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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XI. No. 285. 



The appropriation for the OfBce of Experi- 

 ment Stations is $33,000, and the special 

 investigations in charge of this Office are 

 provided for as follows : Nutrition of man 

 S17,500, an increase of §2500 ; and Irriga- 

 tion $50,000, an increase of $15,000. 



The largest increases in the appropria- 

 tions are for the Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 Divisions of Forestry and Seeds, and the 

 Weather Bureau. The appropriation for 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry is $1,078, 

 830, an increase of $46,800. The appropri- 

 ation for Animal Quarantine Stations is 

 increased from $12,000 to $50,000. The 

 Division of Forestry receives an increase of 

 $10,000, $5000 of which may be used to in- 

 vestigate the forest conditions of the south- 

 ern Appalachian Mountain regions of west- 

 ern North Carolina and adjacent States. 

 The appropriation for the Division of Seeds 

 is increased from $130,000 to $170,000. The 

 increased appropriation for the purchase of 

 seed was due in a large measure to a peti- 

 tion of some 225 members of the House of 

 Eepresentatives. The total appropriation 

 for the Weather Bureau is $1,058,320, an 

 increase of $35,838. The work of the Bu- 

 reau is to be extended to the Hawaiian Is- 

 lands. The salaryoftheChief of the Bureau 

 is increased to $5000. 



In addition to the lines of work previously 

 undertaken the Division of Chemistry is 

 charged with new duties, as follows : 



" To investigate the cause of the deterio- 

 ration in the gluten content of wheat on 

 the Pacific Coast and in other parts of the 

 country. To study the methods for in- 

 creasing the content of valuable food con- 

 stituents in wheat and other cereals. * * * 



" To investigate the character of proposed 

 food preservatives and coloring matters. 

 To determine their relations to digestion 

 and to health and to establish the principles 

 which should guide their use. 



" To investigate the character of the chem- 

 ical and physical tests which are applied to 



American food products in foreign countries, 

 and to inspect, before shipment, when de- 

 sired by the shippers or owners of these 

 food products, American food products in- 

 tended for countries where chemical and 

 physical tests are required before said food 

 products are allowed to be sold in the coun- 

 tries mentioned." The appropriation for 

 this Division is $35,600. 



The appropriation for the Division of 

 Agrostology was increased $5000 making 

 its total appropriation $25,100. The work 

 of the Division is enlarged to include inves- 

 tigations as to the best methods for exter- 

 minating Johnson and other noxious and 

 destructive grasses and co-operative experi- 

 ments to be carried on in connection with 

 the agricultural experiment stations " in 

 establishing and maintaining experimental 

 grass stations for determining the best 

 methods of caring for and improving mead- 

 ows and grazing lands, the use of different 

 grasses and forage plants and their adapta- 

 bility to various soils and climates, the best 

 native and foreign species for reclaiming 

 overstocked ranges and pastures, for reno- 

 vating worn out lands, for binding drifting 

 sands and washed lands, and for turfing 

 lawns and pleasure grounds." 



The Division of Entomology receives 

 $33,200, an increase of $2500. A special 

 investigation is ordered as to ' the ravages 

 of the codling moth with a view to ascer- 

 taining the best method of its extermina- 

 tion.' 



The sum of $34,500 is appropriated for 

 the Division of Vegetable Physiology and 

 Pathology. The policy of Secretary Wilson 

 in employing the graduates of agricultural 

 colleges as scientific aids has received the 

 endorsement of Congress by an express pro- 

 vision for the employment of such aids in 

 this Division. 



Of the $31,300 appropriated for the Di- 

 vision of Soils, $10,000 may be used ' for 

 the purpose of demonstrating the practical 



