1030 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The successful passage of the act which bears his name, after sev- 

 eral years of labor in its behalf, was a matter of great satisfaction to 

 him, and he took a keen interest in the preparations for its use. He 

 was called just as the stations were coming into the realization of its 

 benefits and before work under it had fairly been instituted. In the 

 death of Mr. Adams the Federal Department of Agriculture, the 

 experiment stations, and agricultural progress as a whole lose a strong 

 and efficient advocate and supporter. 



The appropriation for the U. S. Department of Agriculture for the 

 fiscal year 1907 nearly reaches the ten million mark. The regular 

 appropriation amounts to $9,560,110, and to this is added emergence 7 

 appropriations aggregating $372,500. The grand total, $9,932,910, 

 represents an increase of $3,050,250 over last } T ear. 



A large proportion of this increase is, of course, due to the funds 

 provided for carrying into effect the new meat inspection law, but 

 apart from this the appropriation is larger than last year by over 

 $900,000. Most of the changes came independent^ of the Depart- 

 ment and as the result of popular demand, the emergency appropria- 

 tions and a considerable number of other items being urged by out- 

 side interests. As a matter of fact, the total appropriation, excluding 

 the increased amount for meat inspection, exceeds the estimates of 

 the Secretary of Agriculture b} T $156,730. 



The act embodies an unusual number of new features, several of 

 which are of interest as inaugurating new policies. It marks a growth 

 of confidence in agricultural work and in the Department, and voices 

 an increasing sentiment for Governmental supervision of certain large 

 undertakings, administrative and otherwise, which affect the whole 

 country and are not at present provided for by local agencies. 



The Bureau of Animal Industry now leads all other branches of the 

 Department in the amount of its appropriations — $3,916,980. This 

 figure does not include an emergenc} T appropriation of $82,500 for 

 experimental work looking to the eradication of Texas fever ticks, 

 which is to be carried on in cooperation with State authorities. The 

 chief interest in the appropriation for this bureau naturally centers 

 around the new meat inspection law, concerning which there has been 

 so much discussion in the public press. The execution of this law 

 will call for material expansion of the bureau's work in this direction. 

 For this the new law makes a permanent annual appropriation of 

 $3,000,000. Although no specific amount has been mentioned for 

 meat inspection in previous appropriations, about $850,000 a year has 

 been expended, so that the net increase for this purpose is about 

 $2,150,000. 



Among other new duties the Bureau is authorized to make tests of 

 tuberculin serums, antitoxins, etc., of domestic and foreign manufac- 



