802 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



to their proper care, and forestry experiments for the treeless region. 

 An increase of $20,000 is provided, making a total of $4S,520 for this 

 division. 



An appropriation of $ 10,000 is made for tobacco investigations, 

 including the mapping of tobacco soils; study of soils and conditions 

 of growth in Cuba, Sumatra, and other competing countries; investiga- 

 tions on the methods of curing, with particular reference to fermenta- 

 tion; and originating improved varieties by means of selection and 

 breeding. These investigations will be in charge of the Division of 

 Soils. 



The Division of Chemistry receives $34,000 — an increase of $5,300 — 

 $2,500 of which is for the equipment of the new laboratory and is made 

 immediately available. A new clause relative to investigation on the 

 adulteration of foods, drugs, and liquors authorizes the Secretary of 

 Agriculture to procure through the Secretary of the Treasury samples 

 of articles imported from foreign countries which are suspected of being 

 dangerous to health; and such articles as are found by inspection and 

 analysis to be dangerous to health are to be confiscated. 



An appropriation of $1,000 is made for tea culture, to investigate its 

 adaptability to the Southern States. 



The appropriation for the Division of Publications contains an 

 increase of $15,000, giving a total of $101,G00, including $35,000 for 

 Farmers' Bulletins. This is apart from the printing fund of the 

 Department, which is provided in the general appropriation for print- 

 ing. The Department's share of the latter is $100,000 for the miscel- 

 laneous publications, and to this is added $300,000 for the Yearbook. 



The other items of the appropriation act are as follows: Office of the 

 Secretary, $88,150; Division of Statistics, $115,100, an increase of 

 $5,000; Division of Botany, $28,800; Division of Vegetable Physiology 

 and Pathology, $32,500, an increase of $G,000; Division of Entomology, 

 $30,700; Division of Biological Survey, $27,500; Division of Soils, 

 $20,300, including the $10,000 for tobacco investigations; Division of 

 Agrostology, $20,100, an increase of $2,000; Division of Pomology, 

 $1G,000; Office of Experiment Stations, $45,000, including $12,000 for 

 the Alaska stations; Nutrition Investigations, $15,000; Public Road 

 Inquiry, $8,000; Division of Seeds, $130,000; Experimental Gardens 

 and Grounds, $30,500, an increase of $8,000; Domestic Sugar Produc- 

 tion, $7,000; Division of Accounts and Disbursements, $10,300; 

 Library, $11,960; Museum, $2,500; furniture, cases, and repairs, 

 $10,000; postage, $2,000; contingent expenses, $25,000. 



In addition to the increased appropriations in many lines, the Depart- 

 ment has been provided with a tract of land located near by to be used 

 as a testing ground. This will afford facilities which the Department 

 has long needed and will be a valuable acquisition to its equipment. 



