726 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



for botanical investigations will be used for developing the studies of 

 poisonous plants, particularly on the western ranges. The fund for 

 the purchase of seeds for Congressional distribution is increased by 

 $20,000, making the amount |290,000. An additional |10,000 is allowed 

 to be expended out of this fund for the introduction of seeds and plants 

 from foreign countries, which raises the fund for that purpose to 

 $30,000. The total for the Bureau is |6T4,930. 



The amount for the Bureau of Forestry is increased to $350,000, 

 which is 1|5S,140 more than the curr(Mit appropriation, and will enable 

 an extension of the forestry and timber investigations and the prepa- 

 ration of working plans for owners of woodlands. The Bureau of 

 Soils receives $212, 4S0 for its soil survey and tol)acco work, $-i2,800 

 more than the present year. 



The scientific stati' of the Weather Bureau is increased somewhat, 

 an assistant chief l)eing added, and the Bureau is authorized to erect 

 five new observatories, and to establish cable connuunication l)etween 

 Block Island and Narragansett Pier, with terminal ])uildings and equip- 

 ment at each place. Its total appropriation amounts to $1,2-I8,.520. 



The appropriations for the experiment stations in Hawaii and Porto 

 Rico are increased to $15,000, making them uniform with the stations 

 in other States and Teri'itories; and $5,000 is appropriated for taking 

 up the farmers' institute work with a view to assisting the organiza- 

 tious in the difi'erent States and Territories and making them more 

 efi^ective means for the dissemination of the results ol)tained at the 

 Department and at the experiment stations. As previously mentioned, 

 John Hamilton, of Pennsylvania, has })een appointed farmers' insti- 

 tute specialist in the Office of Experiment Stations. The increases, 

 together with the appropriations for the Office proper and for the 

 irrigation and nutrition investigations in its charge, l)ring the total up 

 to $895,000. 



The Division of Statistics is raised to the grade of a bureau, and 

 given an increased appropriation of $15,500 for general maintenance, 

 making a total of $150,660. 



Other items carried by the act are $85,300 for the Bureau of Chem- 

 istr}^, an increase of $11,600; $77,450 for the Division of Entomology, 

 an increase of $10,000; $51,850 for the Division of Biological Survey, an 

 increase of $6,000; $229,320 for the Division of Publications, which 

 does not include the funds for printing the Department publications, 

 except $105,000 for Farmers' Bulletins; $16,000 for the Division of 

 Foreign Markets; $35,000 for Public lioad Inquiries, an increase of 

 $5,000; $20,000 for the Library; and $138,210 for administrative, con- 

 tingent, and general expenses. 



The Department's allotment out of the general printing fund is 

 $185,000, an increase of $10,000, and $300,000 is provided annually for 

 printing and binding a half million copies of the Yearbook, Adding 



