Oe, 
Forest Insects - <----~--+---- 145,655 
Truck Crop and Garden Insects ~- —- 303,048 
Cereal and Forage Insects - --- - - Oe, FOL 
European Corn Borer Control 30,411 
Cottoa Inseets - -------+--- 186,000 
Pink Bollworm Control -.-.-.--.- - 25 4.959 
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Thurberia Weevil Control - - - - - - 2,084 
Ree Culliure: - +--+ - | 45,670 
Insects Aifecting Man and eh ~ 109,600 
insect Pest Survey: and Identification .121,616 
Control Investigations - ——-=- == £0,758 
Transit Inspection onit nr esl ib en thes dealpet ie SEG Ad ae 
Foreign Plant Qucrantines..- - -=-- . 568,966. 
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including $16,000 reappropriated 
of the unexperided balance for the 
fiscal year 1933. : . 
Certification of Exports’ --»- - - = 16 
Dutch Elm Disease =—--+----+-+--+- 150 
Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths -~-+---- 860 
The, appropriation for the last two items is, to a considerable : 
extent, tied up with allotments whicn have ‘been or may be made; from. 
funds of the Public Works Administration, it being specified: in the 
fet: that the. sum appropriated for the control and prevention of 
_spread: of the Dutch Hlm Disease shall be reduced by an amount equal 
to,any amount that may hereafter be allotted for the. purposes: named 
.from any Federal relief or other Federal emergency. appropriations; 
and that the appropriation for Gyosy and: Browt--Tail Moths shall de- 
taken from the allotment made for this purpose by the Public Works 
Administration. The inclusion of tae items in the agricultural Ap—. 
proprietion Bill, however, mekes clear the authority: for the activ- 
ities carried. on .thereunder. (¢° ~ as . 
iat the Appropriation Act ‘contains 
It will of course be noted th 
no items for Blister Rust Control. and Barberry Eradication, two of + 
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the lines of work rom the Bureau of ‘Plant Industry. 
The reason £ this.is that these activities will, during the fiscal - 
year 1955, be financed entirely through ale ine from the: Public 
Works Administration. The exact amount that will be‘available is.. 
not known at this time, as it will depend on the amount that remains 
unexpended from allotments already made fcr that purpose. It is 
hoped, however, that it will be sufficient ‘to pee the carrying on 
of a normal program of work. — 
A comparison of the amount s listed above will in practically 
every case indicate a distinct reduction in comparison with the ap- 
propriations for the fiscal year 1934. It should be borne in mind, 
