304 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



proprigitions of the Bureau are continued on essentially the present 

 basis, $52,180 being available for other investigations in animal hus- 

 bandry, $250,000 for the cattle tick eradication campaign, $78,680 

 for the study of animal diseases, and $16,500 for additional build- 

 ings at the Bureau farms. 



The largest increase accorded to anj'' bureau was received by the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, the total appropriation being $2,323,580, 

 as compared with $2,061,686 in 1912. There is some readjustment of 

 administrative details, but the majority of the projects are provided 

 for much as before. The Congressional seed distribution, which is 

 continued on the usual basis, will receive $226,940, and $58,740 will 

 be available for the introduction of seeds and plants from foreign 

 countries. There is also an appropriation of $52,430 for the testing 

 of special seeds and plants, of which $40,000 is an increase for the 

 purchase and distribution of drought-resistant field seeds, and 

 $23,530 is provided for seed inspection. The pathological work of 

 the Bureau receives specific allotments of $117,185, in addition to the 

 appropriation for the chestnut bark disease already referred to. 



The testing and breeding of fibrous plants has been extended to in- 

 clude work with flax straw in cooperation with the North Dakota 

 College. Grain production and handling will receive $136,405. The 

 expenditure of $8,000 for the purchase of spinning machinery is au- 

 thorized in connection with studies of the ginning, handling, and 

 grading of cotton. Other allotments are $86,015 for pomological 

 work, $30,380 for studies in crop physiology, $26,145 for soil bac- 

 teriology and plant nutrition investigations, $33,300 for crop ac- 

 climatization work, $46,930 for work with drug plants, poisonous 

 plants, and tea culture, $10,010 for crop technological and fiber plant 

 studies, $15,655 for physical investigations, $26,630 for studies of 

 methods of tobacco production and handling, $20,000 for the im- 

 provement of forage crops, $35,795 for work with sugar-producing 

 crops, $21,930 for grazing investigations, and $49,930 for the main- 

 tenance of the greenhouses and the Arlington Experimental Farm. 



The development of agriculture in the arid and semiarid regions 

 was one of the objects to receive increased attention. The allotment 

 for the study of dry-land methods was increased to $125,000, of which 

 $50,000 will be available for the purchase and equipment of an 

 experimental farm in the northern section of the Great Plains area 

 to demonstrate the adaptability of agricultural and horticultural 

 crops to the semiarid region. The studies in connection with the 

 utilization of lands reclaimed under the Reclamation Act and similar 

 areas were also continued with an allotment of $69,600, and specific 

 authority was given the Bureau to. conduct investigations in connec- 

 tion with western irrigation agriculture. Provision was also made 



