804 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



The Bureau of Biological Survey was granted an increase of 

 $25,420, of which $7,000 is for the maintenance of the Montana Bison 

 Range and other reservations for mammals and birds. Authorit}' was 

 given for the expenditure of the balance remaining from the appro- 

 priation of the previous year for the purchase of land for the Mon- 

 tana Bison Range in completing its fencing, constructing sheds and 

 other buildings, and extending its present area of 12,800 acres to 

 20.000 acres. 



The total ajjpropriation for the Office of Experiment Stations, 

 including $720,000 for the experiment stations under the Hatch Act, 

 is $1,069,220, an increase of $34,600. The allotment for statutory 

 salaries was increased $4,640, this including an increase in the salary 

 of the director from $3,500 to $4,000, and the lump fund for general 

 expenses was increased $4,800, making $34,800 available for this 

 purpose. The appropriations for the stations in Alaska, Hawaii, 

 and Porto Rico were each increased $2,000 to correspond witli the 

 increase to the State stations under the Adams Act, and the allot- 

 ment to the Guam Station was increased to $15,000, of which $1,500 

 was made available for the purchase of land. For the promotion of 

 agricultural education through farmers" institutes and agricultural 

 schools the ajDpropriation of the previous year, $10,000, was con- 

 tinued. The lines of work assigned to the irrigation and drainage 

 investigations remained unaltered, but in consequence of their recent 

 separation as to organization the appropriation was divided, $75,000 

 being allotted to the irrigation investigations, and $81,160, a net 

 increase of $6,160, to the drainage investigations. 



Authority was granted to resume the nutrition investigations of 

 the Office, which were suspended during the transfer to Wasliington 

 and reconstruction of the resj)iration calorimeter and accessory 

 api^aratus. an appropriation of $10,000 being made to " investigate 

 the juitritive value of agricultural products used for human food, 

 with special suggestions of plans and methods for the more effective 

 utilization of such products for this purpose, with the cooperation 

 of other bureaus of the Department, and to disseminate useful infor- 

 mation on this subject." 



The work of the remaining bureaus of the Department was pro- 

 vided for substantially as at present. The appropriation for the 

 Bureau of Chemistry was enlarged $53,840 in consequence of the 

 increased business in connection with the enforcement of the federal 

 food and drugs act. The Bureau of Entomology received a net in- 

 crease of $92,720, of which $50,000 is for the extension of the gipsy 

 and brown-tail moth campaign, making a total of $300,000 for that 

 purpose. There was extended discussion of the soil surveys of the 

 Department, and these were continued on the present basis. The 



