EDITORIAL. 809 



The Division of Entoinolou-y rocoivos $57,450, tog-otlier with the 

 $10,»)(>0 for silk iinestio-ations previously mentioned, u total increase of 

 $31,250; and the Division of Biological Survey receives $45,850, an 

 increase of $13,050. 



The fund for the Division of Publications is increased from $198,020 

 to $228,820, of which $107,500 is for farmers' bulletins. This is aside 

 from the g-eneral printinii- fund for the Department of $175,000. 



The appropriation for the Division of Statistics remains the same as 

 last year, except that the $15,000 for the Section of Foreign Markets 

 is deducted, making the total for the Division of Statistics $141,160, 

 and the Section of Foreign Markets is raised to an independent divis- 

 ion. A clause is inserted calling upon the Secretar}- of Agriculture to 

 report to the next Congress upon the advisability of consolidating with 

 the Weather Bureau all of the work of the Department relating to the 

 gathering and compilation of crop reports and statistics. 



The fund for Public Road Inquiries is increased from $20,000 to 

 $30,000, and that, for the Library is raised from $16,000 to $18,000. 

 Other appiopriations are as follows: Office of the Secretary, $74,410; 

 Division of Accounts, $24,100; Museum, $2,2<!0; and contingent ex- 

 penses, $37,000. 



The provision for a new agricultural building is contained in a sepa- 

 rate ))ill, which at this writing is still in the hands of the Senate com- 

 mittee on pul>lic buildings. In this connection, as showing the great 

 need of additional accommodations, it may be mentioned that the 

 appropriation act cited above authorizes the expenditure of about 

 $22,00() for the rent of buildings, to be used almost exclusively for 

 laboratory and office purposes. Moreover, permission to rent quarters 

 was denied several branches for which it was asked, and the growth of 

 whose work makes it practically a necessity. The new appropriation 

 for rented l)uildings is more than double that authorized in the last 

 act, not to mention the increased incidental expense for watchmen, 

 heating, etc. 



The administration of ex-Secretary J. Sterling Morton, whose death 

 occurred Apiil 27, was marked by a number of important events which 

 contributed in no small degree toward the reorganization and develop- 

 ment of the Department. While nothing like a general reorganiza- 

 tion was undertaken, a number of changes were made in the direction 

 of a more compact organization, and several new lines were inaugurated 

 which materially strengthened the work of the Department. The 

 Divisions of Soils and of Agrostology, for example, were established 

 in his time, as was also the Dairy Division in the Bureau of Animal 

 industry. Congress appropriated funds for the? collection and dis- 

 tribution of information relating to public roads, out of which grew 



