192 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
we consider and call these grounds the experimental gardens and 
grounds, and we conduct on these grounds lines of work that are related 
to all other branches of the Bureau. That is, the pathologist who is 
doing work on the diseases has a greenhouse; and the maintenance of 
those greenhouses, and the fuel, we pay for out of the ‘‘ gardens and 
grounds” fund. Then we have the maintenance of roads, keeping up 
lawns and caring for grounds, and planting of trees, and all work of 
that kind; and in addition 
Mr. Bowtir. Is not this $5,000 increase simply a transfer from the 
contingent fund to this fund? 
Mr. Gatioway. It is not a transfer at all; for in the contingent 
fund they are asking’ the same as before. 
Mr. Bowie. It is a transfer of expenses? 
Mr. Gattoway. Largely. 
Mr. Bowiz. It prevents them from asking that much increase? 
Mr. Gattoway. They will not probably ask for any increase. I do 
not think they have. 
We have an appropriation now of $15,000 for the Arlington experi- 
ment grounds. ‘This farm has now an acreage of about 500 acres, and 
we have been three years getting it into shape. A large part of it has 
been drained, and the plots laid out in such a way that the work can 
be carried on in purely experimental fashion. Certain buildings have 
been put up; we have erected two dwelling houses for the men. We 
have inaugurated in the last year definite experimental work. Its 
object is, briefly, to give an opportunity to the Department to carry 
on investigations and experiments along nearly all the lines which you 
have heard discussed here—for example, the nitrogen work that was 
discussed here yesterday. The first demonstration work on that has 
been done at this farm. There we worked out the first experiments 
and first data before we made any attempt to put it into operation in 
other parts of the country. 
Then we had something like 40 acres of different forage crops there. 
We carried on experiments in the matter of testing kiln-dried versus 
air-dried corn; and there we have experimental orchards and yvine- 
yards, where we can carry on investigations, not only in the line of 
diseases of plants, but in combating insects. In short, it is a place 
where Department men can go and get practical results in connection 
with subjects of departmental work. The main expense that has 
been involved over Gens has been due to getting the thing in shape. 
The Arlington farm for twenty years was a nile pen, and was used 
largely by the War Department for pasturing mules. So far, the 
planting of cow pease, and drainage, and so forth, have taken most of 
our funds. 
We have asked for an increase of $10,000, and that money is to be 
used as follows: $2,500 in the increase of our labor roll, to carry on 
the work we are doing over there; $5,000 we propose to use largely 
for the erection of certain necessary buildings—greenhouses; and for a 
central heating plant for the establishment we have now, $2,500. The 
last we propose to use in increasing our demonstration work, or the 
experimental work we are conducting, and in finishing up certain 
necessary permanent improvements that will have to be made on the 
lower part of the farm. That is principally what the $10,000 is laid 
out to cover. That covers the remaining items in our Bureau where 
increases are asked. We still have remaining the seed work. 
