1136 Official Notices and Circulars. [feb., 



The amount provided for in the Budget of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture for the year 191 9-1 920 is ;^7,o6o,ooo, or 

 and increase of ;^i,250,ooo over the amount 

 Budget of the United provided for in the previous year 191 8-1 91 9. 

 States Department of The following are the amounts* allotted to 

 Agriculture for 1919-20. the principal Bureaus in the two years. 





J9J9-J920. 







£ 



i 



Office of Secretary 



157,000 



160,000 



Weather Bureau 



392,000 



399,000 



Animal Industry Bureau 



1,205,000 



850,000 



Plant Industry Bureau . . 



704,000 



653,000 



Forest Service 



1,244,000 



1,195,000 



Chemistry Bureau 



290,000 



259,000 



Soils Bureau 



102,000 



102,000 



Entomology Bureau 



286,000 



206,000 



Biological Survey 





123,000 



Division of Publications... 



50,000 



45,000 



Crop Estimates Bureau ... 



77,000 



72,000 



State Relation Service.. . . 



1,023,000 



657,000 



Public Roads Bureau 



124,000 



124,000 



Markets Bureau . . 



586,000 



422,000 



The largest increases during the year are shown by the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry (;^355,ooo), the Bureau of Plant Industry (;^5i,ooo), 

 the Forest Service (^49,000), the Bureau of Entomology (;^8o,ooo), the 

 States Relation Service (;^366,ooo), and the Bureau of Markets 64,000). 

 The States Relation Service consists of federal contributions to the 

 experiment stations, demonstrations and extension wo: k of the States. 



A NEW stallion farm, the only one of its kind in the country, was 

 established by the United States Department of Agriculture in co- 

 operation with the Wyoming Agricultural 

 New United States College, at Buffalo, Wyo., early in July. It 

 Government is to be known as the United States- Wyoming 



Stallion Farm. Horse-breeding Station, where the work that 

 has been done for the past 15 years by the 

 Department in co-operation with the Colorado Agricultural College 

 will be continued. The object of the work at this station will be to 

 produce high-class stallions suitable for the production of utility horses 

 adapted to western range and farm conditions. Stallions at this station 

 are available for use by mare owners in the community, and from 

 time to time they will be sent for service to different parts of Wyoming 

 and Colorado. Stallions developed for the range weigh from 1,200 to 

 1,400 pounds. A standard-bred stallion, Harvest Aid, has recently 

 been purchased. He is by the champion trotting stallion, The Har- 

 vestor, and his dam is Santos Maid, a mare which holds the trotting 

 record of 2*o8f, and a daughter of Peter the Great, the leading sire of 

 speed in America. It is not the purpose at the horse-breeding station 

 to develop speed animals, but it is well understood that a good stallion 

 from a family noted for its speed is highly desirable for the production 

 of active utility horses. — (TAe Breeder's Gazette, 25th September, 

 1919). 



♦ The amounts are " par values." 



