LXXII REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



involves also the keeping of accounts covering three several funds, 

 aggregating over ^180,000, besides separate accounts of publication 

 and illustration expenditures with each Bureau, Division, and Office of 

 the Department. 



NEED OF MORE SUITABLE ACCOMMODATIONS. 



Much stress is also, and very justly, laid in the report under consid- 

 eration upon the sadly inadequate and unsuitable accommodations 

 provided for the work of this Division, a condition which it is, I regret to 

 say, under existing circumstances entirely out of my power to remedy. 

 The condition of affairs in the Division of Publications simply affords 

 one additional argument as to the urgent necessity of new and enlarged 

 accommodations for the Department of Agriculture. 



THE LIBRARY. 

 GROWTH OF THE LIBRARY. 



Additions to the Library during the past year have numbered about 

 5,000 volumes. A larger proportion of the additions has come by 

 way of exchange than ever before, owing to arrangements for exchange 

 made by the Librarian as a result of a personal visit to various points 

 in Europe. These arrangements have a salutar}^ effect in bringing to 

 the attention of scientific bodies in other countries the numerous valu- 

 able scientific publications of the Department, adding prestige to the 

 Department as a whole and to its scientific workers in particular. 



CARD INDEX. 



Cards have been issued containing entries of all articles in the Year- 

 books and Farmers' Bulletins issued by the Department; these have 

 been printed and distributed to nearly 4,000 libraries, thus assisting 

 in the efforts to make these publications more available to readers. 



CARD CATALOGUE. 



The additions to the card catalogue have been so great that it is proli- 

 able that it will be in shape to be printed within a j^ear or two. Such 

 a catalogue, if printed, would be of the greatest use to workers in 

 agricultural experimentation wherever located. 



DIVISION OF STATISTICS. 



In view of the near appioach of the time when the reports of the 

 census will render possible that broadening of the scope of the 

 statistical work of this Department, which is so much to be desired , 

 but which could not be undertaken with advantage during the closing 



