Calendar No. 424. 667TH CoNnGrEss, SENATE. | REPoRT 2d Session. No. 469. 21 22 , GRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. opy Marcu 11 (calendar day, Marcu 13), 1920.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gronna, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, sub- mitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 12272.) The Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 12272) making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes, reports the same to the Senate with various amendments, and, in connection therewith, presents herewith the following in- formation: . Amount recommended in original estimates (regular and supple- oct PND) ) Eee EB SSS 2 a ee 2 | Oe $37, 672, 857 Amount carried in House bill (total printed in House bill, $30,- Dine See Dy DOcnapnical error) = ee SO Sie tos Increases over House bill recommended by the Senate committee 2, 033, 547 Amount included in bill as reperted to the Senate seas | OD UAE Amount carried in Agricultural appropriation act for 1920________ 88, 899, 761 The bill as reported is less than the estimates for 1921 by _____~ ‘ 5, 366, 556 The bill as reported is less than the appropriation act for 1920 by- 1, 593, 460 The House bill includes a number of low-grade places on the statu- tory roll of each bureau. During the past two or three years it has become increasingly difficult for the department to fill these posi- tions or to retain properly qualified employees in them for any length of time. The turnover in these positions throughout the department is unusually high. In one division, for instance, the turnover dur- ing the past year in the $840 and $900 clerical grades was 127 and 33 per cent, respectively; and essentially the same situation exists in practically every branch of the department. This large and con- stantly increasing shifting in the personnel reduces efficiency and results in considerable loss to the Government—loss of time, money, and effort spent in training persons of mediocre qualifications who either can not satisfactorily handle the work assigned to them or who remain with the department only a short time, leaving it to secure other employment at higher compensation or where the oppor- tunities for advancement are better. eecee . . 7 2 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. It seems desirable to the committee that action be taken in the pending appropriation bill to remedy in part, at least, the present situation with respect to these low-grade positions. This has been accomplished by eliminating a considerable number of these low- grade positions and substituting therefor a smaller number of higher grade places, as indicated in this report under each bureau. There are 685 positions carried in the House bill, involving a total of $595,160, which have been dropped, and there are substituted for them 467 places, involving a total of $588,580—representing a net re- duction in places of 218 and in salaries of $6,580. While the plan reduces the number of places by 218, at the same time it is the belief of the committee that the work can be effectively performed with a smaller number of higher grade places, making it possible to secure and retain trained and competent employees and reducing, to some extent at least, the turnover in the clerical personnel that now occurs. The following table shows the appropriations for the present fiscal year, the regular and supplemental estimates submitted by the de- partment to the House committee, the amount carried in the House bill, the amount recommended by the Senate committee, the in- creases and decreases of the bill reported by the Senate committee as compared with the House bill, the increases and decreases of the bill as compared with the department estimates, and the increases and decreases of the bill as compared with the appropriation for the present fiscal year: United States Department of Agriculture—Estimate of appropriations, 1921. | ietnarones Increase | Increase ene Depart- Reported over (+) | °V@" i+) over (+) priation | “ment | Passed bys a Wa U Rited States Department of Agriculture, etec.—Continued. 3 * in Increase | Merease | Increase ~ Aa Depart- |Reported! over (+) | OV (+) Pet AT P rid ment | Passed by or d is 4 Me Bureau or office. | Agricul- | _°sti- by Senate | decrease |, alow C5} Lalo he, oral mates, | House. | commit- | below (—)|” date le 1920 ; i : art- | act, 1920.| 2921. vee." | ous ment appro- : estimates.| priation. MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIA- TIONS. | Demonstrations on reclama- tign projects.......-...---- $48,600} $47,000] $30,000) $47,000) +$17,000)........... — $1,600 Fighting and _ preventing AGVOSUMMILGS . = os sha ste see cgloeas ese en 1,000,000) 250,000) 310, 000) + 60,000)— $690,000} +310, 000 Cooperative fire protection of | forested watersheds of nav- | igablestreams.....---<--5 « 100,000} 200, 000 75, 000 12, 000 + 50,000;— 75,000) + 25,000 Experiments and demon- strations in live-stock pro- duction in the cane-sigar and cotton districts of the United: Statese 55-8522. 60, 000 60, 000 46, 500, AG S00). ce ecw cates — 13,500) — 13,500 Experimentsin dairying and live-stock production in semiarid and irrigated dis- tricts of the western United : SINUS cease et as cose ete 49, 000 40, 000) 30, 000 400007 "305 0002. -2-.soce. perience Eradication of the foot-and- mouth and other conta- | gious diseases of animals..-| 1,000,000 1,000, 000 50, 000 5O}000ICE EE Ce. - — 950,000) —950,000 Eradication of pink boll- WiOBesaen crests eae ca ss ate 595,800) 388,560} 288,560} 588,560) +300,000)4+ 200,000) — 7,240 Prevention of spread of Eu- EFA COMED ON OS rere sietee| ete merit aiclcata steel ate | Se ais eyetala = 500,000, +500,000)+ 500,000) +500, 000 Acquisition of lands under the Weekslaw.......-..... 0 OG aaa rare eae ew ret ge Cae SE oe tonic | cea eee —600, 000 Plant dust explosionsand fire:|.......... TOOK O00 Pin opel ose genic ulbeaeee cae = ‘LO0{000)~. -o2-ene- Agricultural exhibits. ......- OOS OOK) | ae eee SOME ERR. 5. ilo b acceso scl eneseceeee | —100,000 Woodward, Okla., live-stock department BR a eC Ieee al wee wee Se ind aoe me tls aoe aan 10,000) + 10,000)}+ 10,000) + 30,000 Intermational:farm Qoneress..)Slscecesc feces ceca) ccc cecce s 5,000, + 5,000)+ 5,000} + 5,000 Commiittes on, rural credits. <|oadq 2 sql cidondes| 25 queweiee 15,000) + 15,000/+ 15,000) + 15,000 PROtAES Oct sees ttak a. 33, 899, 761/37, 672, 857/30, 272, 754/32, 306, 301) +2, 033, 547| —5, 366, 556] —1, 593, 460 1 Includes a supplemental estimate of $500,000 for the control of European corn borer. The amount included in the 1920 act was $250,000. In the following pages the reasons for all increases in appropria- tions are given, and all changes in amounts in the statutory rolls are indicated, including the readjustment of low-grade places re- ferred to above. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 2, line 3.) The statutory roll of the office of the Secret tary carries an increase of $4,300 over the House bill, as indicated in detail in the following table: New place Peasant a Seereiar yee eet bent FE RG eh A eS L eeS Norr.—The food production act of Aug. 10, 1917, authorized the appointment, for the duration of the war, of 2 additional assistant secretaries, making 3 in all. The 1920 act author- izes 2 assistant secretaries, but the bill as passed by the House reduced the number to 1. The committee has restored the place eliminated by the House, because, in its opinion, the work of the department requires the services of 2 assistant secretaries, especially in connection with the administration of the agricultural extension act, the Federal-aid road act, the cot- ton-futures act, the warehouse act, and other regulatory meas- ures. $5, 000 4 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. Places below $1,200 dropped: 2 Glerlss: at Siel00 “ea che 2 etre Be reat oe oe ee $2, 200 ECE) CY el OBS EER PORE ek ae NEES Tees LST SANE BE CONEY ete 1, 020 ii relerksvat | S900) eacha2 aes. Se ee ee 9, 900 2 Glerksat $840) each: 242 sees ei ee 1, 680 i efElEVAhG? MACHINES ee = ee eee ee 900 fx. $15, 700 ale Places substituted for places dropped: BD: CLOLIS CLASS ig Dee ee is ee yet ACR ee PS 4, 200 ~ SECTS KS Gla SS wh eaten eee ese Pee Ne eee 9, IVelevAtOrs MAChiniS b= ee on ES 1, 200 a — 15,000 $700 by SSS Actualyincrease over louse Dillese 2 eee 4,300: Bureat or Farm MAnaGeMENT’ AND Farm Economics. CHANGE IN NAME OF OFFICE. (Page 4, line 20.) The designation of the office has been changed to “ Bureau of Farm Management and Farm Economics.” It is dealing with economic problems in the field of agriculture and the importance of its ac- tivities, in the opinion of the committee, fully justifies the change proposed. It should be pointed out, in this connection, that the new designation will not result, in itself, in any additional expenditures, nor will it involve any change in the form of the organization. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 4, line 21.) The statutory roll of the Bureau of Farm Management and Farm Economics carries «n increase of $11,960 over the House bill, as in- dicated in detail in the following table: Places below $1,200 dropped : OrClerksi Mailer OU en GC neeiataee tes 000 a 8 eee ae na $8, 100 Pdrattsmentat, S900) each ieee) Oe ee er Ae OG i Velenk jOrsma sthaGensers eer = Sete te la Pt ba 840 = —— $10, 740 12 Places substituted for places dropped: AKC LOT Kes oe ae 32 a IIE Oe PE he Se I Pet” 1, 500 GH CLOTS Se C1 ESS a) ett oe erect ee AS a 1 7, 200 ZYGLETIES Hai bepls OOO MeatC ese eee aed a emeenet Ag SO 2, 000 — — 10,700 9 INGtUeOCreaS@. 2. ai 2. Sel ee $40 In addition to the above readjustment of places, the committee recommends nine places on the statutory roll of the bureau, involving an increase of $12,000, as below. Additional clerical assistance is, in the opinion of the committee, fully justified by the scope and im- Su of the bureau’s activities, especially its cost of production studies, New places: AiClELks MAGIST, O00) Caches ake ae ES eT $3, 000 3’ GlerksirClasgs 22 Leer et Cie ior ee Mek a Leis Sabie eee eee 4, 200 4 CLEPIRSSMCTASS ilstlase 2 SERN aaa PUY ET BLEEP SE 4, 800 $12, 000: Actual inGreases s2o. cre ee Sn a eee ee 11, 960: AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 9) GENERAL EXPENSES. FARM MANAGEMENT AND FARM PRACTICE INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 5, line 18.) There is an increase in this item of $127,000, which the committee, after careful consideration, believes is essential to permit the bureau to pursue efficiently its studies of farm management problems, with special reference to the cost of producing agricultural products. WEATHER BuREAU. