2 EXPEEIMENT STATION EECORD. 



The total amount appropriated in the Act is $13,487,636. The 

 greater part of the increase is for the Forest Service, wliich will 

 receive, chiefly in consequence of large additions to the national for- 

 ests, $351,900 in excess of last year. The remainder is mainly for 

 the Weather Bureau and the Bureau of Plant Industry. 



As j3reviously stated, the measure is essentially a duplicate of that 

 of the previous year in its language as well as in its appropriations, 

 and embodies very little general legislation. The Secretary of Agri- 

 culture is given specific authority to investigate the cost of food sup- 

 plies at the farm and to the consumer, and to disseminate the results 

 of such investigations. For the purpose of keeping out diseased 

 animals he may also permit the erection of fences along international 

 boundary lines within the territory of the United States. 



A provision was also inserted increasing the maximum salary which 

 may be paid to investigators or others engaged in scientific work from 

 $3,500 to $4,000. Under tlie previous limit a number of the more 

 experienced investigators have been drawn away from the Depart- 

 ment. It is understood that this maximum salary is to be reserved 

 for individuals who distinguish themselves by extraordinary scientific 

 work. 



The appropriations for the Weather Bureau reach a total of 

 $1,524,760. This represents a net increase of $16,500 over the previous 

 year, but $15,000 is for the restoration of the Weather Bureau station 

 at Sand Kej^, Florida, which was destroyed by the hurricane of 

 October 11, 1909. A new clause authorizes cooperation with other 

 bureaus of the Government and with societies and institutions of 

 learning in the dissemination of meteorological information. 



The total appropriation for the Bureau of Animal Industry is 

 $1,400,460, of which $623,000 is for the inspection and quarantine 

 work (other than the federal meat inspection which is provided 

 for in a permanent law) ; $250,000 for the cattle tick eradication 

 campaign; $147,600 for the work of the Dairy Division; $42,000 for 

 the animal husbandry investigations ; $50,000 for experiments in ani- 

 mal feeding and breeding, which may be in cooperation with the 

 state experiment stations; $108,000 for investigations of animal 

 diseases and the maintenance of the Bureau experiment station at 

 Bethesda, Maryland; and the remainder for general and administra- 

 tive expenses. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry received one of the few increases 

 in the bill, and has a total allotment of $1,758,206. There is con- 

 siderable rearrangement of the amounts divided among the thirty 

 lines of inquiry, and some regrouping of the work, but in general 

 the changes are not large. As compared with the present year the 

 appropriation for the boll-weevil campaign shows an increase of 

 $25,155, making $250,155 for the purpose, of which $10,000 is im- 



