The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
$9o,o)o,oO0 ITEM
 GOES TO ROADS . IN. FARM BILL
$124,OOO,OOO Agricultural Measure Reported
 To House
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Accepting the recommendations of the budget bureau, except on a few items, the house appropriations committee today reported the annual supply bill for the agriculture department. It will be taken up by the house Tuesday i'm mediately after disposition Of the ln- terior department supply measure.
 The bill. framed by a subcommittee of which Representative .Magee, repub- ]ican. New York, is chairman, carried S124 '637.715, of which $SO,OOO, ,0OO would be available for road construc- tion during the fiscal year. beginning next July 1. The measures total Is S5S. .923, ,279 more than the amount al loted the agriculture department for the current fiscal year, but IS So,ll4,2oo Jess than budget estimates.
 Road Fund Boosted
 For roads $61 ,000, ,000 more than the total in last years bill is carried. This is S3.75O,OOO less than the allotment recommended by the budget
 Tn addition to the amount carried in the bill, the committees report pointed out that permanent and indefinite ap- negotiations for the department, re- ouiring no legislative action, total Sl2,- 340,750.
 The road construction item IS the rr;ncipal feature of the measure which carries a total of $124,637,715 or S5S,- 923 279 more than the amount available for this fiscal year. In addition there are permanent and indefinite approprla- tions for the agricultural department, totalling $12.340.750.
 S1,OO6,OOO For Forests
 Included in the measure were these Appropriations For acqulsltloh oi additional forest lands $1,O0o,ooo en- forcement of the packers ana stock yards act $4S0,000; enforcement or tne grain futures act $11 1,53O, eradlcat10n of the foot and mouth disease Slo'5oo Gas against $3,510,9S0 appropriated TOT pr this year), eradication of the plnk Doll worm $300,000; enforcement or tne plant quarantine act $37O,oOo; enforce ment of the insecticide act Sl65,ooo.
 Administration of the warehouse acl S2O5, 900; enforcement of the gram standards act $59S, $40; enforcement oi the cotton futures act S1SS,5oO; market news service on fruits and vegetables S7O9, ,74S; market inspection or perlsh- able foods S34S, ,755; crop and livestock estimates $472,910; marketing ana dls- tributing farm products SoS9,lo'.e
 Protection of migratory olrds $l4S' 345; control of the Japanese oeetie S2SO, ,OOO; control of the Mexican DeaI beetle $32 2,500; prevention Of spread @ ol the European corn borer S5oo'oSo' pl:, venting spread of moths Sl4o,ooo' SOIL
 
 Cotton Diseases Provided
 Rureau of chemistry $1,497 ,1SS, in cluding S7SS. .S60 for enforcement Of the food and drugs act; forest service Ss143 915 of which S2S3,O00 would be for combating forest fires and $426,9OO for improvement of National forests bureau of plant industry $3,S34, ,63S Of which S1OS,275 would be made avail able for western agricultural irrigation, S199.33O for dry land agriculture, S13OOSO for cotton and truck diseases, S34S 2SO for blister rust control; S4o,- 63O for citrus canker and S12S,325 for orchard diseases.
 Bureau of darying $4S4,340; bureau of animal industry $S,S35, ,165, of which $40. .52O would be for eradicating Dour- vine: S431 1863 for eradicating nog cholera: S125,S60 for other diseases of animals; S699,451 for eradicating the cattle tick and indeminities for eradlca- tion of tuberculosis $2,57S,OOO. zWeather bureau $2,343, 192; farmers demonstrations $1,3OS,54O; cooperative agriculture extension work S1 300 OOO; agricultural experiment station $1,440,000.
 Funds To Aid South
 Of the $255. .44O carried for investiga- ffon of the insects affecting southern field crops, which is an increase of S15,OOO over the amount -sailable this year. the committee reports exceeds S5. 300 of the increase is for investl- gation of the cotton hopper, pest which in the last two hours has caused serious injury to the cotton crop and the remainder for the investigation ot the Arizona cotton weevil.
 Appropriations of $107 200 for in vestiga tion of the deciduous fruit ln- sects, the committee reports pointed out, is an increase of $20,000 over this years appropriation and is to be used for studying the blueberry maggot and insects affecting peaches.
 No provision was made in the bill for funds for the Presidents agricultural commission. It was explained that no estimate for the commission had been received from the budget bureau, and that provision for it would probably be made in a deficiency bill.
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