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 6, line 2.) The statutory roll of the Weather Bureau carries a decrease of $240 below the House bill. as indicated in detail in the following table: Places below $1.200 dropped : POLOu Se raise pile OUR OM Gil sees een ee Dele eee _ $24, 000 rOcclerks: ‘at S9O0reache seeks er S05 Fang) 1eeee = Bee) 9, 000 Printers Ol TEOMmpoOsitOres: eae bse rest Rare eed eet 2s ee ee 1, 200 6 printers or compositors, at $1,080 each ___-____--__-_- 6, 480 5 printers or compositors, at $1,000 each____________--__ 5, 000 Skil ocleemm Cc aniG set see eee ee eae 840 GS Skilled arnisdnis. ot no40 CACM A = en oe ew eee ee 5, 040 iehremanr ands Steam, tGlere ee eee ee ee 840 ize iC) CPS Wa gh OE cate 2 alah ma A ap ae A ah i ee ng cee See 960 ASTepAlie Iie Ab pe10 "CRC. wen sa oe 3, 360 GuLrepair men at, pico "each a) seer eye ie ee Lee 4, 320 -- —— $61, 040 65 Places substituted for places dropped: Si CLOEKS 4 ClASSe.4<. oo} = Ve ee ee ee ee tee, 5, 400 SREICTES 4 ClASS nas Sos tees eee See te oe) eee ee 4, 800 PR GLOTICS, BGA Sia 2) toe sae ct. DN ey Rey el be Sa es 7, 000 TR GIETISS » CLASS) le ak & ae apt opt AS od po ty Hier Re ee 15, 600 10 printers or compositors, at $1,800 each_______________- 13, 000 taskiechmechanices). at GieO00l eachea_ a. ee ee ee 7, 000 Sor OMalcoments din pis) ClCMe ms eeu 22 ta ee SS ee ae 8, 000 a — 60,800 49 ——__- Actualideecrease below House ‘bill-=2) se 22) soso Eee 240 GENERAL EXPENSES. PRINTING OFFICE, (Page 9, line 6.) The following proviso has been added to this item to restore the language of the paragraph as included in the 1920 act: And provided further, That the proviso contained in section 11 of the act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, shall not prohibit the printing in the printing office of the Weather Bureau in the city of Washington of the maps, bulletins, circulars, forms, and other publications herein authorized. 6 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. The Weather Bureau maintains a printing office in Washington for the issuance of weather maps, forecast cards, etc., which, to be of any value at all, must be printed and distributed immediately upon receipt of telegraphic reports on which their information is based. It is obviously impossible to have this work performed at the Gov- ernment Printing Office without completely destroying the useful- ness of the information promulgated by the Weather Bureau. EXPENSES OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON. (Page 9, line 21.) There is an increase in this item of $70,400, to enable the Weather Bureau to restore its services to the standard of efficiency and effec- tiveness which existed prior to the war, and to provide in a small way for the normal growth of its activities. War conditions made it necessary to curtail many lines of work conducted by the bureau, which are of great value to agriculture, commerce, and navigation. SALE OF MOUNT WEATHER, VA. (Page 10, line 11.) The following paragraph, providing for the sale of Mount Weather, was included in the estimates of the department, but was not approved by the House committee : The Secretary of Agriculture shall cause the premises known as Mount Weather, situate at Mount Weather, in the counties of Loudoun and Clarke, in the State of Virginia, and comprising eighty-four and eighty-one one-hun- dredths acres of land, more or less, together with the buildings and other im- provements thereon, including laboratories, cottages, sheds, stables, shops, heat- ing and power plant, kite shelter, and other buildings of whatever nature, to- gether with all the rights, easements, and appurtenances thereto belonging, to be sold at public sale and conveyed to the highest bidder for cash, first having given not less than thirty days’ public notice of the time, place, and terms of sale immediately prior to such sale, by publication in at least two newspapers having a general circulation in the county or sections of the counties where the premises are situate, the net proceeds of the sale, after deducting the expenses incidental thereto, to be turned into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The Agricultural appropriation act of 1915 directed the Secretary of Agriculture to report the condition and value of the buildings and grounds at Mount Weather, and whether, in his opinion, it would be more advantageous to sell the same at public auction or at private sale. Your committee believes that the Secretary’s recommendation for the disposition of the property at public auction should receive favorable consideration by the Congress, as inquiry disclosed that no other Government agency can advantageously use the same. The re- ceipts from the sale of the property will be turned into the Treasury. Bureau or ANIMAL INpustryY. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 11, line 6.) The statutory roll of the Bereau of Animal Industry carries a de- crease of $3,180 below the House bill, as indicated in detail in the following table: AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 7 Places below $1,200 dropped : DRILGTOESs “iio mpl, CuCiNs = so te nek ee $16, 500 LO Clerks ates) Cache a yk ie eae Te 10, 800 APR eleTIcs | ‘ite hleO2O Ghee s os Sek 2 2 ees Sea ed ge tp 2, 240 clerks: “atyplOuvr Gah (2 Se 2 ee ee i ae 72, 000 eS ClACIKS- aiamOGUs Geena oe Se eee ee i i 13, 440 Fea OH Gl es el eho OOO Yay Ea cy ee et ek rN Dies AE Did he natty 47, TOO 2 laboratory helpers; ‘at $1,020 each. -__ 2, 040 ‘laboratory Mie] pers eee ey eet er be EEE) berg 1, 000 ‘) Jaborntoryy; belper2bs= sist ogo wd Sk Dg Bee ee 960 2, laboratory helpers, at $840) each _=—_--___-+--__-__ 1, 6SO A esal SOTA) Ge RUN pa goeee OY 2b O72) Re ARS to eh ak a ila a Ee 720 D> laporavonyanel pers: -atepoUU Each 2 el Net ee ey 1, 200 PAL APOVELS elle DOOUP OREM ne nao Bake REA ee 2, 640 PAMADOLETS.\ Aten COM Ch eo ee ee eee hs Ee 14, 400 SA MAVORELS NU Poa CACM at sane oe ee ee ee ee Le 17, 280 Sel apOrers. sac, Nas CH GMs ete ee ee oo aes oe ee 14, 400 SuImMessencer OVS, cle wpoGUNedCh 2! eee eee 2, 880 sa ———— $231, 880 283 Places substituted for plices dropped : 2eexecutive: Clerks) "at $2,0007eaeha ee 2 ee $4, 000 ee CLOTIKS NGI Seem see. Aa hae eget SO 8 ae ae 21, 600 HOwclenks:; \ Class: ose. = = ee ee ee 19, 200 NORGIERKS: ail OO0 CH Clin 4s same 2 ee EEE ee 15, 000 OR GCLELICS ether) CA Ghimete» aera peer ct ee ee Ae 19, SOO 6 sGleTicss IClASS sie 922 ECE eh ee 91, 200 6 laboratory assistants, at $1,200 each__________-____ 7, 200 HOM ADORErS. Ab pOOU CAG = wets. oe OS ee ee 48, 000 Bymessenger boys satr$ot0r each hile Serre ie athe 2, TOO — ———_ 228, 700 188 ————— Actual decrease below, House (bills 222 2 ee ee 3, 180 GENERAL EXPENSES. ERADICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS. (Page 14, line 23.) There is an increase in this item of $180,440, which amount has been added to the sum set aside for payment of indemnities. When the cooperative tuberculosis work was inaugurated, it was agreed with the various States that it should be conducted on an equal basis—that is, the States and the department would furnish an equal number of men to carry on the tuberculin testing. When the campaign was begun, only a few States had funds available for the purpose. Since that time, however, more than 30 have made appropriations, and to-day the work is under way in 45 States. State funds now aggregate approximately $2,300,000 annually. The amount recommended by your committee is the same as that pro- vided by the 1920 act after deducting $15,960 for salaries of em- ployees transferred to statutory rolls. Your committee feels that no less than $680,440 for payment of indemnities should be provided for the purpose during the next fiscal year. This is especially true in view of the fact that the in- tradermal test will probably be officially recognized in the near future, thus enabling employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry ‘and of the States to test approximately 50 per cent more cattle than is possible through the use of the present subcutaneous tests. It is 8 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. reasonable to expect that the same percentage of tuberculous cattle will be found and, therefore, that the mum ber of animals in connec- tion with which indemnity will be claimed will be increased by, practically 50 per cent. The word “ hereafter ” has been inserted in line 4, on page 17, in order to make permanent the proviso permitting the interstate re- shipment, for breeding or feeding purposes, of cattle which have reacted to the tuberculin test. It is believed that it was the inten- tion of Congress that this proviso should be permanent legislation. Your committee likewise has added the following proviso to the paragraph: And provided further, That not to erceed $200,000 of the appropriation for the payment of indemnities, carried in the Agricultural Act for 1920, may be used for administrative and operating expenses during said fiscal year, to permit the department to use during the remainder of the present fiscal year for administrative and operating expenses a part of the unexpended balance set aside for the payment of indemnities by the act for 1920. TICK ERADICATIONS. (Page 17, line 16.) The amount of this item has been increased by $50,000 over the House bill. The purpose or this increase is to enable the depart- ment to continue its demonstrations in live stock production and dairying in the South which have been conducted in cooperation with the States Relations Service during the past four years. In the opinion of your committee, the work “has proved very beneficial to the areas from which the tick has been eradicated, by demon- strating to the people how they may utilize, to the best adv: antage, the benefits derived through the elimination of the pest by the im- provement and extension of live stock and dairy industries. This work grows in importance as areas freed of ticks increases from year to year. To specifically authorize this work the following language should be restored to the bill: of which swn $50,000 may be used for live stock and dairy demonstration work, in cooperation with the State Relations Service. