AORICULTl'IlAL AITIIOI'KIATION BlIJ^ lltti. 471 



I .'») Campaigns against rHlciiiin ap^Muitc which in .J.r:- j.-m jf, nrtive 

 iri<;n'(li<'nts or <'(HitaiMs in^riMlioiits injurious to vr, n 



(6) ('am|)ai;;ns against so-calh'il pino oil liisinfixtnniH nixl ronl-tar 

 dips and disinfi-ctants which nrr adult<>ral<'d with mineral od. 



A niindxT of scicntihr invcslij^ations urr undtT way r«-l'''^'- '" 

 cah-iuni arsenate, hirkspur srrds, nii'otino soapM. ni«'otini* 

 pin*> pnxliict (Miiulsions, paradi*ddoroh(>n/.in«>, liordratix nii 

 «lnsls. (h'v linic-sidphnr. and inscfticidrs rocoinnirtidrd 

 on animals, intestinal paiasitrs, and inanp', to drtniiiin 

 nt'cossarv in the cnfon-tMniMit of lh»» provi.sioii.s of thr in 



For several yoars ?iow' there has heen sijeh a marked in 

 niimher and tonnajje of inseetieitles and funj^icides to 1 

 that it is only hy an exercise of the striet4»st e<onomv in all 

 tures that we have heen ahle to j^ive even a fair «le<;ree of prol<><*tion 

 to the eonsumirif:: puhlic. The time has come when we feel that we 

 would not he doin<; (»nr duty if w<' did not frankly state to you that 

 under our present api)roj)riation and exereisinj; the nif)st rij^id 

 economy, we do not feel that we are able to f!}yo that dem-ee of pro- 

 tection eontemphitcd hy the law f>r ri;;htfully expecte«l by the con- 

 suiiiin*; puldjc. 



SALAUIF.S. 



Mr. Andehsox. I want to ask you one or two (piestions alnmt the 

 statutory roll, covered hy the item on pajje .'iOO. The item a(' 

 to he the same, with the exception <»f the (Ironnin'j of otk^ inr- 

 b(»y at S4.S0 and one at S3(;(). 



Doctor Haywood. Yes, sir. 



Mr. A.XDKRsox. Are those places vacant now < 



l)(»ctor Haywood. They are tilled now. hut we will have to drop 

 those boys. 



Mr. Anderson. There are no chaiifjes in your general expense 

 item ( 



Doctor Haywood. There is no change whatsoever in the rest of 

 the appropriation. 



Wednesday, Xove.miikk l'O. 1022. 



FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD. 



STATEMENT OF DR. C. L. MARLATT. CHAIRMAN OF THE 



BOARD. 



Mr. Andek.son. Doctor Marlatt, do you wish to make a general 

 statement before we take up your statutory roll i 



Doctor Marlatt. We were aske<l, Mr. Chairman, to present a 

 statement of the more impt)rtant work of the board, particularly 

 with reference to the items of the appropriations. I have such a 

 statement here, which I would like to submit for the record. It 

 contains information that may be of use to the ct)mmittee. covering 

 the general work of the board in its more important phases. 



Mr. Anderson. You mav submit that for the record. 



