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The work of the reiiiiiining biireiius is continued on substantially 

 the present basis, both as to funds and lines of work. The Weather 

 Bureau is gi'anted $1,666,050; the Bureau of Soils, $327,935; the 

 Bureau of Entomology, $820,000; and the Bureau of Crop Estimates, 

 $283,480. The Oflice of the Secretary receives in addition to the 

 allotments for the Office of Farm Management already noted, 

 $352,040; the Division of Accounts and Disbursements, $44,920; the 

 Division of Publications, $103,500; and the Library, $46,020. An 

 increase of $5,000 is granted for rent, chiefly to meet the need for 

 additional quarters, and $5,000 for miscellaneous expenses. 



Appended to the appropriations for the several bureaus are as 

 usual a number of items without specific assignment. Among those 

 not already discussed is $100,000 for the enforcement of the insecticide 

 act, an increase of $5,000 being requested because of the constantly 

 growing number and quantity of insecticides and fungicides. 



The present appropriation of $50,000 for the enforcement of the 

 Plant Quarantine Act is continued, and the supplementary grant of 

 $50,000 for cooperation with States quarantined against the interstate 

 movement of Irish potatoes is increased to $100,000, of which $25,000 

 is immediately available. The act is also amended as regards inter- 

 state shipments by mail into States maintaining a system of terminal 

 inspection of plant products, by requiring under certain conditions 

 the labeling of packages of plants and plant products and their trans- 

 mission to central points for inspection. 



The appropriation of $60,000 for demonstration work in live-stock 

 production in the cane sugar and cotton districts is continued and 

 authority is given to spend not to exceed $7,500 of the current year's 

 funds for the erection of barns and other buildings. The Secretary 

 is also given further authority to dispose of animals or animal prod- 

 ucts no longer needed, and is again granted $5,000 for studies of 

 naval stores. 



The special appropriation of $40,000 for demonstrations on recla- 

 mation projects with a view to their agricultural development is also 

 continued, and so is an appropriation of $20,000 for an exhibit at the 

 next annual International Dry Farming Congress. The President 

 is authorized to extend invitations to other nations to participate in 

 this congress, which is expected to be held in Denver, Colorado, Sep- 

 tember 27 to October 8, 1015. 



Provision is made for the acquisition of a small tract in Oklahoma 

 for use as a dry farming or subhumid station. For exchange of lands 

 or indemnity rights for the State of Washington, $50,000 is granted, 

 this to be duplicated by the State. 



The allotment of $2,500,000 for use in emergencies, such as the 

 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic, has already been referretl to. This 

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