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 18, line 9.) The proviso in the House bill carrying $20,000 for experiments in the breeding and maintenance of horses for military purposes has been eliminated, and the proviso carrying $25,000 for poultry feed- ing and breeding experiments has been increased to $58,640, the amount carried in the 1920 act, making a net increase over the House bill of $13,640. In the opinion of the committee, this sum should be provided in order that there may be no interruption in the ex- perimental and other work relating to poultry which the depart- ment now has under way. ANIMAL DISEASE INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 19, line 4.) There is a increase in this item of $32,400 over the House bill, and over the current appropriation of $15,240; and the amount set aside . * AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 9 for the treatment and prevention of the disease of contagious abor- tion of animals has been changed from $25,000 to $47,720, approxi- mately the amount carried in the 1920 act. The increase will be used to investigate round worms of hogs; to continue the present work relating to contagious abortion, and to inaugurate a study and test of a new method “of blac ‘kleg immuniza- tion. HOG CHOLERA, (Page 19, line 14.) There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $231,045, but this merely provides the same amount that is available during the current fiscal year. The hog-cholera work is now carried on jn 34 of the principal hog-raising States, in cooperation with the State regulatory authorities and extension divisions of the State agricul- tural colleges. That the work has been effective is indicated by the fact that the present mortality of about 37 per 1,000 hogs is the low- est that has been recorded in 36 years. Bureau or PLantr INpDustTryY. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 20, line 24.) The statutory roll of the Bureau of Plant Industry carries an increase of $1,540 over the House bill, as indicated in detail in the following table: New place: Ub EL e MACCLGISTS SS eee ee ee Se eee es eee NES Eee _ $1, 600 Note.—This place will not provide for an additional employee but merely for the transfer of a clerk at $1,600 who is now ¢ar- ried in the lump fund, which already has been reduced by $1,600. Places below $1,200 dropped: 43 clerks, at $900 each_-___- pepe eee aE Pee ee $38, TOO eS aa Ghtiasi th ee eee aes ae 900 h_IMeSSENceruDOVS:. ab ot20 69Cha os ie eee 2,100 = —— $41, 700 49 Places substituted for places dropped: ANON ok ed Rh ek STS OOS t Xo) ns a a a 15, 000 IP CIOTEKA WGIASS) 2s eek 1 OU Sa 21, 000 SPP GLO TC BeCl OSs DS Petre Aes Pe ELA EES Dt 3, 600 de MeSSenSeEr OT JADORCE 222 225) eee ee oe 720 2 messenger boys, at $660 each________________ 1, 320 — ——__ 41, 640 31 ——— 60 Actyat. increase ‘over! Erouse Dilll2=2 se Cee ees ee eee 1, 540 FRUIT-DISEASE INVESTIGATIONS, (Page 23, line 13.) Your committee recommends an increase in this item of $10,000, for the pathological study of fruits during processes of marketing. CROF-ACCLIMATIZATION AND FIBER-PLANT INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 25, line 23.) The proviso setting aside $7,500 for experiments in cottonseed interbreeding has been eliminated. The proviso, in the opinion of 10 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. the committee, is unnecessary, as the work contemplated by it is authorized by the general language of the paragraph. DRUG-PLANT AND POISONOUS-PLANT INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 26, line 6.) There is a decrease in the amount of this item of $20,000. BIOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 26, line 12.) The item for biophysical investigations carrying $32,500 has been. eliminated. SEED TESTING. (Page 26, line 14.) An increase of $5,000 in this item is recommended, in order to increase the facilities for conducting seed- testing work, which is of unusual importance at the present “time owing “to the large quan- tities of adulterated seed coming into this country from abroad, and because of the necessity for. giving closer attention to the ex- amination of seed imported with a view to the exclusion of such as falls below the prescribed standard. CEREAL INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 27, line 1.) This item has been increased $147,200 over the amount provided. by the House bill. This increase will provide for the continuation of the barberry eradication work now being carried on in the middle- western and western wheat-growing regions. The committee feels: that it would be unfortunate to terminate this work, as it appears to be the only quick and successful method of controlling epidemics of black or stem rust, which yearly cause losses of from 40,000,000: to 200,000,000 bushels of wheat. To specifically provide for this. work, the following proviso has been added: Provided also, That $147,200 shall be set aside for the location of and de- struction of the barberry bushes and other vegetation from which such rust. spores originate. SUGAR-PLANT INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 28, line 3.) While there is an increase in this item over the House bill of $9,115, the action of the committee merely provides the same amount that is available during the current year. Important investigations are being conducted under this item in connection with the sugar-cane mosaic disease and the sugar-beet, nematode-control work, and any reduction in the appropri iation will, in the opinion of your committee, seriously interfere with the work. AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 11 DRY-LAND AGRICULTURE INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 28, line 11.) There is an increase in this item of $9,000 over the House bill. As it now stands, it carries the same amount that is available this year. The committee is of the opinion that the maintenance of the work at the 20 or more field stations of the department conducting dry-land agriculture investigations in the Great Plains area would be seriously interfered with if the appropriation is reduced. WESTERN IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE INVESTIGATIONS, (Page 28, line 22.) The committee has increased this item by $21,200. This action merely provides the same amount that is available during the cur- rent year and will make possible the continuance of the experimental work on the reclamation projects as it is now conducted. HORTICULTURAL INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 29, line 20.) An increase of $15,000 has been allowed in this item, $10,000 of which will be used for prosecution of experimental work looking to the development, through selection and hybridization, of new types of potatoes better suited to the more important producing areas, as well as varieties which are more resistant to diseases and which will give a larger yield, and $5,000 for the development of pure and de- sirable strains of sweet corn for commercial canning. FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, (Page 30, line 16.) The committee recommends an increase in this item over the House bill of $1,000. This increase will be used for the maintenance of the new plant-detention station authorized in the appropriation act for 1920. PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF VALUABLE SEEDS. (Page 51, line 14.) The item for the purchase and distribution of valuable seeds carry- ing an appropriation of $239,416 has been eliminated. Forest SERVICE. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 34, line 8.) The statutory roll of the Forest Service carries a decrease of $200 below the House bill, as indicated in detail in the following table: Places below $1,200 dropped : MOMGIODKS sSixk GON ORGHe Sanaa te oe ee eee et Set Ee Places substituted for places dropped : Tf GLA POR BOLO ORT (cl ee 2 ee nee, ee ae eeeree os $12, GOO Te Pew Snel pete ehh M04 ORs el 0 en oe ea ee Se ees 2 Se 11, 200 PUNGENT tnt OO TCHGH=. 2 aaa te ee _. 80,000 a aca ee 3 ae Os le te cule ee ee 53, 800 Actual decrease below House bil]._........-..-....-._=2_- 200: 12 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. GENERAL EXPENSES. INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH. (Page 36, line 18.) The words * or improved” have been inserted in line 5, on page 57. This additional language is desirable, since the Comptroller of the Treasury has held that buildings constructed or partially construct \y under previous limitations of $500, $600, and $800 can not be - h proved or completed under a higher limitation than that in eff during the fiscal year in which the building was constructed or p tially constructed. In some instances the advance in prices of ma, rials did not permit the completion of the buildings within the e¢ limitation. The addition of the words “ or improved” will ov rool this difficulty. om NATIONAL FORESTS. (Page 38, line 13.) The total increase in appropriations for the specified nation forests. as set forth below, is $31,500. In this connection it 47 interesting to note that the receipts from national forests durinit the fiscal year 1919 totaled $4,358.414.86, representing an increase ¢@ $783,484.79 over the fiscal year 1918. They were derived from thw following sources : 2 (a) Timber, $1,526,188: Sales of all classes of stumpage on th- national forests, pay ments hee timber destroyed on rights of way o other uses, payments for timber cut or removed without previou permit, and damages assessed against persons setting fire to fores areas, (6) Grazing, $2,609,169.85: Payments for grazing privileges olf national forest ranges for os horses, swine, sheep, and goats, anc; for unauthorized use of grazing areas. (c) Special uses, $223,057.01: Payments for use of forest lands for various purposes, such as residences, camps, cabins, hotels, rights of way, agriculture, wharves, water power, telegraph and telephone lines, reservoirs, conduits. ete., and use of forest areas for turpentine extraction. Benefits derived by States from receipts from national forests.— Under existing law 10 per cent of the forest receipts is expended by the Secretary of Agriculture in the construction of roads and trails, and 25 per cent of the forest receipts is paid to the States by the Federal Government for the benefit of county schools and roads. The amounts expended in or paid in each State during the fiscal year 1919 are shown below: AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 13 Road ie School and trai moneys ex - States. road moneys | "70h dable payable to vs States. Blac tary of Agriculture. PMI MNSATTIR CERO ORT IR OL Ioe St. oe EERE OS: 28 FAUST O eS ered ePee ee Grey. $123. 08 $49. 23 AUD S62 SSRN OR Sed See ae Son on ee eee eens oe 25, 456. 77 10, 182.71 TNE Sos aeae ca anieie ASR ED ae CAS aa SoSH RES OE RS IES SPORE OE O ESE emcee ee 113, 152.97 45,261.18 \) RSG LA EEE ESE ee oe ee ee te Sane ts Py EBLE Aas 22 fae 16, 563.88 6, 625. 55 RS EAT Ata Pe ye nisi ceo N ES ah Py so eSe Ce a on ie meee ee 129, 259. 73 51, 703.89 Gl Goes ae ORES Sra ee ae ee OR eT en BE eel ee ree ean er 115, 048. 98 46,019.59 GE SE Ee ee ee eee ye ee nae AOE Ok ke Ee ie Ane 4,075.77 1,630.31 RPE 2 Re Ee STD ie eS eile a aaa Ra Rin he Mel Bay Ghia) ad | 1,049. 99 419.99 JQ oenon ctr d Sage aE OE Coe ne Seen SEN en Se er 115,767.60 | 46,307.04 TCS SCO Ree — Seetyne ey oP ats) Saks mel ss Ae: See eee 446. 50 8.60 PEE nee Re CeCe Se. See 2 genome Se iN Se ae teh ee 146. 72 58.69 BS Ob ate e ae eS oboe OR ee Ee coe Sa. ae Slo tB a 2,944. 25 Livi. 10 SNGARIE SEES Re Se Soak 2x SeRoeee RL cae s Seb sek se cles tte cdl Aee e Seees. 95, 042. 81 38,017.13 re REGU? 8 RCS ot eA Bane ree ee fee 5 et Bee Aen nee ae eee apa See 3,601.01 1, 440. 