808 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



appropriations for botanical, pomological, and grass and forage-plant 

 investigations are increased b}" $10,000 in each case, being now $55,000 

 for botanical investigations and $30,000 each for the other two 

 branches. The Arlington Farm receives an additional $5,000, making 

 the total $15,000, and the fund for tea-culture investigations is increased 

 to $10,000. The allowance of $20,000 for seed and plant introduction, 

 out of the $270,000 for the purchase and distribution of seeds, is con- 

 tinued, and $10,000 additional is authorized from this fund for the 

 construction of a seed warehouse. 



The Bureau of Forestry receives an increase of $106,420, mosth" for 

 general operating expenses, making the total for that Bureau $291,860. 

 The increase for the Bureau of Soils is $60,540, including $21,540 for 

 additional salaries placed upon the statutory' roll. The total for the 

 Bureau is $169,680. In the case of both of these bureaus the increased 

 appropriation is principally to enalde an extension of the operations 

 along lines already approved, rather than to enter upon new lines. 



The appropriation for the Bureau of Chemistr}^ is more than doubled, 

 including that for sirup investigation mentioned above, and a number 

 of new duties are imposed. Among these are the establishment of 

 standards of purity for food products and the determination of what 

 shall be reo-arded as constituting adulteration, the investigation of 

 dair}' products and the adulterants of the same, a study of the influence 

 of environment upon the chemical composition of wheat and other 

 cereals, suitability of barley for brewing, etc.. and the investigation 

 of the chemical composition of sugar-producing plants in the United 

 States and its possessions, together with the effect of environment 

 upon the same. The total for the Bureau is now $73,700. 



The appropriation for agricultuial experiment stations is $796,000, 

 which includes an increase of $4,000 for this Office and $3,000 for the 

 Alaska stations. The fund for irrigation investigations (assigned to 

 this Office) is increased from $50,000 to $65,000, and in addition to its 

 other duties provision is made for a study of the laws as aflfecting 

 irrigation and the rights of riparian proprietors, the making of plans 

 for the removal of seepage and surplus water ])y drainage, and the 

 use of diiferent kinds of power for irrigation and other agricultural 

 purposes. An attempt to secure an increase for the stations in Hawaii 

 and Porto Rico, giving them the same amount as is received ])y each 

 State and Territory, was unsuccessful; and an increase of $7,0(J0 in 

 the appropriation for this Office to enable it to enter into coo]^>eration 

 with the farmers' institute work of the country, which was granted 

 by the Senate and retained by the conference committee, was later 

 reduced to $4,000 by a concurrent resolution introduced to correct a 

 clerical error in the total appropriation. The appropriation of $20,000 

 for nutrition investiaations remains as before. 



