Evening star., 1926-01-23
10000 FUND
BILL IS REPORTED
$486, 900 Increase in Aqri-
culture Measure o. KID
by Committee.
By the Ass0ciated Press.

Carrying an increase of nearly hall
a million dollars for agricultural
experimental stations. the annual
Agriculture Department supply bill!
was reported to the House today by
the appropriations committee.
The measure provides for total
expenditure of sl26220 900 during the
fiscal year. representing an increase
Of $4S6.000 over last years bill, but
a decrease Of $3.245, 900 from budget
estimates.
For continuance of Federal aid to
States In road construction. the
measure recommends appropriation
of $75.000,000. which is $l,0O0,000 be-
low current funds, but increasing
from $4,000.000 to SJ.000,000 funds for
building forest roads and trails.
Two unusual features mark the
bill. Authorization is given the Sec
retary of Agriculture to spend $4,000
plus the trade-in value OF his pres
ent automobile for purchase of a
new one. while for an unexplained
reason the $6994 $50 now allotted to
the work of eradicating cattle tick is
decreased by 81.
The bill allots $2.521 900 to the
Weather Bureau. an increase over
current funds of $l78.165, which the
committee report explained is neceS-
Sary to cover an increase of sl47.000
in telegraphic tolls on transmitting
weather reports and to provide for
additional field stations.
For farmers cooperative demon
Strations, the measure again apDropri.
ates $1,30S000. while $500 900, an in
crease of $4,000, is recommended for
the inspection and quarantine work
OF the Bureau Of Animal Industry
Expenditure of 1915. 900 is author
lied for eradication Of tuberculosis In
cattle, the reduction by $1,000 below
current funds being explained as due
to transfer of a number Of employees
A total appropriation of $l.440 900
is made for agricultural experimental
stations, in accordance with the Pur-
nell act Of the last Congress. This is
an increase OF s4SO,oO0 over current
funds
Other appropriations include: Bureau
of Animal Industry, $500 900, de-
crease of $4,000; Bureau OF Dairy
Industry. S490, ,79O, decrease of 5000;
Bureau of Plant Industry, 1883 600,
decrease of $4,000; Forest Service,
$s.232 900, increase of $4,000; Bureau
OF Entomology, s2,6O6 900. increase
of $4,000: Bureau of Agricultural
Economies, $4.731 900. decrease of
$4,000.
To purchase land to be included
in the Upper Mississippi Wild Life
Refuge. the bill appropriates S25 600,
compared with current appropriation
OF 100000. The report explained that
lnasmuch as work on this project did
not start until the beginning of the
present fiscal year. the recommended
appropriation with that remaining
from current funds would be sufti
cient.
For dry-lend agriculture, including
maintenance OF field stations, the bin
carries Sl99, $3.50. or S11, 800 more than
the budget estimates. To reduce the
appropriation, the committee report
says, would neceSsitate abandonment
OF field station at Sheridan, Wyo..
which serves a semiarid reg .on in the
Great Plains area, where the normal
annual precipitation averages l2
inches.
The bill carries $50 900 for animal
breeding and protection in Alaska
s4,9o4 more than last years appro.
priation. For agriculture experiment
stations in the Territory SIS, ,240 is pro-
vlded-the same amount as last year.
For national forests in Alaska $50 $50
is appropriated.