40 FOL Gat a he ao Ae ea ee OC A EE eee SL Sele ae of Ae Y 30, 688.39 12, 275.36 Wane CVAD SITE SUITO ho Bijele See So ie ee eee ee 5 a 4,930.03 1,972.01 Pot IGS CG te ie Ee hd eile Meas ie cela y= Seat ated paul te Rasen SR Sol Ateiry ici peed 2 con) 84,661.05 33, 864. 42 Rite Gn OLUTt a eee ce). Oaean Se ha Seen Ree pee ene sey oe Oh Re St ps Re eee eae ee 5,559.45 2,223.78 RAINGIA See ones ole ein jos ei scnts See os epee ete bene a aa centern es ee ee Oa eee 1,327.17 530. 87 DE 23g ae eb a ae Sede ea of aa ds OR ea del is eR eR seep te” UE A 115, 405. 74 46, 162.30 NULEL OL a) (ie): ee Ee, Fe ee ed eo Ne er een eh oe ee 220.36 88.15 WROD AROLAE S so ae A252 Soe at soa aoa eee te ee So cece waco 16, 784. 41 6, 713. 76 GREG 08 A eens eee cesta c Ge nae an arnaetn ee eeEee Cn ee 2,134.17 853.67 jah erate ASAI oe wens dine meet es Sasa soe Oe Soe ee Seinkan on Sb way shee 68, 650. 64 27, 460.25 "Halolite ie ot Baie OO PRONE Peete tru a@et ers ¢) oo 26 Perit reree\.) ee 3,283.14 1,313.26 us yashington Fe i nS ee ato Oe ol tans Saeae o8 oe oe Cie eS 54, 772. 57 21,909. 03 SURI POPACIE aemtee toners set es Cece oe eee ec oe ne eee Cee Cerne eee "938.77 95.51 G Oe ee ie oa cc cckt eee d lee ae - -ecetiee fh cae bs ceing ates. ayaa 58, 550. 93 23, 420. 37 POs Ui otrile aris Seg teehee! tose eee Sk ee ee eee PK ree a eet} 1,069, 886.88 | 427,954.75 7 , Additional benefits derived by Arizona and New Mexico from re- geipts from national forests.—The States of Arizona and New Mexico yeceived additional shares of national-forest receipts for their school ‘unds on account of school lands included within national forests, as. follows: Arizona, $58,775.83; New Mexico, $20,091.49. I APACHE NATIONAL FOREST, ARIZ. (Page 38, line 19.) An increase in this item of $1,700 is recommended to provide for the salary and expenses of one scaler whose services are needed in connection with timber-sale work on this forest. ARKANSAS NATIONAL FOREST, ARK. (Page 38, line 21.) An increase in this item of $5,000 is recommended to provide ade- quate funds to meet the very extensive demands for timber on this forest. BEARTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST, MONT. (Page 38, line 24.) An increase in this item of $2,160 is recommended to provide for the salary and expenses of employees needed in timber-sale work. Local mining industry is dependent on this forest for its mining timber, and the heavy cut requires careful regulation. ‘ 14 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, MONT. AND S. DAK. (Page 40, line 14.) An increase in this item of $2,640 is recommended. The 1920 act provided $2,830 for the Custer National Forest and $2,640 for the Sioux National Forest. These two forests will on July 1 next be combined under the name of the Custer National Forest, and the in- crease of $2,640 merely represents a transfer of the amount now provided for the Sioux National Forest in order to provide for the, combined area. MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST, MONT. (Page 42, line 9.) An increase in this item of $3,000 is recommended to provide for increased expenses due to large timber sales on this forest, which is the source of hewn ties for an important transcontinental railroad. PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST, CALIF. (Page 48, line 11.) An increase in this item of $4,400 is recommended. This increase is to provide for additional help to handle the heavy cutting opera- tions due to timber sales on this forest. The Plumas is one of the most active of all national forests as regards the timber-sales busi- ness. Sixteen large sales are in operation and the cut during the fiscal year 1921 will, according to indications, be over 50, 000, 000 board feet, valued at over $100,000. SANTA BARBARA NATIONAL FOREST, CALIF. (Page 438, line 20.) An increase in this item of $1,000 is recommended. The 1920 act carries $19,774 for the Santa Barbara and $3,547 for the Monterey National Forest. These two forests will be combined and $1,000 of the amount heretofore appropriated for the Monterey National Forest has been transferred to the Santa Barbara National Forest in order to provide for the combined area. SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST, CALIF. (Page 44, line 6.) An increase in this item of $3,700 is recommended to provide for the salaries and expenses of three timber scalers needed on account of increasing timber-sale business on this forest. ADDITIONAL NATIONAL FORESTS, (Page 45, line 14.) The committee recommends an increase of $7,900 in this item to care for increased business on new national forests. The forests included in this item consist of lands which have been acquired in the White Mountains and the Southern Appalachians under the provisions of the so-called Weeks law. AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 15 SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. (Page 47, line 4.) There is an increase in this item of $11,100, which will provide the same amount that is available this year. The i increase is needed in order to make possible the replacement of supplies and equipment which were turned over to the War Department during the war. FOREST PRODUCTS INVESTIGATIONS, (Page 47, line 7.) The committee recommends an increase in this item of $50,000, which will be used for the continuation of the investigational w ork at the Forest Products Laboratory, including investigations of box tests and drying of woods, the development of treatments to prevent losses by decay and fire, reduction of wastes in lumber manufacture, and increased efficiency in pulp and paper manufacture. SILVICULTURAL INVESTIGATIONS, (Page 48, line 1.) There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $68,728, and over the 1920 act of $25,000. This increase will be used for the con- tinued maintenance of the forest experiment stations in the West, for investigations regarding the depletion of our forests and its con- sequences, and for working out plans to meet the situation. RECONNAISSANCE OF FOREST RESOURCES. (Page 48, line 6.) The amount of this item has been reduced $25,000, and the follow- ing proviso inserted by the House, making this amount available for ascertaining the appraised value of pasturage on national forests as the basis of charges for grazing permits, has been omitted : Provided, That $25,000 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of ascertaining the appraised value of pasturage upon the national forests, which appraised value, when determined, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be the basis of the charge for grazing permits upon such forests. MISCELLANEOUS FOREST INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 48, line 16.) There is an increase in this item of $6,280, which will provide the same amount that is available this year. This sum is needed for the maintenance of statistical and other records of current investigations and for completing the preparation in final form of official documents and reports. NATIONAL FOREST IMPROVEMENT. (Page 48, line 20.) There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $50,000, which will provide the same amount that is available during the 16 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. current yea This sum is required, in the opinion of the com- mittee, for necessary improvements on the 151 national forests, in- cluding fire breaks, lookout structures, telephone lines, pasture fences, ete. : Bureau oF CHEMISTRY. GENERAL EXPENSES. INVESTIGATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. (Page 52, line 8.) This item in the pending bill represents a combination of three existing items—(1) the application of chemistry to agriculture, (2) the biological investigation of food and drug products, and (3) the study and improvement of methods of utilizing by-products of citrus fruits. The committee has increased the combined item by $4,000, which will provide the same amount that is available during the cur- rent year. This sum will enable the Bureau of Chemistry to con- inte important investigations of the feeding value of corn and other ‘ains and certain by-products, such as peanut press cake, copra press eae, and soy bean cake, which may supplement the grains. POULTRY, EGGS, AND FISH INVESTIGATIONS. a (Page 52, line 18.) This item is a combination of the present items for (1) poultry and egg investigations and (2) fish and oyster investigations, the appropriations for which ageregate $65,000. The committee has increased the combined item by $10,000, which will provide approxi- mately the same amount that is available this year. The valuable results that have been secured in preventing losses of poultry, eggs, and fish are well known. This work has a direct bearing on in- creasing the market supply of these essential food articles, and its importance at this time is accentuated because of the prevailing prices of these products. ENFORCEMENT OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. (Page 53, line 12.) There is an increase in this item of $50,000 over the House bill and of $20,000 over the 1920 act, taking into consideration transfers to the statutory roll. In the opinion of the committee this sum is required for the effective enforcement of the food and drugs act. ENFORCEMENT OF THE TEA IMPORTATION ACT. (Page 54, line 4.) This item is merely transferred from page 56 and there is no change either in the ee or amount of the appropriation. INSECTICIDE AND FUNGICIDE INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 55, line 12.) There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $5,000 which will provide the same amount that is available during the cur- AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. LT rent year. This sum is required for the continued prosecution of the investigations looking to the improvement of insecticides and fungi- cides and the dey elopment of new materials for use in their prepara- tion. UTILIZATION OF WOOL-SCOURING WASTE. (Page 55, line 22.) There i is an increase in this item of $3, 000 over the House bill, but there is no increase in the amount that is available during the cur- rent year. The increase will be used for continuing the prosecution of studies looking to the development of better methods of utilizing wool-scouring wastes, Bureau or Soits. STATUTORY SALARIES, (Page 57, line 5.) The statutory roll of the Bureau of Soils carries a decrease below the House bill of $20, as indicated in detail in the following table: Places below $1.200 dropped : Weclerks..00- 000) eaeh=— = 3)o se Vee ee eee ee ae $7, 000 ayoratismen, at. $1,000) each. 252 4t Seis ears eet) ae 2, 000 IRIneSSCN SCM Ob Wa bolero oo Fee ta ee ee eee 480 SI ae ee wn So abe See tone l Se ae Oe ea Sa $9, 480 Places substituted for places dropped PRGLOTIES! (CLASSES ee tc set ee ne en ce ecient 2, 800 SAGES HSS GUL SS ees ees er cn a ed oe ee 5 PO ee Se 3, 600 CLOTMECSMED, catuen le 200/ER Chien see = ant eM Sy ai ee 2, 400 PIMCSSEMEOT On AD ORG soa Sem ee ee ee es Se _ 660 MEMS Sy ie Oley fester be bee deen See ee ld eth eS 9, 460 Actualldeerease; below (House bill_ 2s 42.2-2-._.44 44_— Ls... 20 GENERAL EXPENSES, SOIL CHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 58, line 7.) There is an increase in the item of $2,500, which will provide the same amount that is available this year. The increase will be used for investigations relative to the inorganic composition of soils and studies of the liming of soils. SOIL SURVEY INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 58, line 21.) This item carrying an appropriation of $178,900 has been elimi- nated. 