802 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



$21,000 for insects affecting- cereal and forage plants, $42,000 for 

 insects affecting southern field crops, $12,000 for forest insects, 

 $16,250 for insects affecting truck crops and stored products, $10,000 

 for bee culture, $10,500 for insects affecting citrus fruits, and $34,050 

 for other investigations. With a view to providing for exigencies 

 due to unforeseen conditions, however, a provision was also added to 

 the bill under which 10 per cent of the appropriation for the miscel- 

 laneous exj^enses of the work of any bureau is made available inter- 

 changeably for expenditure on the objects included within the gen- 

 eral expenses of that bureau, *" but no more than ten per centum shall 

 be added to any one item of appropriation except in cases of ex- 

 traordinary emergency, and then only upon the written order of the 

 Secretary of Agriculture." 



The total appropriation carried hj the new law is $12,995,036. 

 This is an increase of $1,322,930 over the previous act, or approxi- 

 mately 10 per cent. It makes provision for the continuance of nearly 

 all the lines of work now under way, and in many cases their exten- 

 sion to meet the growing demands upon the Department. 



The Weather Bureau receives a total appropriation of $1,508,260. 

 This is a reduction of $154,000, which is due principally to the com- 

 pletion of the new buildings for the Mount Weather Observatory and 

 the elimination of all appropriations for other buildings and equip- 

 ment of new stations. The lines of work are essentially unchanged. 

 The amount assigned to the investigations in climatology and meteor- 

 olog}' is $125,000. The salarj- of the chief of the Bureau was in- 

 creased from $5,000 to $6,000. An increase of $4,000 was allowed 

 for contingent expenses, and the limit of cost of maintenance of the 

 Bureau printing office was increased from $30,000 to $45,000. 



The appropriation of the Bureau of Animal Industry Avas increased 

 $97,000, making a total of $1,427,860. Among the items authorized 

 are $250,000 for the eradication of the cattle tick in the South; 

 $625,000 for inspection and quarantine work (other than the federal 

 meat inspection, which is now provided for in the permanent law) ; 

 $149,000 for the work of the Dairy Division; and $43,000 for the 

 work in animal husbandry. For investigations of animal diseases 

 and the maintenance of the Bureau experiment station, $109,000 was 

 provided together with $25,000 for the purchase of additional land. 

 The appropriation of $50,000 made last year for experiments in 

 animal feeding and breeding in cooperation w4th the State experi- 

 ment stations Avas continued, but the language was so altered as to 

 permit independent investigations by the Bureau as Avell. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry received one of the largest increases 

 in the bill, $307,590, making its total $1,709,206. Of this $1,180,796 

 is for general expenses, which are further itemized to provide for 



