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regards the National Forests. The Secretary of Agriculture is 

 directed to select and segregate as soon as practicable all lands within 

 the boundaries of such forests that may be opened to settlement and 

 entry under the homestead laws applicable thereto. The sum of 

 $25,000 is appropriated for this purpose, together with $35,000 addi- 

 tional for the survey and listing of lands within the reserves chiefly 

 valuable for agriculture. Additional provision is also made for tim- 

 ber sales to settlers. The purchase of lands under the Appalachian 

 Forest Eeserve act of 1911 was aided by legislation making available 

 until expended any balances remaining on June 30, 1912, and in suc- 

 ceeding years, and a new appropriation of $32,590 was granted for 

 the maintenance of forest lands acquired under that act. 



It will be recalled that by a clause in the appropriation act of May 

 23, 1908, 25 per cent of all receipts from each forest reserve is paid 

 to the State in which the reserve is situated, to be expended as the 

 legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and 

 public roads in the locality. An additional 10 per cent of the re- 

 ceipts is now to be expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the 

 construction and maintenance of roads and trails within the re- 

 spective National Forests in cooperation, if deemed practicable, with 

 the State authorities. 



By another new clause the sanitary provisions of the meat-inspec- 

 tion act of 190G are extended to include renovated-butter factories. 

 The Department is authorized to undertake experiments in the breed- 

 ing of horses for military purposes, and to study the rearing of fur- 

 bearing animals. A national game preserve is established within 

 the Wind Cave National Park, in South Dakota, as a permanent 

 range for a herd of buffalo to be presented to the United States by 

 the American Bison Society, as well as for other native game ani- 

 mals, and an initial appropriation of $2G,000 is made for buildings, 

 fencing, and the procurement of a water supply. A similar reserve 

 of 2,500 acres is provided in Wyoming as a winter refuge for elk. 

 $45,000 being made available for the purchase of land and its equip- 

 ment and maintenance. 



Provision is again made for the investigation of the cost of food 

 at the farm and to the consumer. In addition the Secretary is di- 

 rected to collect information as to cooperative and other systems of 

 marketing farm products in vogue in this country, and to make 

 recommendations regarding further investigations of these and 

 related questions. 



An appropriation of $10,000 is provided for an exhibit by the 

 Department illustrative of investigations, products, and processes 

 relating to farming in the subhumid region, to be made at the next 

 International Dry Land Congress, which will be held at Lethbridge, 



