IV CONTENTS, 



Page. 



Economlos eflfected in the department _- ^ 43 



Funds of the department: 



Federal funds for reguhir work of the department 49 



8i>echil funds from receipts 49 



Direct income to Government in connection with work of Department 



of Agriculture, tiscal yeiir 1922 50 



Federal appropriations administered by department, but not used for 



its reguhir work 50 



Review of agricultural production and exports 53 



Publications of the department 58 



List of new farmers' bulletins, department bulletins, and department 



circulars published dui-ing fiscal year 59 



REPORTS OP CHIEFS. 



Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau 67 



Forecast service 68 



River and flood service 78 



Agricultural meteorology 80 



Stations and Accounts Division 83 



Telegraph Division 85 



Aerological investigations 88 



Climatological work 90 



Printing 93 



The Monthly Weather Review 94 



Investigations in seismology 94 



Volcanology 94 



Library 95 



Marine meteorology 95 



Instrument Division 95 



Investigations in solar radiation 96 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry 99 



Activities of special prominence 99 



Animal Husbandry Division 104 



Dairy Division 113 



Meat Inspection Division 125 



Field Inspection Division 131 



Tick Eradication Division 136 



Tuberculosis Eradication Division 138 



Division of Hog-cholera Control 143 



Pathological Division 144 



Biochemic Division 149 



Zoological Division ^ 154 



Division of Virus-serum Control 158 



Experiment Station 159 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry 161 



Work and organization of the bureau 161 



Field crops 163 



Fruits 177 



Nursery investigations 182 



Vegetables 184 



Plant nutrition 186 



Forest diseases 189 



Rubber 192 



Service activities 192 



