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this insect, deemed possibly the most destructive enemy of cotton 

 in the world, has now been found in several counties of Texas and 

 three parishes of Louisiana. 



Under the Bureau of Biological Survey, provision is made for ex- 

 periments and demonstrations for the improvement of the reindeer 

 industry in Alaska, and for the transfer from the Department of 

 Commerce of its powers and duties as regards the protection of land 

 fur-bearing animals in Alaska. The reindeer studies are to be in 

 cooperation with the Bureau of Education, through whose efforts 171 

 animals were imported from Siberia in 1892, and which will continue 

 to foster the industry among the natives of the region. The numljer 

 of reindeer has now increased to about 200,000, and it is thought that 

 fully 10,000,000 animals could be maintained within the Territory. 

 The immediate projects contemplated include attempts to produce 

 a larger animal through caribou crosses, and the study of several 

 diseases. The initial appropriation for reindeer investigations is 

 $25,000 and that for the enforcement of the laws relating to fur- 

 bearing animals $15,000. The bureau also receives $5,135 additional 

 for the maintenance of its bird and game reservations. Its total for 

 all purposes is $785,885. 



The appropriations of the Bureau of Crop Estimates were reduced 

 from $371,102 to $318,656. This reduction is mainly in its field work, 

 and involves the discontinuance of all special service except the regu- 

 lar monthly reports on the staple crops. The estimates which will 

 thus be suspended include those made by specialists on cotton, to- 

 bacco, and rice, and the special forecasts on fruit and truck crops. A 

 new provision in the act authorizes the cooperation with the bureau 

 in its statistical work of the States Relations Service and Qther| 

 Federal, State, and local agencies, the report of the House Committee ' 

 recommending the utilizing of the county agents in estimating crops. 



The States Relations Service received a total of $4,870,160, as com- 

 pared with $4,905,820 in the previous act and $4,968,540 in its esti- 

 mates. The reductions were mainly through the elimination of sev- 

 eral low-paid positions on its statutory roll, and Avhich had been 

 vacant for some time. Some changes were also made in the allot-! 

 ments to the insiQar experiment stations, that in the Virgin Islam 

 receiving an increase from $15,000 to $20,000 and Guam a reductioi 

 to $15,000. The appropriation of $16,360 for the work with farmers 

 institutes and agricultural schools was eliminated by the Senate, but 

 ultimately restored in conference. The remaining items were con- 

 tinued unchanged, including $1,440,000 for payments under the 

 Hatch and Adams Acts, $1,500,000 to supplement the permanent ap- 

 propriation of $3,580,000 under the Agricultural Extension Act, 

 $634,800 for farmers' cooperative demonstration work in the cotton 



