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Plant Industry by Miss Eunice R. Obeily and Miss Jessie M. Allen, 

 being completed by the latter after Miss Oberly's death. It comprises 

 179 pages and gives a general survey of the work in the various stations 

 on plant pathology as shown in their publications. No. 4 is entitled 

 " Bil^liography on the preservation of fruits and vegetables in transit 

 and storage, with annotations." It consists of 76 pages and was 

 prepared in the library of the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates 

 by Miss Katharine G. Rice. 



Another bibliography in mimeographed form, prepared in the 

 library of the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estmiates but not issued 

 in any series, was the second supplement to the Bibliography on 

 the Marketing of Farm Products, bringing it up to date. It 

 consisted of 37 pages and was issued in nine parts, as follows: 1. 

 General. 2. Cotton and cotton seed. 3. Fruits. 4. Vegetables 

 and miscellaneous crops. 5. Grain. 6. Live stock, meat, and wool, 

 7. Dairy products, poultry, and eggs. 8. Markets. 9. Transporta- 

 tion and storage. 



At the time of the National Agricultural Conference in January, 

 1922, the librarian of the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates 

 prepared for the use of one of its committees a brief bibliography on 

 the history, results, etc.. of price fixing by governments both in time 

 of peace and war. Later a supplement was prepared on price fixing 

 for wheat and wool in Australia and New Zealand. 



An index to current prices, both domestic and foreign, was begun 

 in the library of the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates and now 

 covers 1,068 commodities in the L^nited States and 174 in foreign 

 countries. Only 80 periodicals have been examined thus far, but it 

 is hoped that during the coming year it will be possible to include 

 in it practically all of the periodicals received in the department 

 which contain current prices. 



In the Bureau of Plant Industry library work was continued on the 

 botanical catalogue, 3,528 cards having been added to the author 

 catalogue and about as many in the subject catalogue. The total 

 number of cards in the catalogue (exclusive of the plant pathology 

 subject) is over 200,000. The current index to botanical illustra- 

 tions was also kept up. 



In the Bureau of Animal Industry library work was continued on 

 the veterinary index and the dairy index. The number of cards 

 added to the veterinary index during the year was 5.015 and 350 were 

 added to the dairy index. On May 1 the veterinary index, which 

 has been a project of the Bureau of Animal Industry for about 20 

 years and which now comprises about 187,000 cards, was placed 

 under the jurisdiction of the main library in conformity with the 

 general policy of centralizing, in so far as feasible, the bibliographical 

 work of the department. Under present conditions, however, it 

 did not seem feasible or desirable to change the location of the 

 index. 



In the Bureau of Entomology library numerous small biblio- 

 graphical lists on entomological subjects were prepared, and consider- 

 able progress was also made on two extensive bibliographical under- 

 takings, namely, (1) a complete list of all entomological publications 

 of the department, and (2) a revision of Bureau of Entomology Bul- 

 letin 81, entitled "A List of Works on North American Entomology.'' 

 Work was also continued on tlie various catalogues, indexes, and 



