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of antitoxin or preventive vaccines was 

 eliminated. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry received an 

 apparent net increase of $289,446, but this in- 

 cludes the boll-weevil work of the bureau, 

 which last year was carried as an emergency 

 appropriation of $150,000. The general work 

 of the bureau was extended to include the 

 establishment of an official standard of cotton 

 classification. A clause making the grain 

 standards fixed by the department the official 

 standards for grading was reported by the 

 house committee, but stricken out on a point 

 of order. The provision for grain inspection 

 was continued on the present basis, except that 

 it was included in the general work of the 

 bureau instead of from a specific appropria- 

 tion. The work on the prevention of algal 

 and other contaminations of water supplies 

 was restricted to farm water supplies. The 

 appropriation for the introduction of rare 

 seeds and plants from foreign countries was 

 increased $20,000, making $56,000 for this 

 purpose, in addition to the congressional seed 

 distribution, which was continued on the usual 

 basis. 



The general policy of the forest service was 

 again the subject of extended discussion. An 

 increase of $1,496,200 was granted, making its 

 total appropriation $3,896,200, by far the 

 largest carried in the act. As has been ex- 

 plained, however, the greater part of this in- 

 crease is in lieu of the forest receipts. The 

 sum of $600,000, an increase of $100,000, was 

 appropriated for the construction and main- 

 tenance of roads, bridges, telephone lines, 

 cabins, fences, and other permanent improve- 

 ments. A number of additional limitations 

 were imposed restricting the entire appropria- 

 tion to territory under the jurisdiction of the 

 United States, reducing the limit of cost of 

 buildings on the forest reserves from $1,000 

 to $500, and limiting traveling expenses to 

 "business directly connected with the forest 

 service and in furtherance of the works, aims, 

 and objects specified and authorized in and 

 by this appropriation." 



The provisions of the previous year author- 

 izing the extension of the national forests and 



the giving of advice to owners of woodlands 

 as to their care were eliminated, but authority 

 to aid other federal bureaus in the perform- 

 ance of their duties in respect to the national 

 forests was granted, and advances of money 

 may hereafter be made to chiefs of field 

 parties for fighting forest fires. 



The Bureau of Chemistry received an in- 

 crease of $128,800, chiefly for additional ex- 

 penses incident to the enforcement of the 

 National Food and Drug Act. Authority was 

 granted to demonstrate and illustrate the 

 methods for the making of denatured alcohol 

 on a scale suited to the farmer or associations 

 of farmers, and also to investigate the char- 

 acter of the chemical and physical tests which 

 are applied to American food products in 

 foreign countries, and, on request, to inspect 

 such products when intended for export to 

 countries requiring such tests. 



The appropriation for the Bureau of Soils 

 was increased to $234,700, a net increase of 

 $27,800. Its work was provided for as at 

 present except for some changes as to the 

 scope of the tobacco investigations. 



In the Bureau of Entomology the salary of 

 the entomologist was increased from $3,250 to 

 $4,000. The total appropriation was increased 

 $48,950, making $184,960, of which $10,000 is 

 immediately available. This appropriation, 

 however, includes the boll-weevil investigations 

 which have been carried in an emergency ap- 

 propriation. In addition, the bureau has 

 charge of the gipsy and brown-tail moth cam- 

 paign, for which an emergency appropriation 

 of $250,000, an increase of $100,000, was made, 

 the entire appropriation being immediately 

 available. The silk investigations in progress 

 for several years are to be brought to a close. 

 In connection with the Bureau of Biological 

 Survey it will be recalled that while the 

 customary appropriation of $52,000 was 

 granted last year, the secretary was directed 

 to report to what extent, if any, the work 

 done by the survey was duplicated by any 

 other department of the government, and the 

 practical value of the work to the agricultural 

 interests of the country. This report, accord- 

 ing to Chairman Scott of the house committee 



