EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, 



Vol. Vlll. >,'(j_ n)^ 



The act of Congress making- appropiiatious for the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending- June 30, 1898, carries 

 the following general items: For the Office of the Secretary, $87,100; 

 Weather Bureau, -$883,702; Bureau of Animal Industry, $755,()10; 

 Agricultural Experiment Stations, $755,000, including $30,000 for the 

 Oflice of Experiment Stations and $5,000 to "investigate and report 

 to Congress upon the agricultural resources and capabilities of Alaska, 

 with sjjecial reference to the desirability and feasibility of the estab- 

 lishment of agricultural experiment stations in said Territory, as has 

 been done in other States and Territories, and the selection of suitable 

 locations for such stations;" Division of Statistics, $145,100, including 

 $10,000 for continuing the investigations on foreign markets; Division 

 of Botany, -$23,800; Division of Agrostology, $18,100; Division of For- 

 estry, $28,520; Division of Pomology, $14,500; Division of Vegetable 

 Physiology and l^athology, $20,500; Division of Biological Survey, 

 $27,500; Division of Entomology, $29,500; Division of Chemistry, 

 $29,500; Division of Soils, $16,300; Nutrition Investigations, $15,000; 

 Fiber Investigations, $5,000; Public-Road Inquiries, $8,000; Division 

 of Seeds, $130,000; Division of Publications, $85,260, of which $35,000 

 is for Farmers' Bulletins and $10,960 for the Document Section; Divi- 

 sion of Accounts and Disbursements, $16,300; Experimental Gardens 

 and Grounds, $27,500; Library, $13,960; Museum, $4,000; fuiniture, 

 cases, repairs, postage, and contingent expenses, $37,000. 



The total appropriation under this act is $3,182,902. To this amount 

 may be adde«l $85,000 available for printing and binding the ndscella- 

 neous i)ublications of the Department, and the appropriation for print- 

 ing the Yearbook of the Department, amounting to about $300,000. 

 Both of the latter funds are contained in the general appropriation for 

 printing. 



Of the Department appropriation proper, approximately $1,170,000 



is for nse directly in conducting scientilic investigations in agriculture 



under the immediate supervision of the Department. Adding to this 



the $720,000 for maintaining agricultural experiment stations iti the 



several States and Territories, gives the munificent sum of $1,8!)0,000 



appropriated by the Federal Government for tlic promotion of agricid- 



ture by means of investigation and experimentation during the year 



1897-'9S, an amount which far exceeds that appropriated by any other 



Government in the world for this purpose. 



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