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have beeu published during the past year. The Secretary is limited 

 in the publication to 5,UU0 copies of any one bulletiu. As a conse- 

 (luence some editions are exhausted, and no provision is made under 

 The law for the issue of an additional number. The Secretary should 

 have authority to print at least 20,0U0 copies in his discretion. The 

 demand for Department publications is very great. As evidence of 

 their value and of public appreciation, there has not been a day during 

 the past year in which the mail has not brought requests for publi- 

 cations. They are called for by farmers and agricultural experts all 

 over the United States and Canada, and numerous requests come from 

 abroad, England, Germany, France, Australia and other foreign coun- 

 tries. In many cases these letters are accompanied with the request 

 that the names of the writers be added to our list that they may get 

 future publications. 



These bulletins have been found very convenient in replying to in- 

 quiries for information upon special topics in agriculture. A bulle- 

 tin treating of the subject is mailed to the inquirer, and in this way 

 a much more satisfactory answer is given than would be possible in 

 a written reply. 



The following list shows the variety and importance of the subjects 

 treated in the bulletins published during the past year. 



Bulletin No. 71. The Consolidation of Country Schools and the 

 Transporting of the Scholars by use of Vans; by H. H. Lougsdorf, 

 A. M., M. D. 89 pages. 



Bulletin No, 72. Tabulated Analyses of Commercial Fertilizers. 

 171 pages. 



Bulletin No. 73. Synopsis of the Tax Laws of Pennsylvania; by 

 Gen. Thomas McCamant. 331 pages. 



Bulletin No. 74. The Kepression of Tuberculosis in Cattle by San- 

 itation; by Dr. Leonard Pearson, State Veterinarian. 23 pages. 



Bulletin No. 75. Tuberculosis of Cattle and the Pennsylvania Plan 

 for its Repression; by Dr. Leonard Pearson, State Veterinarian, and 

 M. P. Kavenel, M. D. 262 pages. 



Bulletin No. 76. A Co-operative Investigation into the Agricul- 

 tural Seed Supply of Pennsylvania; by Prof. George C. Butz. 50 

 pages. 



Bulletin No. 77. Bee Culture; by Dr. C. C. Miller. 103 pages. 



Bulletin No. 78. List of County and Local Agricultural Societies; 

 by Hon. A. L. Martin, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. 10 pages. 



Bulletin No. 79. Rabies; by Mazyck P. Ravenel, M. D. 28 pages. 



Bulletin No. 80, Decisions of the Department of Agriculture on 

 the Pure Food Act of 1895. 19 pages. 



Bulletin No. 81. Concentrated Commercial Feeding Stuffs in Penn- 

 sylvania; by Wm. Frear, Ph. D. 135 pages. 



