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Show I SENATE VOTES Sen, King of Utah Offers Amendment to Restrict County Agents WASHINGTON". April 14. Another I of the annua supply bill?, the agricultural agricul-tural appropriation, was passed by the senate late Thursday, after it had re- j H-. versed itself and restored the free . H' seeds Item for another year. The bill . Carries approximately 137,250,000 or about a million and a hall more than was passed by the house. The item of $360 000 the free distribution of seeds u as included in ; the measure as It passed th. house, and therefore will nm be subject to discussion when the bill is taken up, for adjustment of differences heiweei the two houses. The vote by which j the appropriation was stricken out was 29 to 24, but on re-consideratlon, it was restored by a 31 to 3t vote. The free seed amendment of the ap-pt-oprlatlons committee was the only 1 one which the senate did ut .u-eepi A halt dozen amendments were offered of-fered by individual senators which served to Increase th .hiiouiu of mon- cy set usidc for the department of S agriculture PRINCIPAL ( HANG ICS Among the principal changes made h In the measure by the senate were !n- creases f $."iio.oiMi t th-- million dol- lar appropriation for agricultural cx-i H tension work through farm :ix'nts. $5:o,000 to the 6 0 D ppr ipl lal I " lor the purchase of additional Coresc reserves In the Appalachian district and $300.1100 to Ihc 1200.000 fund for eradication ot the barberry bush the I wheat rust pest An addition of 75 000 wa made to appropriation "i . 175 for fighting the white pint bliatei rust and $20,000 was provided for the ex- tension of the leased wire market ser-vice. ser-vice. Into Texas, which expect; the service in connection with radio broadcasting, according to Senal Shcppard. of the state, who sought the : increase. KING B Ciis DOM S An attempt was made by Senator I 1 King. Democrat, Utah, to add an; amendment limiting farm bureau agents to th work of tiuir depart-ments depart-ments and preventing (li'm trom wnai was described as Interference with outside enterprise After a verbal tilt with Senator McNary. of Oregon, kaiiV In charge of the bill, who said that if such limitation was to be plot id on government officials, ll Bhould he made to apply to senators and members mem-bers of the house, Mr. King withdrew th, amendment. |