292 ANNUAL EEPOETS OF DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Statistics of current periodicals, a 



Agriculture, United States. . . 



Agriculture, foreign 



Veterinary medicine 



Dairying 



Poultry and pigeons 



Live stock and meat trade. . . 



SoUs and fertilizers 



Drainage and irrigation 



Farm miplements and ma- 

 chinery 



Moor culture and peat 



Agricultural products 



Fibers and textiles 



Horticulture and landscape 

 gardening 



Forestry and lumber 



Experiment station publica- 

 tions (United States) 



Experiment station publica- 

 tions (foreign) 



Law 



Education 



Economics and sociology 



Commerce and statistics 



Groceries 



Engineering 



Building 



Roads 



Railroads 



Manufactures 



Flour and feeding stuffs, mill- 

 ing and balling 



Ice and refrigeration 



Pur- 

 chase. 



32 

 32 

 16 

 7 

 9 

 2 

 2 



3 



2 

 35 



4 



40 

 15 



1 



9 



3 



14 



54 



4 



21 



7 



2 



12 



31 



11 



2 



Gift. 



197 



249 



36 



30 



46 



49 



6 



1 



11 

 2 



41 

 8 



68 

 33 



106 



33 



48 



22 



106 



4 



8 



4 



1 



5 



15 



9 



7 



Total. 



206 



281 



68 



46 



53 



58 



8 



3 



14 



4 

 76 

 12 



108 

 48 



106 



34 



9 



51 



36 



160 



8 



29 



11 



3 



17 



46 



20 

 9 



Paper 



Printing 



Instruments 



Photography 



Physics 



Meteorology 



Chemistry and chemical tech- 

 nology 



Food 



Home economics 



Pharmacy 



Geology and mineralogy 



Natural history 



Zoology 



Hunting and fishing 



Ornithology 



Entomology 



Beekeeping 



Microscopy 



Biology 



Medicine, physiology, and 

 hygiene 



Bacteriology 



Botany 



General science 



Geography 



General 



United States Government 

 documents (periodicals) . . . 



Bibliography and library 

 economy 



Total 



Pur- 

 chase. 



10 

 1 

 2 

 7 

 6 

 1 



83 



8 



3 



19 



3 



12 



20 



11 



12 



37 



7 



4 



16 



56 

 9 



60 



18 

 2 



10 



2 

 21 



819 



Gift. 



17 



21 



3 



14 



11 



42 



9 



7 



7 



11 



4 



56 

 2 

 24 

 60 

 11 

 10 



35 



24 



1,518 



Total. 



11 

 1 

 2 

 7 

 7 

 1 



100 

 29 



6 

 33 

 14 

 54 

 29 

 18 

 19 

 48 

 11 



4 

 19 



112 

 11 

 84 

 78 

 13 

 20 



37 



45 



2,337 



o Annual reports, proceedings, and transactions not included. 



In addition to the above current periodicals iippearing not less 

 than four times a year, the library received 5,285 serials of less fre- 

 quent issue, such as annuals, annual reports, proceedings, and trans- 

 actions published by institutions and societies. 



MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS. 



The number of books and periodicals sent to the Government 

 bindery was 3,832, an increase of 470 as compared with the preced- 

 ing year. In addition to the above books and periodicals, which were 

 permanently bound, 2,281 were placed hi temporary binders at the 

 library, making a total of 6,113. 



During the year two lists of duplicate publications were sent out 

 to the Library of Congress and the various agricultural colleges and 

 experiment stations. The publications selected from these lists 

 filled about 50 mail bags. 



The number of letters translated during the year was 302 and the 

 number of articles 13. 



The number of employees carried on the roll of the mam library at 

 the close of the year was 33 ; the number employed by the bureau, 

 division, and office libraries was 33, a total of 66 in the main library 

 and branches. This total mcludes librarians, library assistants, 

 messengers, and charwomen. 



The consolidated list, maintained by the Library, of all the ad- 

 dresses appearing on the various bureau and office foreign mailing 

 lists for publications of the Department, comprises at the present 

 time 3,127 addresses. This list is arranged geographically and may 

 be called a foreign exchange list, as exchanges are received from a 

 large proportion of the institutions and individuals included in the fist. 



