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appropriations, and the relations maintained with the experiment sta- 

 tions furnisli a means of carrying its investigations into every section 

 of the countrv, in cooperation with these institutions, and serve to 

 broaden its influence. As an institution for agricultural investigation 

 it is now without a counterpart in any country, and there are few, if 

 an}^ scientific institutions which include so large an aggregation of 

 scientists and experts devoting their attention to investigation and 

 research. The Department is coming to be generally recognized as 

 one of the great scientific institutions, not alone in this country, but 

 of the whole world. The formation of bureaus is a fitting step at this 

 juncture, for it is a recognition of the growth which has been made 

 and the need for a more compact form of organization. The creation 

 of these four new bureaus, in addition to the Weather Bureau and the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, is a following out of the general divisions 

 into which the subject of agriculture seems logicallj" to fall, associating 

 such lines of work as relate closely to each other and providing for the 

 closest cooperation practicable among them. 



The new Bureau of Plant Industrj^ embraces the divisions of Botany, 

 Vegetable Physiolog}^ and Pathology, Agrostology, Pomology, and 

 Gardens and Grounds, and is under the directorship of B. T. Galloway, 

 To this bureau has also been assigned the Section of Seed and Plant 

 Introduction, together with the general supervision of the experiments 

 in tea culture, A horticulturist will be added to the list of specialists, 

 with the intention of developing the work of investigation along that 

 line. From the standpoint of administration the arrangement will be 

 an economy of time and will give greater opportunities for investiga- 

 tion to the chiefs of the divisions. 



In recognition of the plan for a sj'stematic surve}^ of agricultural 

 soils and for extension of the work in forestry, the divisions of Soils 

 and Forestr}' are given bureau organizations and are raised to that 

 designation. The fourth bureau provided for is the Bureau of Chem- 

 istrj^, to which additional scope will be given. 



The appropriation act makes frequent mention of cooperation between 

 the diflerent divisions of the Department and also with the agricultural 

 experiment stations. The establishment of the Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try will favor the extension of this cooperation and will assist in adjust- 

 ing the lines of work and preventing any tendency to duplication. 



Of the new bureaus the Bureau of Plant Industry receives the largest 

 appropriation, namely, $231,080, The amounts appropriated for the 

 diflerent lines of investigation in charge of this ))ureau, aside from 

 certain salaries, are $60,000 for investigations in vegetable pathology 

 and physiology, $20,000 for pomological investigations, $45,000 for 

 botanical investigations and experiments, $20,000 for grass and forage 

 plant investigations, $20,00() for seed and plant introduction, $7,000 

 for tea-culture experiments (an increase of $2,000), and $20,000 for 



