October 2, 1914] 



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survey work of the bureau is granted $169,800, 

 witii $20,000 additional for the examination 

 and classification of agricultural lands in for- 

 est reserves in cooperation vrith. the Forest 

 Service, 15,265 for studies in soil physics, 

 $22,350 for chemical investigations, and $32,- 

 700 for soil fertility work. The increase of 

 $87,210 accorded the Bureau of Entomology 

 is divided among its studies of several groups 

 of insects, the largest single item of expendi- 

 ture being as usual that for the gipsy and 

 brown-tail moth campaign, for which $310,- 

 000 is available. The total appropriation of 

 the bureau is $829,420. 



The Bureau of Biological Survey is 

 granted $281,290, an increase of $110,300. 

 This appropriation is to be used principally 

 for administrative and police purposes, $66,000 

 being allotted for the enforcement of the 

 Lacey and McLean laws for the regulation of 

 imports and interstate movement of game, 

 birds, etc., $21,000 for the maintenance of the 

 various game preserves and transfer of game, 

 and $5,000 for the improvement of an addi- 

 tional preserve in SuUys Hill Park, North Da- 

 kota. The appropriations for studies of the 

 food habits of birds and mammals and for 

 other biological investigations, however, are 

 nearly doubled, $15,000 being granted for the 

 destruction of ground squirrels on national 

 forests, $5,000 for the study of a serious dis- 

 ease of wild ducks in Utah, $95,000 for the 

 destruction of wolves, prairie dogs and other 

 injurious animals, the rearing of fur-bearing 

 animals, and similar work, and $26,500 for 

 field studies of the distribution and migrations 

 of water fowl and other birds and of the bird 

 and mammal life of the public domain. 



The Bureau of Statistics is rechristened the 

 Bureau of Crop Estimates, the new designa- 

 tion representing more accurately, it is believed, 

 the nature of its work and obviating confusion 

 with results based on actual enumerations 

 such as are made by the Bureau of the Census. 

 Several changes are also made in the language 

 prescribing the work of the bureau, and the 

 appropriation at its disposal is increased from 

 $243,680 to $275,580. It is expected that 

 these changes will permit of enlarging the 



scope and completeness of the data collected, 

 notably as regards special crops and indus- 

 tries. 



The various activities of the Office of Ex- 

 periment Stations are continued and several 

 of its functions are considerably extended. 

 The total appropriation is $1,930,780, of 

 which $1,440,000 is paid to the state experi- 

 ment stations under the Hatch and Adams 

 acts, and $50,500 (a net increase of $10,720) 

 is for general expenses in connection with the 

 enforcement of these acts and the Smith- 

 Lever Act. The work of the Agricultural 

 Education Service and of the Lrigation and 

 Drainage Investigations is continued on the 

 present basis with allotments of $23,000, $106,- 

 400, and $96,280, respectively, and $68,840 is 

 granted for statutory salaries. 



The total allotment for the insular experi- 

 ment stations is $120,000, of which the Alaska 

 stations receive $40,000 and those in Hawaii, 

 Porto Rico and Guam, $35,000, $30,000 and 

 $15,000, respectively. The act provides that of 

 the allotment for the Hawaii Station $5,000 

 may be used in agricultural extension work, 

 the territory receiving no funds under the 

 Smith-Lever Act. The annual leave privileges 

 of employees of the department permanently 

 assigned to Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico and 

 Guam are extended to correspond to those now 

 applying to employees in Washington. 



The appropriation for the nutrition investi- 

 gations of the office is increased from $16,000 

 to $25,760 and the authority hitherto granted 

 to study means of utilizing agricultural prod- 

 ucts for food is broadened to include clothing 

 and household equipment. With the enlarged 

 appropriation it is proposed to continue and 

 extend the studies of food with reference to 

 nutritive value and economical use in the 

 home, studying both popular and technical 

 problems, the latter including, among other 

 things, the calorimetric study of changes 

 which take place in fruits and vegetables dur- 

 ing ripening and storage. In the case of 

 clothing and household equipment, such ques- 

 tions, considered from the standpoint of the 

 expenditure of human energy, will be studied 

 as the relative durability, economy, and effi- 



