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the students in use of the books for constant reference in the librar}^, while a 

 great advantage to them, gives room for carelessness. 



The record thus kept shoAvs the use made of the hooks, aside from the fre- 

 quent references in the library, which are more numerous from the fact that all 

 cyclopedias and works of general reference are of class first, not to be drawn by 

 students. The whole number of volumes drawn was 1,236, of which 275 were 

 in the sciences, 142 in history and biography, 109 in agriculture and horticulture, 

 and the remainder in miscellaneous literature, including bound volumes of peri- 

 odicals. The whole number of persons using the library was 1G4, and the num- 

 ber of books drawn by each varies from one to forty, averaging a little less than 

 nine. The above does not include the use made of the Christian Union librai-y 

 deposited with the college, and consisting of about 150 volumes, which have cir- 

 culated very actively. 



Donations to the library have been duly recorded and their receipt acknowl- 

 edged to the donor, a written re^jort being presented to the faculty monthly. 



The additions to the library have been mostly by donations. The greater part 

 of $500 00 ajopropriated for its increase necessarily took the place of portions of 

 other appropriations not available till 1876. This sum refunded, with $500 00 

 added from the appropriation for 1876, will bring a noticeable increase. A list 

 is already in preparation for purchase before the opening of the next term. 



The purchases this year, aside from those ordered last year and named in the 

 report of 1874, have been — 



Johnson's How Cro^DS Feed. 



Allen's New American Farm Book. 



Darwin's Insectivorous Plants. 



The Circle of the Sciences, 2 vols, (by exchange). 



The number of volumes added by all purchases is 47. Donations already 

 reported to the Faculty ha^-e added 102 bound volumes and 28 valuable pam- 

 phlets, and 10 volumes have come through the exchanges of the Secretary of 

 the State Board of Agriculture. Periodicals put in substantial binding give 55 

 volumes more, making the total increase : 



Bound volumes 214 



Pamphlets 28 



The above does not include some fifty catalogues of books, seeds, implements, 

 stock, etc., for sale. Volumes to the number of 41, from duplicates and a resi- 

 due of old text-books, have been sold, so that the actual increase in numbers is 

 about 200. 



The desks have been well sujDplied with periodicals, largely by kindness of 

 publishers. The following 24 have been taken by the College upon subscription : 



The American Agriculturist. 



The American Chemist. 



The American Naturalist. 



The American Journal of Science. 



The American Bee Journal. 



The Chemical News. 



The Country Gentleman. 



The Canadian Entomologist. 



The Gardener's Chronicle. 



The Journal of the Chemical Society. 



Nature. 



The Atlantic Monthly. 



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