1922.] 



Agmcui.ture Abroad . 



853 



have been passed during the last three years in the countries 

 of Central Europe, will henceforward be maintained in spite of 

 modifications in detail which may be introduced from time to 

 time in the practical application of the reforms. 



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The Experiment Station Record for July, 1922, contains an 

 account of the appropriations made by Congress for the expendi- 



Expenditure of the ^''^^ I^^partment of Agricul- 



TT f« * -r* * * ture during the year ending 30th June, 



U.S.A. Department „ ^ •-, -, u ^i. 



„ . . 1923. The funds provided by the mam 



of Agriculture , ^ u ^ ^i. i 



for 1922 23 $36,770,000 but there are also 



other funds available for meat inspection, 

 agricultural education, forestry, bonuses on salaries, etc., 

 which bring the total estimated expenditure of the Department 

 up to about $152,000,000 (say, £11,760,000 at the rate of 

 exchange of .^1.42 to £1). This is not tar from the amount 

 provided for the previous year 



An interesting feature of the programme is the formation 

 of a Bureau of Agricultural Economics, under the direction 

 of Dr. H. C. Taylor, by the consolidation of the Office of 

 Farm Management and Farm Economics with the Bureau of 

 Markets and Crop Estimates. The provision for this Bureau 

 amounts to about £804,500, of which, apart from the amounts 

 for statutory salaries and general administrative expenses, 

 £66,000 is allotted for the investigation of improved methods 

 of farm management and practice (£34,000 being for cost of 

 production studies), £106,000 for marketing studies, and 

 £92,000 for the market news service. A number of Acts 

 regulating agriculture and trade are administered by the 

 Bureau, such as the Cotton Futures Act, Grain Standards 

 Act, Packers and Stockyards Act, and the Future Trading Act. 

 The cost of these is put at £300,000, and in addition £37,000 

 is appropriated for the operation of a market by the Depart- 

 ment. 



It may be pointed out that a number of duties are carried 

 out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture which fall under 

 other Departments than the Ministry of Agriculture in this 

 country, e.g., inspection of meat and other foods, forestry, and 

 expenditure on road studies. The main divisions of work and 

 the appropriations for them are as follows : — 



