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tricts and for experiments in the breedinji; of horses for military 

 purposes. On the otlicr hand, a new item provides $10,(H)() for live 

 stock experiments and demonstrations with both beef and dairy 

 animals by the Woodward, Okla., field station. 



The meat inspection service receives $81)2,580 as a sup[)kMii('nt 

 to the permanent appro[)riation of $3,000,000 per annum. This is a 

 net increase of $2-1,300. 



The largest reductions to any one bureau were from $3,370,038 to 

 $3,004,304 in the Bureau of Plant Industry. In cereal investi<!;a- 

 tions alone $80,000 was cut off, involvinjjj a material modification of 

 j)lans. Field stations in operation for several years are to be closed 

 in nine States. Investigations of stem rust of cereals in progress in 

 fi\e States are to be discontinued, and other studies in fifteen States 

 will be reduced in scope. 



The field stations at San Antonio, Tex., and on the Umatilla, 

 Oreg., and Kewlands, Nev., reclamation projects wall also be closed 

 because of a reduction of $20,000 in the allotment for studies of 

 western irrigation agriculture. A similar reduction in tlie appro- 

 priation for studies of drug, poisonous, and oil plants involves the 

 abandonment of cooperative work with drug crops, a material cur- 

 tailment of a camphor-introduction project, and other readjust- 

 ments. An appropriation of $32,500 for biophysical investigations 

 of the relation to plant growth of such factors as temperature, mois- 

 ture, soils, and air was eliminated completely. 



Increases of $10,000 each were granted for studies of potato dis- 

 eases, notably potato wart and " mosaic," and for soil fertility investi- 

 gations with special reference to new fertilizer materials. There was 

 also an increase of $5,000 to increase the facilities for conducting 

 seed testing work. 



The new allotment for foreign seed and plant introduction is 

 $92,700. This is a decrease over the previous year, but attributable 

 to the inclusion at that time of $50,000 for the establishment of a 

 plant inspection and detention station since located on a tract of 

 fifty a<res at Bell, Md. 



Although eliminated by the Senate following the recommendation 

 of Secretary Meredith, the Congressional seed distribution was even- 

 tually continued on the usual basis with an allotment of $239,410. 

 This is a net decrease of $11G,5G4 over the previous year. 



The appropriations for the Forest Service aggregate $5,870,822, 

 with $125,000 additional for cooperation with the States in fire 

 protection under the Appalachian Forest Reserve Act, $250,000 for 

 general forest fire prevention, and $50,000 for cooperation with the 

 War Department in the maintenance of an air patrol for fire pre- 



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