182 DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



United Slates at the Paris Exposition, is an account of the liistory, 

 worlv, and present status of the experiment stations in general, and of 

 the fifty-six stations individually, profusely illustrated with half- 

 tones, showing buildings, plats, laboratories, herds, etc. It treats of 

 the agricultural conditions in the Uuited States as related to the work 

 of the stations; history of the stations; relation of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment to the stations; relations of the stations with associations; 

 organization, equipment, lines of work, and general results of the 

 stations; the associations affiliated with the stations; and gives a list 

 of officers, histor}^, organization, equipment, financial support, lines 

 of work, methods oPdisseminating information, and general results of 

 the work of the individual stations in the several States and Territo- 

 ries. An appeudix includes an article on inspection work of the sta- 

 tions; federal legislation and rulings affecting agricultural colleges 

 and experiment stations; statistics of the agricultural experiment 

 stations in 1899; publications of the Office of Experiment Stations and 

 the several stations, from 1875 to 1899, inclusive; a description of the 

 card index of experiment station literature; a list of books by ex]Deri- 

 nient station officers; and a catalogue of the collective experiment 

 station exhibit at the Paris Exposition. 



Third Report on the Investigations of the Agricultural Capabilities 

 of Alaska in 1899 (Bulletin No. 82, pp. 55), by C. C. Georgeson, spe- 

 cial agent in charge of Alaska investigations. Special reference to 

 this bulletin is made on p. 185 of this report. 



Report on the Work and Expenditures of tlie Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Stations for the Year ended June 30, 1899 (Bulletin No. 83, pp. 

 Ill), contains the rei)ort of the Director of this Office described on 

 p. 1G9. 



The AVork of the Agricultural Experiment Stations on Tobacco 

 (U. S. Dept. Agr. Report No. 63, pp. 48). This bulletin contains 

 abstracts of the publications of the stations on this subject by J. I. 

 Schulte of the Office of Experiment Stations, made at the request of 

 the chief of the Division of Soils, with an introduction and comments 

 by Prof. Milton Whitney, chief of that Division. 



A brief statement regarding other bulletins issued in connection 

 with the investigations in nutrition and irrigation may be found on 

 pages 197 and 206, respectively. 



farmers' bulletins. 



Farmers' Reading Courses (Farmers' Bulletin No. 109, pp. 19). 

 This is an abridgment of Bulletin No. 72 of the Office of Experiment 

 Stations already referred to (p. 180). 



Bread and the Principles of Bread Making (Farmers' Bulletin No. 

 112, pp. 39), prepared by Helen W. Atwater, under the supervision of 

 Director C. D. Woods of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 summarizes recent information on this subject comj)iled from all 

 available sources, including standard works and the results of investi- 

 gations conducted under the auspices of this Office. Among the 

 topics treated are grains and flours; yeasts and other leavening 

 agencies; raised bread; special breads; household methods of bread 

 making; imperfections and impurities in bread; and the nutritive 

 value and cost of bread. 



Irrigation in Fruit Growing (Farmers' Bulletin No. 116, rp. 48), by 

 E. J. Wickson, professor of agricultural practice, Uuiversity of Cali- 

 fornia, and liorticulturist of the California Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, discusses "the relations of ii-rigation to fruit production, and 



