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to $270,000 for Investigations of in
sects affecting cotton; from S4O.1S0
to S55. .fS0 for Investigations of insects
affecting man and domestic animals;
and from SHEET to S130000 for tax
onomy and interrelations of insects
and an insect pest survey.
S69 900 for Reservations.
! The principal increases in the esti-
mate for the Bureau of Biological Sur
/ vev are from S54 900 to 500 ,000 for the
maintenance Of reservations. There
| is an apparent decrease in this item
| but due to an item Of $4,000 for the
erection of a reservation fence pro-
! vided for in 1928 there is an actual
increase of $4,000; from $56S,000 to
$3.50 900 for investigating the food
habits of North American birds and
other animals in relation to agricul-
ture and for rodent and predatory wild
animal control.
The principal increases in the Bud
get estimates for 1929 for the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics are from
1862 ,956 to S3S2,350 for Investigations
relating to farm management and
farm practice: from $5967S0 to $715,-
600 for acquiring and disseminating
information on subjects connected
with marketing; from $722,7 1855 to
S73S 900 for crop and livestock esti-
mates due to a transfer of sos 600 in
1928 from this item to collecting sta
tisticS of the grade and staple of
cotton; from S1,054,355 to $1.069,-
355 for market news service; from
S220.440 to $260,000 for cooperative
marketing Investigations; from $685.
900 to 100000 for collecting statistics
- Il nf
from S710,140 to $75S,650 for enforce
ment of the grain standards act; from
S. 900 to $4,000 for the enforcement
Of the produce agency act of March
3. 1927, and the enforcement of the
standard container act for which a
separate appropriation Of $1,000 was
made in 1928.
S139,281 for Home Economics.
An increase is provided for the Bu-
reau of Home Economics from S127,-
PA to S137, PSI for studies of the rela-
tive utility and economy of agricul-
tural products of food, clothing, and
other uses in the home
The principal increases in the new
plant quarantine and control admins
tration referred to under the Bureau
of Entomology are from S465, $50 to
S500,O00 for plant quarantine; from
S242 800 to S2S7 500 for suppressing
the spread of the pink bollworm of cot
ton; from $4,000 to $4,000 for in
spection and certification of domestic
fresh fruits, vegetables, and seeds and
nursery stock offered for export; from
S514 ,660 to 1887 600 for control of the
European corn borer; and for the con.
troll and for prevention of the spread
Of an insect pest, new to the United
States, and known as the Mexican
fruit worm, an estimate of 100000 is
included.
The principal increases in the food,
drug, and insectide administration are
from $91S,7S0 to S93S,000 for the en-
forcement of the food and drug act:
from $780, 900 to S215, 900 for enforce
ment of the insectide and fungicide
act. For enforcement of the recently
passed milk importation act and the
caustic soda act the Budget estimates
includes $4,000 and $4,000 respec-
lively.
a Germ BOrer Fund.
For experiments and demonstrations
in livestock production in the cane
sugar and cotton districts of the
United States there is an increase
from S43,930 to $4,000. tssssfs a.
The Budget estimates also provide
that $150,000 of the unexpended bal
ance of 100000 appropriated for
eradication of control of the European
corn borer for use in the fiscal years
1927 and 1928 shall be available dur
ing the fiscal year 1929 for special
corn-borer research work, with a view
to meeting any situation arising out
of the infestation of the corn borer.