8. Rept. 469, 66-2——2 18 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. Bureau or Enromowuoey. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 59, line 19.) The statutory roll of the Bureau of Entomology carries an increase of $1,580 over the House bill, as indicated in detail in the following table: Places below $1,200 dropped: ~ AUGIERKSS eat OOO nea Clie et meenees Meare eee LIRA tin ae $2, 000 a OLE Ts eae EUR EL EE Tee Rye eA ERY Gy Ve 540 AE USD ONG a ee eh eae wee a Ps A abl ee en eh ee 480 Ago sel 2 PE Ni ae Ran Oe te ee Et ee tea Se) ek $3, 020 Places substituted for places dropped: S-entomolozical preparators,.at $1,000/each=. +. -__-_ eee 3, 000 INGE RUC CUSO= 22 seu Meta Se = 20 In addition to the above readjustment of places, the committee recommends one new place at $1,600, to provide for the transfer of an employee from a lump fund, which has been reduced in the House bill by $1,600: New place: GTO TG XGUAISS Pepe tere ee ee Bo ey a $1, 600 Actual inereaserover House pill. 2 fe eee 1, 580 GENERAL EXPENSES, DECIDUOUS-FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 61, line 1.) The proviso making $9,600 available for the investigation of in- sects affecting the pecan and method of control of same has been eliminated, but the amount of the item has not been changed. In the opinion of the committee the proviso is unnecessary, as the work contemplated by it is authorized by the general language of the paragraph. SOUTHERN FIELD CROP INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 61, line 9.) The amount of this item has been increased $45,000 to provide additional funds for cotton-boll weevil investigations. The possi- bility of the practical control of the weevil in the Mississippi Delta region by the use of calcium arsenate in dust form has been demon- strated. In some instances the per acre yield of cotton has been doubled by the application of this insecticide. New types of both hand and power machines have also been developed. Further im- provement in both poison and machines in the interest of economy is possible, and investigations should be made in different parts of the cotton belt in order to determine the exact methods essential for success in different environments. AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 19 MISCELLANEOUS INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 61, line 24.) The committee has increased this item by $10,000, which will pro- vide the same amount that is available during the current year. Much of the basic work in the taxonomic study of the actual insects upon which the economic workers are engaged is done by trained specialists of the highest authority, provided for under this appro- priation, and every branch of the Bureau of Entomology is dependent upon the specific information which this work yields. PREVENTING SPREAD OF MOTHS. (Page 62, line 8.) There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $102,650, which will provide the same amount that is available during the current year, taking into consideration the transfer of $1,600 to the statutory roll. The situation with regard to moth control is very serious. With the greatest difficulty these insects have been held within their present geographic limits by the expenditure of the entire amount provided for the purpose. In addition to Federal funds, the New England States are expending this year in the fight against these pests more than $790,000. The gypsy moth in New Hampshire is now within 25 miles of the New York State line, and every effort must be made to prevent its further spread. Bureau or Bronocican SuRVEY. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 63, line 6.) The statutory roll of the Bureau of Biological Survey carries a decrease below the House bill of $20, as indicated in detail in the following table: Places below $1,200 dropped: Dalene: at OOD Cache. fer. ou Se ee eee $1, 800 Ae CVO TI a = eh hue phe io hk ie Oe a hg 840 pital euthngg 2 2 eee er A ee ae See 720 Ser Tiel CteS CELT EN EM) 00 7 RMR a er i ee ot AR en Ce a 360 ee yah ee og) Re ae elt 2 wl Bb eve ee She ee eek eee ee Be ae eee eds $3, 720 Places substituted for places dropped: CLOT esi GL AN Sie ok ce ek koa a eae es oe ee 1, 400 SER) LSts Keep CORSE Rss Pec ect ct a oe eae Ne a hy ee ee 1, 200 a OEY) KY a) SoA NES "dk 08 1 BS TR SS Be Be SP) De PEED EL bes Bae 1, 100 a a a oN cei eo eS 3, T00 Actual Gecrense below EVOuse La ee 20 GENERAL EXPENSES. MAINTENANCE OF RESERVATIONS. (Page 64, line 1.) There is an increase in this item of $5,135, which will be used for the maintenance of the bird and game reservations under the juris- diction of the department. 20 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. FOOD HABITS OF BIRDS AND MAMMALS. (Page 64, line 21.) The amount of this item has been reduced by $15,000 and the words “oround squirrels ” eliminated. Division or AccouNTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. STATUTORY SALARIES. > (Page 67, line 19.) The statutory roll of the Division of Accounts and Disbursements: carries no increase, but the following readjustment of places has been made: Places below $1,200 dropped: ATelerks: alten tOUOned Chie! “eee fais tt ei) Se ee eee $4, 000° Places substituted for places dropped: De CIGHICS CASS eee Bie ES Re Ae 9k es te TY GCLOM Kt Class fel eae tet yn ear Leu ee ee ee , 200 3 4, 000» Division OF PUBLICATIONS. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 68, line 6.) The statutory roll of the Division of Publications carries an in- crease of $24, 480, as indicated in detail in the following table: Places below $1,200 dropped: 1OVelerks sates O00 Ten Cheats ses ere se ee ee $9, 000 1 AANTCEN-GIGeRCOLOGIS aes aes eee ae 4 eee 900 7 messenversior laborers, at) o720 each. — 2 5, 040 dMMESSeN Ser NOY sense aa ee J 480 19 $15, 4205 Places substituted for places dropped : MiClenie CLASS hctie a teeta ee Re he oe ee ee See 1, SOO Pf EI RTSE 2 COURSTSIS ca sa see EB a Si 3, 200 DI CLETICS iC ASG n i minee ees erees oe ob LE eee ee 2 Oe Ae ete ie ee 2, 800 PM CLOTS 396, CLASS oil ee ela ee ee ee 2, 400 Lelan tern=Sligd Gy COlOIS eee yee is So oe a ee ee 1, 200 eG em et Pl aN ew Ne ee 2, 800 FIR Eh ETN cA Ta eer eee eee ae ee ee 1,200 £ ial 15, 400° Wetidecreéase? S22 ie ee Eee Ne ee 20. In addition to the above readjustment the committee has made the following changes in the statutory roll of the division : New places :° L4CEECULIVESASSISCA Tits kee eee OS eee ee $2, 500 I MiNndexer Or. comp ilerse st ae eee eS eee 1, S00 OTLATiSMAn Or photographers es eee 1, 600 dclerk, ‘clase Zee 2S.) . See ea eos ee a eee ee 1, 400 $7, 800 Places dropped : li aratismean Or photosrapher 222222 2 2 ee 1, 400 domressenser jor JaboOnern 2224. vee a a ae rely 720 2 2,120 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 21 Transfers from lump funds of other bureaus, with funds were reduced accordingly : 2 draftsmen or photographers, at $1,800 each____ $3, 600 ALESIS HES] rai re MESS EE og ah al me yl he a el ll 2, 400 PEASSTSURTLES pela cna ee eee ee 4, 680 aUEISSTG) Eh al ees Se oe we a Le | a 2, 200 aL TEEN OVC R SEW ORT aeC TTS [SL Ae GRE Nl EN a a ee 840 A CORE Sat QORNCRS ea ke Te UR ee eT ae eel 3, 200 PA GISTES AC SGh lout Se ate = oe wee ee, YL 2. 2, 400 113 $19, 320 $24. 500 RAMS UIE ANMMNINGL COS Cuneo ekee eee or SN eee ee ee ee 24, 480 Provision has been made in the House bill for the transfer to the Division of Publications of the exhibit and information work of the department, which is provided for under the office of the Secretary in the 1920 act, and the committee believes that the above changes should be made. GENERAL EXPENSES. AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS. (Page 70, line 20.) The following additional language has been added to this para- graph in order to authorize all expenses which the department may be called upon to incur in connection with its exhibit work: for the purchase of necessary supplies and equipment; for telephone and tele- graph service, freight and express charges; for travel; and for every other expense necessary, including the employment of assistants and the payment of rent outside the city of Washington. DETAILS OF EMPLOYEES. (Page 71, line 7.) , The following paragraph providing for details from and to the Division of Publications has been inserted: Hereafter employees of the Division of Publications may be detailed by the Secretary of Agriculture for publication, information, and related work in any of the bureaus or offices of the department, for duty in or out of the District of Columbia, and employees of the bureaus and offices may also be detailed to the Division of Publications for duty in or out of the District of Columbia, travel- ing expenses of employees so detailed, when necessary, to be paid from the appropriation of the bureau or office in connection with which such travel is performed. At present the exhibit work is conducted as an activity of the office of the Secretary, and temporary details of scientific and technical men to accompany exhibits, make demonstrations, etc., can be made as necessary under existing authority relating to details to and from the office of the Secretary. As the work will hereafter be carried on in the Division of Publications, the committee believes that the above provision should be incorporated in the bill. bo bo AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. BureAv or Crop Estimates. