IV CONTENTS. 



•-f^iiort of the Secretary of Agriculture— Continued. Page. 



Division of Agrostology, .. .. --- --.- ; -- xxxvii 



Classification of Division work xxxvn 



Cooperative experimental work - - xxxvii 



Field work - - XL 



Grass gardens .-. — --■ xL 



Distribution of seeds and specimens. XL 



Publications . .. xli 



The herbarium . -- -- — xli 



Paris Exposition exhibit - XLI 



Pan-American Exposition . - XLI 



Future work . - XLii 



Experimental Gardens and Grounds - xlii 



Future work _.. . -. xlii 



Tea production in the United States - . . - - . xliii 



Division of Biological Survey _ . . . . XLV 



Fieldwork. . ._ .. XLV 



The Belgian hare. . XLV 



Study of food of birds and bird protection .- xlv 



TheLaceyAct XLVi 



Division of Soils. -.. -. -... . XLVII 



Progress of soil survey _. xlvii 



Tobacco investigations - ..- xlviii 



Tobacco exhibit at the Paris Exposition XLix 



Division of Forestrj- L 



Growth of the forestry work _ _ . L 



The demands upon the Division l 



Cooperative work .. ... Lii 



The exhibit at the Paris Exposition . lii 



Study of commercial trees and other investigative work liii 



Office of Public Road Inquiries . ... Liii 



Efforts to secure and diffuse information regarding road materials. liii 



Interest of good- roads people in sample-road construction liv 



Cooperative work ... Li v 



Office of Experiment Stations Lv 



The work and success of the stations lv 



The insifcction service of thestatioi.s LVl 



Cooperation of the stations with the Dejiartment Lvii 



Experiments in cooperation with farmers . . . . LVill 



Agricultural experiment stations in Alaska . Lix 



Agricultural experiment stations in Hawaii and Porto Rico LXiii 



Agricultural exi^eriment stations in the Philippines lxiv 



Investigations on the nutrition of man LXiv 



Irrigaton investigations Lxv 



Section of Foreign Markets . _ . LXVil 



The purpose of the Section Lxvii 



Agricultural exports . Lxviil 



Exports to the Orient . _ LXViii 



Markets in the new dependencies lxix 



Division of Publications .. . .... .... lxix 



Growth of the publication work . . LXix 



Farmers' Bulletins Lxx 



The Yearbook . _ _ . Lxxi 



Work involved in distribution of publications lxxi 



Need of more suitable accommodations . Lxxii 



The Library Lxxii 



Growth of the Library .... . lxxii 



Card index ... lxxii 



Card catalogue - lxxii 



Division of Statistics lxxii 



Seed Division . . . .. .. lxxiii 



Division of Accounts -^ i d Disbursements „ Lxxiv 



The Paris Exposition r w> rds . lxxiv 



Affiliation of allied lini 8 of work ... Lxxv 



Need of laboratory buildings . lxxvi 



Difficulty of retaining expert assistants . . . ... . ... lxxvii 



Experimental Farm at Arlington lxxvii 



Silk culture lxxvii 



