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b}' $6,100,000 from the emergency act, so that there is an actual 

 decrease of $4,345,000. This decrease is almost entirely in the allot- 

 ment for demonstration and extension work, although there is also a 

 net reduction of $5,000 for the Office of Home Economics, which 

 will receive $46,280. The allotment of $20,600 for the work with 

 farmers' institutes and agricultural schools is continued unchanged. 



The insular experiment stations are allotted $215,000. This is an 

 increase of $25,000, of which $10,000 is granted to the Alaska Sta- 

 tions, and $5,000 each to those in Hawaii, Porto Rico, and Guam. 

 In Alaska the increased funds will be used for the erection of cattle 

 barns on the island of Kodiak, and the construction of a stock barn, 

 clearing land for pasture, and purchase of breeding stock to under- 

 take studies in dairying and pig raising at Matanuska; in Hawaii, 

 for the further development of the demonstration and extension 

 work; in Porto Rico, to stimulate the increased local production of 

 many foods now largely imported from the mainland ; and in Guam, 

 to repair the ravages caused by a serious typhoon in July, 1918. 



No change is made in the usual allotment of $645,040 for farmers' 

 cooperative demonstration work within the cotton belt, while that 

 for the corresponding work in the remainder of the country is 

 increased from $554,800 to $751,280. As a new item, an appropria- 

 tion is made of $1,500,000 for cooperative extension work to be 

 allotted and expended under the same terms and with the same 

 supervision as the funds derived from the Agricultural Extension 

 Act of 1914. The funds thus provided represent an amount equiva- 

 lent to that which will be available under the Extension Act at its 

 maximum in 1922, and are to be expended in accordance with plans 

 mutually agreed upon by the Department and the college officials. 



By legislation contained elsewhere in the act, all moneys con- 

 tributed for cooperative work by the Department must henceforward 

 be paid only through the Secretary of Agriculture, or through State, 

 county, or municipal agencies, local farm bureaus, or like organiza- 

 tions cooperating for the purpose with the Department. This pro- 

 vision was enacted because of previous legislation prohibiting after 

 July 1, 1919, contributions to the salaries of any Government em- 

 ployee from non- Government sources for services performed by him 

 for the Government. The Forest Service, however, is specifically 

 exempted from the entire legislation on this subject. 



The appropriations for the Bureau of Public Roads are continued 

 without substantial modifications, the principal change being an 

 increase in the salary of the chief from $4,500 to $6,000. The various 

 lines of engineering activities are continued, including $82,440 and 

 $73,760, respectively, for farm irrigation and drainage investigations, 

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