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the bona fide spot markets contemplated by the act, prescribing rules 

 nnd regulations as to contracts in " future sales " of cotton exempt 

 from tax, and settling- differences as to quality, grade, or length of 

 staple, establishing standards, and publishing results. 



The studies of the Office of Farm Management pertaining to the 

 utilization of cacti and other dry-land plants and to weed eradica- 

 tion methods remain in the Bureau of Plant Industry. The office 

 itself becomes a unit of the Office of the Secretary, receiving $36,080 

 for statutory salaries, $230,000 to investigate and encourage the adop- 

 tion of improved methods of farm management and farm practice, 

 and $5,000 for studies of clearing and utilizing " logged-off " lands. 



Studies of the biology of insect parasites of animals are henceforth 

 to be condu(*ted by the Bureau of Entomology. Other minor trans- 

 fers include the poisonous plant studies as related to the effects on 

 animals from the Bureau of Plant Industry to the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry; the soil fertility studies from the Bureau of Soils to the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry; and the wood distillation work from the 

 Bureau of Chemistry to the Forest Service. 



Another change of much importance involved in the reorganization, 

 which may be noted here, has been in gradual process for some time. 

 This is a sharper segregation within the bureaus of the research, 

 the regulatory, and the educational or extension work. The object 

 of this is to make definite provision for discharging the regidatory 

 or control functions of the Department, so that these may not inter- 

 fere with the other activities. This is a step in the right direction, 

 and is in full harmony Avith the organization or division made at 

 many of the experiment stations charged with regulatory functions. 



The appropriations allotted to the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 aggregate $2,585,536. These are in addition to the permanent appro- 

 priation of $3,000,000 per aimum for meat inspection, and also of an 

 emergenc}^ provision elseAvhere in the act authorizing the Secretary 

 of Agriculture to expend $2,500,000 in the arrest and eradication of 

 animal diseases which may threaten the live-stock industry of the 

 country. As compared with the routine appropriations of the bureau 

 at present there is an apparent increase of $265,510, but $235,000 is 

 for the investigation, treatment, and eradication of hog cholera and 

 dourine and the inspection of virus, serums, etc., for which provision 

 was made in 1911 under a special act carrying $600,000, a portion of 

 which will still be available. 



The appropriation for the cattle tick campaign is increased from 

 $400,000 to $438,800, of which $50,000 is allotted to live stock dem- 

 onstration work in cooperation with the States Kelations Service in 

 areas freed of ticks. The animal husbandry work receives $189,060, 

 this including a reduction of $5,000 in the subappropriation for 



