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is also given tlie department for studies of 

 cooperation among farmers in the United 

 States in rural credits and other lines and to 

 disseminate information on the subject, with 

 an appropriation of $40,000 for the purpose. 



Other new projects for which definite appro- 

 priations are made include $10,000 for the im- 

 portation of Corriedale and other sheep for 

 breeding purposes; $5,000 for studying the 

 grading, weighing, and handling of naval 

 stores; $7,000 for the publication of reports 

 and maps dealing with the location, extent, 

 etc., of the kelp beds on the Pacific Coast; 

 $10,000 for furnishing official cotton grades 

 and samples to certain associations ; $5,000 for 

 the improvement of an additional game pre- 

 serve; and $5,000 for agricultural extension 

 work in Hawaii. Authority is also given for 

 studies of seismology, a number of new in- 

 sects and plant diseases, the handling of fish, 

 oysters, and other foods and food products, 

 and the utilization of agricultural products for 

 clothing and other uses in the home. An 

 exhibit by the department, illustrative of farm- 

 ing in the subhumid regions, is provided for 

 the International Dry Farming Congress to be 

 held at "Wichita, Kansas, October 7 to 17, 1914, 

 with an appropriation of $20,000 for the pur- 

 pose. 



Considering the appropriations definitely al- 

 lotted to the several bureaus, that of the 

 Weather Bureau aggregates $1,667,270. This 

 is an apparent decrease of $40,340, but this is 

 mainly because no new observatories are pro- 

 vided except a building at Neah Bay, Wash- 

 ington, to cost $3,000. The allotments of the 

 bureau have been classified on a new basis, 

 $327,270 being available for statutory sal- 

 aries; $122,000 for carrying on investigations 

 in meteorology, climatology, seismology, 

 evaporation and aerology, and the dissemina- 

 tion of meteorological, climatological and ma- 

 rine information in the city of Washing-ton; 

 $1,189,000 for similar expenses outside of 

 Washington, and $26,000 for the maintenance 

 of a bureau printing office in Washington. 

 The Secretary is also directed to report to 

 Congress relative to the future disposition of 

 the plant at Mount Weather, Virginia, from 



which the extensive research work formerly 

 carried on is being largely withdrawn. 



An increase of $288,830 is accorded the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, making its total 

 $2,320,026. This is in addition to the perma- 

 nent annual appropriation of $3,000,000 for 

 meat inspection previously referred to and also 

 to a special appropriation of $600,000, approved 

 February 23, 1914, of which $50,000 was al- 

 lotted to the inspection of virus, serums, etc., 

 used in the treatment of animal diseases, $100,- 

 000 for the investigation, treatment and eradi- 

 cation of dourine, and the remainder for simi- 

 lar work with hog cholera. Among the largest 

 items of increase in the bureau's appropriation 

 are those supplementing the meat inspection 

 funds and for the tick eradication campaign 

 already mentioned, and for work in dairying 

 which receives $256,490, an increase of $78,- 

 590. The various items pertaining to animal 

 husbandry are combined into a single group 

 aggregating $182,840, of which $30,000 may be 

 used for the horse breeding project, $24,500 for 

 the poiiltry studies, including the ostrich in- 

 dustry, and $10,000 for sheep importation. 

 The appropriation for inspection and quaran- 

 tine work is $625,520, and that for pathological 

 investigations of animal diseases $77,360. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry receives $3,- 

 616,045. This is an increase of $948,050, about 

 two thirds of which is accounted for by the 

 large additions to the funds for demonstration 

 purposes previously mentioned, and the re- 

 mainder chiefly by smaller increases appor- 

 tioned among a large number of projects. The 

 congressional seed distribution is continued on 

 the usual basis and with an appropriation of 

 $257,000, as for the previous year. The bureau 

 also receives $166,500 for the testing and dis- 

 tribution in quantities sufficient for practical 

 field tests of new and rare seeds which from 

 previous trials seem especially promising, 

 and for the improvement of alfalfa, clover and 

 other forage crops, $100,000 of this amount 

 being available for the purchase and distribu- 

 tion of these new and rare seeds. The 

 amount of $74,600 is appropriated for the for- 

 eign seed and plant introduction. 



Large appropriations are again made for the 



