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cessation of funds hitherto provided under the Wheat Price Guar- 

 anty Act of 1919 an apparent increase under the U. S. Cotton 

 Futures Act was actually a reduction of $70,100. There was also a 

 net diminution of $47,300 in the funds for the administration of 

 the U. S. Grain Standards Act, and $11,600 in those for <!;rain stand- 

 ardization investigations. The field stations at Salt Lake City and 

 Cleveland are to be closed, work elsewhere curtailed, and the promul- 

 gation of standards for milled rice deferred for at least a year. 



The Plant Quarantine Act of 1912 was amended by providing for 

 Federal regulation of nursery-stock movement from or into the 

 District of Columbia and the control of plant diseases and insect 

 pests within the District, and the Federal Horticultural Board was 

 granted an increase from $47,700 to $125,450 to enforce the act. It 

 is proposed to develop a more adequate port inspection service to 

 cooi^erate with the Customs Service and State officials in the enforce- 

 ment of quarantines against the entry of dangerous pests from for- 

 eign countries. The funds for enforcing the Insecticide Act were 

 increased from $123,940 to $147,350. 



The Office of the Secretary receives $465,260. This is an apparent 

 decrease of $35,260, but is largely attributable to the provision of 

 only one Assistant Secretary instead of two, and to the transfer 

 to the Division of Publications of certain editorial functions, the 

 Office of Information, and the Office of Exhibits. 



The title of the Office of Farm Management was broadened into 

 that of Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics. The 

 total appropriations for the office were increased from $302,590 to 

 $375,390, and the allotment which may be used in ascertaining the 

 cost of production of the principal staple agi'icultural x^i"otlucts 

 from $23,873 to $78,873. 



The funds of the Division of Publications were increased to $374,- 

 090, of which $70,000 is for exhibits at State, interstate, and inter- 

 national fairs held within the United States and the remainder for 

 the preparation, illustration, and distribution of the Department 

 publications and other illustrative material. Expenditures for 

 printing and binding, however, were as usual appropriated for sep- 

 arately in the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act. This act carries 

 $725,000 for the purpose, of which $47,000 is for the Weather Bureau 

 and $250,000 for farmers' bulletins. It also authorizes the continu- 

 ance until June 30, 1921, of the various journals and other periodical 

 j)ublications of the Government, which under previous legislation 

 would otherwise have been forced to cease publication at the adjourn- 

 ment of the last session of Congress. This action followed the veto 

 by the President of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appro- 

 priation Act, because of the inclusion therein of a clause which would 



