The various research programs of agriculture are properly supported in this appropriations bill. We in Florida are particularly grateful for the screwworm eradication program which has been so successful in our area. We must still be on the alert for this pest and it is gratifying to note that there Is proposed in this legislation the establishment of a buffer zone of several hundred miles south of the Mexican border to prevent the reinfestation by migrant flies from Mexico at an annual cost of around five and a half million dollars. The committee has restored the proposed budget reduction of $2.590.000 for cooperative agricultural extension work. I applaud this action because if this amount had not been restored it would have meant that our Agricultural Extension Service would have had a budget smaller than the previous fiscal year.