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is expected to be of much assistance to the localities which can be 

 reached thereby. 



The largest allotment to any one bureau was made, as. usual, to the 

 Forest Service, although its appropriations show a reduction from 

 $5,533,100 to $5,343,045. A cut of $100,000 was made in the allot- 

 ment for permanent improvements, for which $400,000 will be avail- 

 able ; one of $90,920 in that for statutory salaries and one of $43,080 

 for supplies, together with smaller reductions for several lines of 

 investigation. The bulk of its appropriation will, of course, be 

 expended in the maintenance of the National Forests, but there will 

 also be available $20,180 for range studies, $165,640 for reforestation 

 work in National Forests and experiments relating thereto, $83,728 

 for silvicultural and dendrological experiments, $31,360 for miscel- 

 laneous forest investigations and the preparation and dissemination 

 of results, and $170,000 for investigations of methods for wood dis- 

 tillation and preservation, timber testing, and wood utilization for 

 paper making and other purposes. Special attention is to be directed 

 to studies of the availability for distillation purposes of Douglas fir 

 and other northwestern species of fir and timber. The appropriation 

 of $150,000 for fighting forest fires and similar emergencies was con- 

 tinued unchanged. 



The appropriation of the Bureau of Chemistry was enlarged to 

 $968,940, of which $25,000 represents an increase in connection with 

 the enforcement of the Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906. An 

 additional inspection laboratory is being installed at San Juan, P. R. 



The Bureau of Soils received an increase of $41,520, mainly for 

 soil surveys and fertilizer investigations, making its total $301,420. 

 The soil-survey work received $165,000, and a provision carried in 

 the last act restricting to 10 per cent expenditures in any one State 

 was omitted. The investigations of the sources of natural fertilizers, 

 begun last year and carried on with special reference to potash, were 

 continued, and the appropriation was doubled, making $25,000 avail- 

 able for the purpose. Studies of the relation of soils to drainage and 

 seepage waters were also authorized, with an appropriation of $5,000. 



Although the estimates of the Bureau of Entomology called for 

 $601,920 as during the previous year, its appropriations reached a 

 total of $672,340. Of this increase- $35,000 was provided for a cam- 

 paign against the much dreaded Mediterranean fly, which is causing 

 considerable damage in Hawaii and much uneasiness to horticultural 

 interests on the Pacific coast. The remaining increases were lor 

 studies of insects affecting cereal and forage plants, including the 

 alfalfa weevil, and of insects affecting truck crops, sugar beets, and 

 stored grains, and other products. The campaign against the gipsy 

 and brown-tail moths was continued, no change being made in its 

 appropriation of $284,840. 