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 71, line 19.) The statutory roll of the Bureau of Crop Estimates carries a de- »ase below the House bill of $40, as indicated in detail in the fol- iowing table: ; Places below $1,200 dropped : LOselerks ait Sl): OOO Keech ee ee ia is LET $10, 000 PA Glenks,. ‘ait “$900: Careline eo SNe a eee ee ee ee ee ee 21, 600 RIM CSS OMG EN Me ce. ek, See Ea ag ah eta ag ae ARLES 840 S omessencer boys, at p60 (ea ches eee eres ee eal 1, 980 DS IE SS CL OTe” TD Oye ea BS Oe TE aS BL 480 SO ta ek Vo iy URGE OS ES RENT 08 TREE oe PA Ee Jee $34, 90@ Places substituted for places dropped: ZOVClLELksS: \ClaSS = 42S.) ee ee eee eee ae 31, 200 DAMESSEN SER 22.5 ee le ER Nee De eee 900 o mMessenser Hoy Ss ata (20 ReaGheeee eee e e es ee 2, 160 1 MESSEN GEL DOV 2 ERE ER wert 20s LES 600 BS oe ha SE eee AR NG PP 8 ot et Se 34, 860 Actual decrease, below/fHouse: pillesre Jo eee 4 GENERAL EXPENSES. INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH. (Page 72, line 4.) The words “and other Federal, State, and local agencies” have been inserted to enable the bureau to continue to cooper ‘ate with other branches of the Federal Department of Agriculture, with State de- partments of agriculture, with State colleges of agriculture, and ex- tension services, and with private agencies and “individuals. The bureau has already entered into formal cooperative relations with State departments of agriculture in 15 States, and contemplates. similar cooperation in other States, whereby duplication of work is. avoided, expenses are economized, and the service greatly improved. The bureau also cooperates with other Federal, State, and private agencies and with about 215,000 voluntary crop reporters. EXPENSES IN WASHINGTON. (Page 72, line 12.) The committee has increased this item by $5,480, which will pro- vide the same amount that is available this year. The increase will be used for the purchase and maintenance of necessary equipment. and supplies. AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 23 Laprary. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 72, line 22.) The statutory roll of the Library carries no increase, but the fol- lowing readjustment of places has been made: Places below $1,200 dropped: GRClED ks a SOOO! CaGlnn \ 22 es eS RR Lg een $5, 400 fs Glee 2 pa eh Se ae ee al nae. did 1 SS 840 (Ste S Se Le eS) Te pee. At ea ete We aed $6, 240 Places substituted for places dropped: Tl: (CUE Hs Sy ee a Se ee eee ee ee ee, Bee Ps ce et! $1, 800 i, GUE | CIDER 5 eS ESS EP eee) et a eke Seep eee OL debe EY 1, 600 AONE LC Te Kone Rear hs FS ee ee ee eee 1, 440 Th QUES," CUENS ISI 22 aan vp Oars Pee Rees ears Cy ST CT Se 1, 400 ye le ee ee ae eee PLT Sr a Sie) 6, 240 GENERAL EXPENSES. (Page 738, line 5.) There is an increase in this item of $4,000, which will be used to meet the increased cost of books and library equipment and supplies. Sratres RELATIONS SERVICE. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 74, line 15.) The statutory roll of the States Relations Service carries an in- crease of $340 over the House bill, as indicated in detail in the fol- lowing table: New place: 1 messenger Dic’ MUG OCS HET Nee 2 2, Ee VME Te Ue Cee a Oe $600 Places below $1,200 dropped : 3 clerks, at $900 each_____~ Oe, A Be ae ee See ee SPAT | Places substituted for places dropped : PEGIEREA pattie OOUMCH GH aaa ee a ee 4, 000 \ Actual increase over the House bill-_-------------__-- Fo eee 340 GENERAL EXPENSES. FARMERS’ INSTITUTES. (Page 78, line 8.) This item, carrying an appropriation of $16,360, has been elimi- nated, 24 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. INSULAR STATIONS, (Page 78, line 19.) The increase of $5,000 in this paragraph has been added to the subitem for the Virgin Islands, to provide for the employment of a chemist and an extension agent. BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 80, line 11.) The statutory roll of the Bureau of Public Roads carries a de- crease below the House bill of $400, as indicated in detail in the following table: Places below $1,200 dropped: Hiclarks vai; pl2000) ea Chis ss ere Se ee ee ee ee $5, 000 4 GlEEKS sat! S900? Gel Chie eae a i eee a een Se 3, 600 Oris Behe ke ee) ee i ee $8, 600 Places substituted for places dropped: 5 Glerks: \Classe2.2... S7ReN Sh ee Sten pie ee Aare! 7, 000 WP Glerk Selassie sys Bees Ee aes Pape eee a cae eee 1,200 Gy 2622 a ee rs ee 8, 200 Actual decrease*beloweElousenpiles se ete ieee 400 GENERAL EXPENSES. ROAD MATERIAL INVESTIGATIONS. (Page 82, line 4.) The following clause has been added to this paragraph and is self- explanatory : including cooperation with State and municipal governments in roadside plant- ing of ornamental fruit and nut-bearing trees, the beautification of highways, and the education of the public to a fuller appreciation of scenic values as a factor in rural development and as a nationalizing influence. FIELD EXPERIMENTS. (Page 82, line 18.) While this appears as a new item, it merely restores, in slightly modified form, the item carried in the act for 1920 and previous acts. The language of the item, as modified by the committee, eliminates existing authority for the erection of buildings, and the language requiring experimental work to be confined, as nearly as possible, to one point during a fiscal year. The amount, also, has been reduced from $60,000 to $50,000. Under this appropriation work of great importance is under way which can not be conducted under the provisions of any other para- graph in the bill. Sections of experimental road have already been constructed in the vicinity of Washington and elsewhere. These AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 25 roads are now under observation to determine the effect of traffic upon them, and part of the funds requested under this item is re- quired to maintain these roads during the period of observation. If the appropriation is not continued, the maintenance of these roads will lapse and cause the country to lose a large part of the benefit which should accrue from previous expenditures. RURAL ENGINEERING. (Page 84, lime 5.) The language of this paragraph has been slightly modified by in- serting the word “sanitary ” between the words “farm” and “ do- mestic,” in line 5, and by substituting the word “sewage” for the word “ drainage,” in line 6, the committee being of the opinion that these modifications will more clearly indicate the character of the work contemplated. Bureau or MARKETS. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 84, line 19.) The statutory roll of the Bureau of Markets carries a decrease be- low the House bill of $1,380, as indicated in detail in the following table: Places below $1,200 dropped: SiMCIERRC ea bem NNT CnCiaes = Sos en SS $37. 000 PRGIELK Se tan OU meric hee tee eee ete STE hd OI GS dae 1, 920 SCOR See Him nOUNNON GMa ee ee 21, 600 SMC LOTR wel LE Oa TL GL ee ee see twee FAL ewe ity ope be es 2, 520 AL Tipjayercry ayer Level Woe) ee eet ee a ac Ce a rr ee 900 TL TEN OTE ROVE PSG Laie = 3 Peat oak a eee 960 Blavoratory alds, ab e900 SaGhes 8 ees! 8 oe ee 2, 700 ET One icv tcl = eee eye ee RE ee 840 Pea OO ALOR ver stl Cie mens eee Ae LENE L 11) Ses ee 720 7 telegraph operators, at $1,200 each___»-~_-_=-=~---__ 8. 400 RecCleon ani Oe ratOl eee ue Atl EA eee 1. OSO il dato) Thi Ketio 8 a oa Se eee Se einen ee ee 600 (machine: Operators: at. S900 each eee 6, 800 SeMESSenoeD OVS. aouptoONenehn. oo! te es ee 1, 260 MIME SSCL SET mI Veer ee eat OS 2 360 MUMPTT OS ORIEN ase eee a ee 300 hops! MR db pee pot ke) deeteh tae Ei iy Ree SAP Oi BOD OR RAND S Met ETE LA et © $S8T, 460 Places substituted for places dropped: ReeiMUnIStrabive jassistantess. 2 so} 4 oo eee ee 2, 100 SOIT E LV Ce nGLO li Ke ee eee, gs a ee 2, 000 Th APES “CLASS: 2 ee ae Se eee ea ees 1, 600 V(b ee 2 NO ES ee Se 1.500 PRCIORICSA GLA NC ere se ei RRA iE Me Py ME 2, 800 SPTAL Ea tetPuen me nee a Oe a 1, 380 SS ECLA SIS ELE CIgRa ee ees, OF Pe co: PL ee eos 0 51, 600 melon knmeti nly MO) ORCS 22k ae 14, 300 4 machine operators, at $1,400 each___________-_-_______ 5, 600 2 machihe operators, at $1,000 each_________-____-__---- 2. 000 2 messenger boys, at $600 each.......-_.._-_._________ 1. 200 7 —— _ 86, 080 ‘ Actual decrease below House bill_...______. nL e ae 1, 3880 26 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. GENERAL EXPENSES. MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTING FARM PRODUCTS. (Page 86, line 19.) While there is an increase in this item over the House bill of $41,540, the amount recommended is the same as that provided by the 1920 act. The following proviso also has been added: Provided, That not less than $20,000 shall be used for a study of the methods of prevention of losses by deterioration, decay, and freezing of fruits and vege- tables in storage and in transit in refrigerator cars, heater cars, and ocean vessels, including demonstrations of such methods. This item provides for the general investigational and demonstra- tional work of the Bureau of Markets, which is a basis not only for recommendations regarding improvements in specific phases or processes of marketing but for “the constructive and efficient conduct of all of the regulatory and service work of that bureau. The new proviso requires the expenditure of not less than $20,000 for the study of methods of prevention of losses by deterioration in trans-. portation and storage, which work the committee believes to be important. MARKET NEWS SERVICE ON LIVE STOCK AND MEATS, (Page S88, line 1.) This item is recommended in lieu of the item in the House bill on page 87, line 7. As changed, the language is simplified and clari- fied and carries the necessary authority ‘for conducting the work. No change has been made in the amount of the appropri iation. MARKET NEWS SERVICE ON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS. (Page 88, line 6.) The word “ market” has been inserted in this paragraph in order to more clearly indicate the character of work contemplated. MARKET INSPECTION OF PERISHABLE FOODS. (Page 88, line 19.) There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $8,300, which will provide approximately the same amount that is carried in the 1920 act. This sum will be used for inspecting perishable products, including especially fruits and vegetables, at important central markets. STATE COOPERATION IN MARKETING WORK. (Page 89, line 16.) There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $37,750, which will provide the same amount that is available during the cur- rent year. This sum will make possible the continuation of the exist- ing cooperative arrangements with 25 States for the joint study of m arketing problems. AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 27 ENFORCEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES COTTON-FUTURES ACT. (Page 90, line 13.) The following proviso has been added to this paragraph in order to indicate the intention of Congress that the amendments to the cotton-futures act included in the wheat guaranty act of March 4, 1919, should be permanent legislation : Provided, That the amendments to said act contained in section 6 of the act of March 4, 1919 (Public, Numbered 348, Sixty-fifth Congress), are hereby recog- nized'and declared to be permanent legislation. ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNITED STATES WAREHOUSE ACT. (Page 91, line 8.) There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $25,600 and over the 1920 act of $15,000. Regulations have been framed for carrying out the provisions of the act and the advantages to be gained have been brought to the at- tention of warehousemen, bankers, producers, and other parties inter- ested. Regulations have already been issued and are in effect for cotton and grain warehouses. Tentative regulations have been drawn and hearings are being held with respect to wool warehouses. Other regulations are in process of preparation for tobacco warehouses. In the opinion of the committee, the increase proposed is necessary for the proper administration of the act. COMPLETION OF WOOL WORK. (Page 91, line 15.) The committee has decreased the amount of this item by $10,000. ENFORCEMENT OF THE INsEcTICIDE Ac?. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 91, line 24.) The statutory roll under the section for the enforcement of the insecticide act carries no increase, but the following readjustment of places has been made: Places below $1,200 dropped : PLOT aaotee ae. colle ee Mee ere rit Se Ne ee Se 00 2 clerks and sample collectors, at $1,000 each___----------- 2, 000 Bid V7 Mot a Mes CO BY Lace WE Oe CL By Dee ee eR pre ee EO eet eye $3, 000: Places substituted for places dropped: : Teinsechicide, and, duneicide inspector=.—_..--___-___________ 1, 600 ieinsechiciges and. Lup oicloe. inspector. _-=—$ _-___.——_—- 1, 400 re EOIN OPS LIP 772 tid tnk cull hy iets eae 3, 000 Feperat Horriccuurcrat Boarp. STATUTORY SALARIES. (Page 98, line 2.) There is no increase in the statutory roll of the Federal Horti- cultural Board, but two places, each reading “ one executive clerk, 28 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 42,000,” have been combined so as to read “ two executive clerks, at ¢2,000 each.” Amendment to the plant quarantine act. (Page 94, line 8.) The following amendment to the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912, has been inserted by the committee: That the plant quarantine act, approved August 20, 1912. (Thirty-seventh Statutes, page 315), be, and is hereby, amended by adding at the end thereof the following section: “Sec. 15. That in order further to control and eradicate and to prevent the dissemination of dangerous plant diseases and insect infections and infestations no plant or plant products for or capable of propagation, including nursery stock, hereinafter referred to as plants and plant products, shall be moved or allowed to be moved, shipped, transported, or carried by any means whatever into or out of the District of Columbia, except in compliance with such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture as here- inafter provided. Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture, after investigation, shall determine that any plants and plant products in the District. of Columbia are infested or infected with insect pests and diseases and that any place, articles, and substances used or connected therewith are so infested or infected, written notice thereof shall be given by him to the owner or person in possession or control thereof, and such owner or person shall forthwith control or eradicate and prevent the dissemination of such insect pest or disease and shall remove, cut. or destroy such infested and infected plants, plant products, and articles and substances used or connected therewith, which are hereby declared to be nuisances, within the time and in the manner required in said notice or by the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. Whenever such owner or person can not be found, or shall fail, neglect, or refuse to comply with the foregoing provisions of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and required to control and eradicate and prevent dissemination of such insect pest or disease and to remove, cut, or destroy infested or infected plants and plant products and articles and substances used or connected there- with, and the United States shall have an action of debt against such owner or persons for expenses incurred by the Secretary of Agriculture in that behalf. Employees of the Federal Horticultural Board are hereby authorized and re- quired to inspect places, plants, and plant products and articles and substances used or connected therewith whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall de- termine that such inspections are necessary for the purposes of this section. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions and requirements of this section and of the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture made here- under, and the notices given pursuant thereto, employees of the Federal Horti- cultural Board shall have power with a warrant to enter into or upon any place and open any bundle, package, or other container of plants or plant products whenever they shall have cause to believe that infections or infesta- tions of plant pests and diseases exist therein or thereon, and when such in- fections or infestations are found to exist, after notice by the Secretary of Agri- culture to the owner or person in possession or control thereof and an oppor- tunity by said owner or person to be heard, or destroy the infected or infested plants or plant products contained therein. The police court or the municipal courts of the District of Columbia shall have power, upon information supported by oath or affirmation showing probable cause for believing that there exists in any place, bundle, package, or other container in the District of Columbia any plant or plant product which is infected or infested with plant pests or dis- ease, to issue warrants for the search for and seizure of all such plants and plant products. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture, and he is hereby required, from time to time, to make and promulgate such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, and any person who shall move or allow to be moved, or shall ship, transport, or carry, by any ©: eans whatever, any plant or plant products from or into the District of Coli nbia, except in eo .:pliance with the rules and regulations pre- scribed under tiis section, shall + punished, as is provided in section 10 of this act.” —— a AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 29 This amendment confers on the Secretary of Agriculture authority to regulate the movement of plants and plant products, including nursery stock, from or into the District of Columbia, and power to control injurious plant diseases and insect pests within the District. There is at present no law under which the movement of diseased and insect-infested nursery stock and other plants and plant prod- ucts into the District of Columbia from surrounding or other States can be adequately controlled except by the cumbersome and i imprac- ticable method of quarantining all the rest of the United States with respect to the District of Columbia, nor is there authority for con- trol and extermination within the District of Columbia of plant pests and diseases. The powers requested are such as are exercised in practically al! the States and Territories of the United States and are necessary for the alignment of the District of Columbia with plant-pest. control exercised elsewhere. MISCELLANEOUS. DEMONSTRATIONS ON RECLAMATION PROJECTS. (Page 97, line 15.) There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $17,000, which will provide the same amount that is available during the current year, taking into consideration the transfer of $1,600 to the statutory roll. The Government has already invested large sums of money in the reclamation projects. The success of the “settlers is one of the surest ways of safeguarding this investment and the suc- cess of the farmers depends upon sound agricultural practices. The committee believes, therefore, that there should be no curtailment in the work contemplated by this item. FIGHTING AND PREVENTING FOREST FIRES. (Page 97, line 22.) An increase of $60,000 has been made in this item and the follow- ing clause added: and to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the War Depuart- ment in the maintenance of an air patrol for fire prevention and suppression in the National Forests of the Pacific Coast and the Rocky Mountain regions, $60,000. Under cooperative arrangements with the War Department the use of airplanes for fire protection and suppression was started last summer, 1D an experimental way, in some of the national forests in Yalifornia with very beneficial results. It seems desirable to extend _ the airplane patrol to the forest regions of the entire Northwest ; that is, to include California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Montana. This area comprises over half of the remaining timber in the United States. COOPERATIVE FIRE PROTECTION. (Page 98, linel"#) on There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $50,000, and over the 1920 act of $25,000. Under this item the department 30 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. cooperates with the various States in the protection from fire of forested watersheds of navigable streams under the so-called Weeks forestry law of March 1, 1911. The fund is used almost exclusively for the hire of men to patrol the forests. Since 1917, due to the ma- terial increase in wages in the lumber woods, from which source the men are largely recruited, the operating cost of fire protective work has increased well over 50 per cent, and it has therefore been found necessary from time to time to reduce the force, resulting in a lower- ing of the fire protective standard, which in many places is below the point of safety. Due to the accelerated rate at which timberlands have been and are being cut off under the stimulus of war demands and high lumber prices, the fire hazard has been materially increased through the large amount of slashings left in the woods. The States naturally expect the Federal Government to assume its fair propor- tion of the increased cost of protection of the forested watersheds of navigable streams. Furthermore, just at this time, when the seriousness of the timber situation is becoming more and more acute, the Federal Government should be the leader to stimulate State activities in protecting from fire not only standing timber but also cut-over lands so that a replacement of the forest on such lands may be secured. EXPERIMENTS IN DAIRYING AND LIVE-STOCK PRODUCTION. (Page 99, line 3.) There is an increase in this item over the House bill of $10,000 which will provide the same amount that is available during the cur- rent year. The investigations conducted under this item were begun in 1916 after several years of careful consideration of the problem by a joint committee, representing the Bureau of Animal Industry and the Bureau of Plant Industry, which has since directed the work. In the prosecution of the work small herds of dairy stock, hogs, beef cattle, and sheep have been established at certain irrigated and dry- land field stations in the northern Great Plains area for the purpose of working out practical problems in the most effective utilization of the food and forage