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act and $35,000 for research. An allotment of $75,000 is also made 

 for the investigation, treatment, and eradication of dourine. 



The eradication of foot-and-mouth disease is followed by a reduc- 

 tion in the emergency appropriation for this and similar diseases 

 from $2,500,000 to $1,250,000, plus the unexpended balance of $655,- 

 790.93 from the previous year. This amount is available not only 

 for the actual combating of the diseases but for the payment of 

 claims in connection with outbreaks. It is provided that payments 

 may be made for animals hereafter purchased on an appraisement 

 based on their meat, dairy, or breeding value, but in case of appraise- 

 ment on the basis of breeding value it can not exceed three times the 

 meat or dairy value of the animals, and except in extraordinary 

 emergency Federal payments can not exceed one-half the appraise- 

 ment. 



The meat-inspection work is continued much as at present, a per- 

 manent appropriation of $3,000,000 per annum being augmented by 

 a supplementary allotment of $344,500. 



A net increase of $27,620 is provided for the encouragement of 

 dairying and one of $19,260 for that of animal husbandry, making 

 $277,470 and $208,320, respectively, available for these purposes. It 

 is planned to extend especially the studies in dairy farming, dairy 

 research, the milk and cheese investigations and demonstrations, and 

 the studies of pork production. Shorthorn cattle breeding, poultry 

 breeding, range sheep breeding and management, and the classifica- 

 tion of wools. 



A special appropriation of $60,000 is continued for the work in 

 live-stock production in the cane-sugar and cotton districts, now be- 

 ing conducted in close cooperation with the State of Louisiana. This 

 State has deeded to the Department a farm of about 500 acres at 

 New Iberia, and this farm has been divided into four tracts for work 

 with horses and mules, beef cattle, dairy cattle and hogs, and hogs 

 alone. A large number of demonstrations and other extension work 

 in animal production and dairying are also under way. Somewhat 

 similar work is contemplated under a new appropriation of $40,000 

 for experiments in dairying and live-stock production in semiarid 

 and irrigated districts of the Western States. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry receives an increase from $2,139,150 

 to $2,537,120, its appropriations being divided as usual among a large 

 number of projects. Among the most important new items is that 

 allotting $250,000 and the unexpended balance of about $85,000 from 

 a deficiency appropriation of $300,000 from the previous year for 

 continuing the campaign against the highly infectious disease known 

 as citrus canker. Another large increase is that of $30,000 for studies 

 of white-pine blister rust and other epidemic tree diseases. 



