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tional expenditure for experimental work. The values of the 

 products annually, as nearly as can be estimated, are about as 

 follows : — 



Market-garden crops, $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 



Tobacco, 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 



Poultry pr9ducts, 7,000,000 to 8,000,000 



The amounts of the annual appropriations asked for consti- 

 tute but a very small percentage of these values. Total annual 

 increase at the end of five years, $30,500. 



4. Salary Increases. 



As early as provision can be made to cover the cost, men are 

 needed to take up additional lines of work. Among these may 

 be named an assistant in entomology, an assistant in pomology, 

 a plant breeder, a food investigator in microbiology, an assist- 

 ant in floriculture, an assistant in agricultural economics, an 

 assistant in poultry husbandry, an assistant in market garden- 

 ing, an assistant in tobacco investigations; and besides these, 

 as soon as we are able to take up work in these departments, 

 assistants will be needed in forestry, rural engineering and in 

 dairying. 



There will be required also moderate increases in salaries for 

 a considerable number of those now on the station staff. It is 

 estimated that to provide for these new men and the needed 

 increases will require within five years an addition to the 

 amount now available for salaries of at least $40,000. 



S. General Expenses and Equipment. 

 The taking up of work in new departments, and the broaden- 

 ing scope in departments already engaged in investigation, will 

 require considerable new equipment. This has been quite care- 

 fully estimated by the different heads of departments. These 

 estimates indicate that within the next five years there should 

 be a total available for increase in equipment amounting to 

 $15,000. 



