EDITORIAL. 803 



thirty-two lines of iiiqiiirv. Aiii()n<x these may he nientioneil $2-2.").U()() 

 for tlenioMstratioii work a<^aiiist tiie l)oll weevil, $i;i;J,000 for fariii- 

 inanagenieiit investigations, and $71,300 for investigations of the 

 methods of growing, packing, and marketing fruits and melons. An 

 allotment of $7G,GbO was granted for cooperative demonstrations as 

 to the utilization of arid and semiarid regions, and authority was 

 granted to conduct cooperative work in conjuction with the Reclama- 

 tion Service on its reclaimed lands. Authority to carry on breeding 

 and testing work with fibrous plants suitable for paper making was 

 also conferred, $10,000 being provided for the purpose. This was in 

 addition to the pa})er-niaking tests of plants such as were authorized 

 last year, these being continued in the new act as a special appropria- 

 tion unassigned to any bureau and extended to include similar tests 

 with woods. 



The Bureau was given $12,250 for an investigation of the handling, 

 grading, and baling of cotton and the establishment of standards for 

 the ditferent grades in accordance with previous legislation, and 

 $52,440 was granted for similar work with grain. A clause provid- 

 ing for furnishing at cost to interested parties sets of cotton standards 

 was reported by the Senate committee, but eliminated on a point of 

 order, as was also a clause directing the Department, upon the re- 

 quest of grain growers, to grade their grain before shipment. 



For the Congressional seed distribution, which was continued on 

 the usual basis, an increase of $G0,320 was granted, making a total of 

 $202,320 for the purpose. The appropriation for the introduction 

 of rare and valuable seeds from foreign countries was slightly de- 

 creased, and authority was given to expend not to exceed $10,000 

 of the amount in the testing and distribution of forage crops. 



In the case of the Forest Service the act carries an apparent reduc- 

 tion of $84,100 for statutory salaries, but this is due to extensive trans- 

 fei-s to the lump fund appropriation as a result of the recent establish- 

 ment by the Service of six administrative districts or branch offices in 

 the West, to which a considerable pro[)ortion of its Washington staff 

 has been transferred. The net increase in the statutory and lump 

 fund ap|)ropriations was $750,000, partly on account of this change. 

 l)ut principally to meet the increased use to which the National Forests 

 are being put and the extension of their limits during the past year 

 by some 17,000,000 acres. Authority to advise owners of woodlands 

 as to their care, omitted last year, was restored, but permission 

 was refused to arrange exchanges of private lands lying within forest 

 reserves for stumpage of substantially equal value from the National 

 Forests with a view to their miification. For permanent imi)rove- 

 monts the appropriation of last year, $000,000, was continued, making 

 the total for the Forest Service $4,040,200, by far the largest carried 

 in the bill. 