crops produced in that region. The committee, recognizing the importance of this work, concluded that it would be unwise to reduce the amount of the appropriation. PASSENGER-CARRYING VEHICLES. (Page 99, line 18.) This item carries no appropriation. It merely authorizes the use of a small portion of the lump-fund appropriations of the various bureaus for the purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of motor-propelled and horse-drawn passenger-carrying vehicles. The committee increased the limitation from $60,000 to $75,000, the amount prescribed by the 1920 act, the additional $15,000 to be avail- able for the purchase of vehicles. To authorize the use of appro- priations of the purchase of vehicles, the word “ purchase” has been inserted in line 15 and the following proviso inserted in line 19: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 of this amount shall be expended for the purchase of such vehicles, and that such vehicles shall be used only for official service outside the District of Columbia, but this shall not prevent the continued use for official service of motor trucks in the District of Columbia. " AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 31 The paragraph as amended is similar to the language of the 1920 act. ERADICATION OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH AND OTHER CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF ANIMALS. (Page 100, line 10.) The words “including the blowfly and screw worm in live stock and poultry ” has been eliminated from the title of this paragraph. ERADICATION OF PINK BOLLWORM. (Page 101, line 24.) There is an increase in this item of $300,000, $200,000 of which is made immediately available to meet the serious situation which con- fronts the cotton industry in the State of Louisiana by reason of the wide establishment of the pink bollworm in Cameron Parish and the distribution of infested seed and cotton from this district during the past two years to various points in Louisiana and Texas. The bal- ance of the increase, $100,000, will be used for control work in Texas and other States. In its estimates of appropriations the department suggested a reduction in the pink bollworm item of $200,000, as it was thought at that time that $388,560 would adequately meet the needs for 1921. The pest has, however, reappeared in the Trinity Bay district of Texas and in Louisiana. With the recurrence of this insect the amount carried in the’ House bill and that recommended in the estimates will be inadequate to cope with the situation. The appropriation suggested by the committee represents only a slight increase over funds at present available. PREVENTION OF SPREAD OF THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER. (Page 103, line 17.) This is a new item, and carries an appropriation of $500,000, $250,000 of which is made available upon the approval of the act. The necessity for this appropriation was set forth in a supplemental estimate to the Congress by the Secretary of Agriculture. The European corn borer, it is believed, was brought into this country in 1908-9 with an importation, chiefly from Hungary, of approximately 10,000 tons of broom corn. Some hundreds of tons of this imported broom corn. were utilized near Boston, and like uantities went to the region in New York where the insect was rst discovered. The bulk of the importation was shipped to St. Louis and other central southern cities. Some of these shipments have been traced to their destinations, but they should all be fol- lowed up and located and the districts involved should be given an intensive inspection to determine possible infestations. In view of the large number of food plants of the corn borer, of its spread as now known in this country, and of the likelihood that, as a result of surveys which should be made next year, it will prove to be even more widely distributed, it is realized that extermination is prob- ably out of the question. In view of the possibilities of damage by the pest, it is essential that this appropriation be made to enable the on AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. department, working in close cooperation with the States concerned, fully to determine the status of the insect as an enemy to corn and other crops, its present distribution, the possibilities and methods of control, and enforcement of the necessary quarantine. WOODWARD, OKLA., FIELD STATION, LIVE-STOCK DEPARTMENT. (Page 104, line 1.) The following paragraph carrying an appropriation of $10,000 has been inserted by the committee: For the establishment in connection with the Woodward, Oklahoma, field station, of a live-stock department, through which experiments and demonstra- tions in live-stock breeding, growing, and feeding, including both beef and dairy animals, may be made, $10,000. It provides for the establishment of a live-stock department in conjunction with the Woodward, Okla., field station for the conduet of experiments and demonstrations in live-stock breeding, growing, and feeding of beef and dairy animals. INTERNATIONAL FARM CONGRESS. (Page 104, line 6.) The following paragraphs, carrying an appropriation of $5,000 as the contribution of the United States toward the expenses of the in- ternational conference of agriculttre to be held by the International Farm Congress during the ‘fiscal year 1921, has been inserted by the committee : For the use of the International Farm Congress, being the contribution of the United States toward the expenses of holding an international conference of agriculture within the United States during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, in connection with the fifteenth annual sessions of the International Farm Congress, $5,000. The President is authorized to extend invitations to other nations to said conference: Provided, — no appropriation be made to defray the expenses of such delegates. JOINT COMMITTEE ON SHORT-TIME RURAL CREDITS IN THE UNITED STATES, (Page 104, line 15.) The following item, carrying an appropriation of $15,000 to defray the expenses of a joint committee to investigate and report as to the practicability of establishing a system of short-time rural credits and to recommend appropriate legislation, has been inserted by the committee: There is hereby constituted a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, to consist of the chairman of the Senate Committee on Agri- culture and Forestry, the chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, and the chairmen of the Committees on Banking and Currency of the two Houses, and two other members of each of said committees, to be designated by the chairmen of the respective committees, and it shall be the duty of said joint committee to investigate and report at as early a date as may be as to the prac- icability of establishing a system of short-time rural credits in the United States and to recommend such legislation as may be deemed practicable and desirable to that end. The said committee is hereby authorized to hold meet- ings either during or between sessions. ee fe ee H AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. 383 The sum of $15,000 is hereby appropriated, the same to be immediately avail- able, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray all necessary expenses of said joint committee, payment of said expenses to be made upon vouchers approved by the chairman of said joint committee, who shall be selected by the committee. ACTUAL SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES. (Page 105, line 17.) This is a new item, the effect of which is to increase from $5 to $6 per diem the present limitation on the amount that may be paid for actual subsistence expenses to officers of and employees of the depart- ment while traveling on official business. The increased cost of sub- sistence during the past two or three years makes it necessary that the rate be advanced in order to meet present conditions. PER DIEM ALLOWANCE. (Page 105, line 23.) This is a new item, the effect of which is to increase from $4 to $6 the present limitation on the per diem in lieu of subsistence that may be allowed officers and employees of the department while trav- eling on official business. The reasons for increasing the limitation on actual subsistence expenses from $5 to $6,:as set forth above, apply with equal force to the proposed increase in the limitation on the per diem allowance. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PLANT-DETENTION STATION. (Page 106, line 6.) The following paragraph, making available during the fiscal year 1921 the unexpended balance of an appropriation of $50,000 made by the 1920 act for the purchase of land and the establishment of a plant-detention station, has been inserted: That so much of the appropriation of $50,000 made by the agricultural ap- propriation act for the fiscal year 1920, for the purchase of not to exceed fifty acres of land near the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and the erection thereon of all necessary buildings and equipment, and for the estab- lishment of a plant-inspection and detention station as remains unexpended at the close of the said fiscal year, is hereby reappropriated and made avail- able for expenditure during the fiscal year ending June 380, 1921, for the pur- poses named under the same conditions as prescribed in the said act. This provision, if enacted into law, will merely extend the time within which the appropriation might be expended, thus giving an opportunity for greater economy in the use of labor and in the securing and delivery of contract material. PURCHASE OF SITES. (Page 106, line 16.) The following carries no: appropriation, but merely provides for the acquisition by gift, devise, or by purchase, for a sum not to exceed $1, of sites at present occupied by field stations in the States of California, Washington, Florida, and Georgia, to be used for S. Rept. 249, 66-2——3 - 34 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION BILL. propagating, testing, and distributing new crop plants pecuharly adapted to the warmer parts of the United States: The Secretary of Agriculture is hereafter authorized to acquire by gift, devise, or by purchase for a sum not to exceed $1 for each site, the sites now occupied by field stations at Chico, California, consisting of about eighty acres and used for propagating, testing, and distributing new plant introduc- tions; the site at Bellingham, Washington, consisting of about sixty acres and used as a bulb station and for propagating, testing, and distributing new crop plants; and the sites at Buena Vista, Florida, and Savannah, Georgia, con- sisting of about twenty-five acres and about forty-six acres, respectively, and used for propagating, testing, and distributing new crop plants peculiarly adapted to the warmer parts of the United States. O > | LIBRARY oF CONGRESS iii 0 002 983 3795 ©