290 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Summarized statement of books borrowed from other libraries. 



ACCESSIONS. 



The number of books, pamphlets, and maps added to the library 

 during the fiscal year compared with the accessions of the four pre- 

 vious years is as follows: 



Accessions to the library for the fiscal years 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, and 1915. 



According to the record of accessions, the total number of acces- 

 sioned books and pamphlets contained in the library on July 1, 1915, 

 was 137,603, an mcrease of 4,557 over the preceding year. The dif- 

 ference between the increase in the number of accessioned books, 

 pamphlets, and maps, namely, 4,557, and the total number of acces- 

 sions for 1915 as shown in the table above, is due to the fact that the 

 following were not accessioned — that is, numbered with the accession 

 stamp : Unbound pamplilets of less than 25 pages, unbound serials 

 not of sufficient size to bind separately, volumes of periodicals in 

 temporary binders, and duplicate copies of a number of publications. 

 From the total number of accessions, namely, 137,603, should, how- 

 ever, be deducted the 5,910 volumes which were discarded during the 

 past year, leaving a balance of 131,693 books and pamphlets con- 

 tained in the library on July 1, 1915. 



