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Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The salary of the chief is increased 

 from $3,500 to $4,000. The clause authorizing experiments and 

 demonstrations in destrojnng wolves, coyotes, prairie dogs, and other 

 animals injurious to agriculture and animal husbandry is amended 

 to include gophers, and the appropriation enlarged to $464,440. An 

 allotment of $34,600 is continued for the maintenance of the Montana 

 National Bison Range and other game reservations, and a special 

 appropriation of $5,000 granted to improve the game preserve in 

 Sullys Hill National Park in North Dakota. A new item in the 

 act authorizes the Department to transfer surplus bison to munici- 

 palities and public institutions, and for purposes of propagation to 

 make loans or exchanges with other owners of bison. 



The appropriations for the Forest Service aggregate $5,966,869, 

 with $600,000 additional for further purchases under the Ap- 

 palachian Forest Reserve Act, and $100,000 for cooperation with the 

 States in fire protection under that act. The bulk of the appropria- 

 tion is to be used in the administration, protection, and development 

 of the National Forests, which it is of interest to note returned in 

 receipts for the fiscal year 1918, $3,574,930.07. Considerable read- 

 justment is made in the allotments of the individual National For- 

 ests, including an aggregate increase of $225,568 for additional fire 

 protection. Net decreases of $11,000 and $20,000, resp6ctiA^ely, are 

 made in the allotments for land classification and the reconnoissance 

 of forest resources, the former by reason of the completion of some of 

 this work, and the latter because of difficulty in securing the necessary 

 trained personnel. 



The Bureau of Chemistry receives $1,391,571. This includes sev- 

 eral small increases in allotments, including $50,000 additional for 

 the enforcement of the Food and Drugs Act ; $29,280 to complete the 

 equipment of the laboratory at the Arlington Experimental Farm 

 for color investigations; $5,000 for extending the studies with dressed 

 poultry; and $1,000 for those with fish, but several of these allot- 

 ments are in lieu of considerably larger appropriations under the 

 emergency act. Provision is made to continue the studies of utilizing 

 wool waste and the manufacture of sweet sirups undertaken under 

 that act, with allotments of $9,000 and $5,000, respectively. The 

 cooperative food dehydration studies instituted last year are defi- 

 nitely assigned to the bureau, with $50,000 appropriated to study and 

 devise methods of dehydration and disseminate information as to the 

 value and suitability of such products as food. 



The aggregate appropriation for the States Relations Service is 

 $4,905,820, this including as usual $1,440,000 for payments to the 

 States under the Hatch and Adams Acts. In the preceding act 

 $3,150,820 was granted the Service, but this was well-nigh tripled 



