LIBRARY. 



APPENDIX 1. 



Combined statistics oj circulation. 



407 



Bureau. 



Main library 



Bureau of Animal Industry 



Bureau of Chemistry 



Bureau of Crop Estimates 



Bureau of Entomology 



Office of Farm Management 



Forest Ser\-ice 



Bureau of Markets and Crop 



Estimates 



Bureau of Plant Industry 



Bureau of Public Roads 



Number of books charged. 



To individ- 

 uals. 



1921 1922 



11,775 



4,404 

 7,955 

 9,260 

 2,259 

 3, 145| 

 2,729 



12,186 

 944 



54,657 



1.3, 254 

 4,04;^ 

 7,708 

 (') 

 2,448 



(•) 

 2,738 



(') 



11,492 



2,602 



44,285 



To main 

 library. 



To branch 

 libraries. 



1921 1922 ' 1921 1922 



188 

 591 

 979 

 264 



'426 



374 

 80 



2,896 



2171 

 654| 

 698, 

 162 



457 



(1) 

 400 

 66 



29,066! 29,640 



65 

 346i 

 134 



87 

 985 

 124 



(') 

 1 



34 

 12 



(') 



20 

 15 



2,654 29,658 30,872 



Total. 



Number of 

 periodicals 

 charged 



1921 1922 



40,841 

 4,592 

 8,611 



10, 585 

 2,657 

 3, 145 

 3,150 



5,067 



12, 610 



1,037 



92, 115 



1921 1922 



42,894 

 4,260 

 8, .340 



6) 



2,734 



a 1,586 



3,196 



8,078 



11,912 



2,683 



85,683 



54,259 



24, 562 



3 10,000 



2,630 

 11,138 



7,740 



(•) 



54,171 

 9,169 



173,672 



55,789 



25, 839 



3 10,000 



3,246 

 »5,922 



7,391 



(1) 

 55,992 

 11,851 



176,030 



' Figures not available. 



« Figures for July 1, 1921, to January, 1922. 



' Approximate figures. 



APPENDIX 2. 



Circulation statistics oJ the main library, by months and years, /or the fiscal years 1913 



to 1922. 



Month. 



1912-13 



July 2,472 



August ; 2,269 



September ! 2,584 



October \ 3,048 



November 1 3, 152 



December ; 3, 051 



January \ 4, 106 



February 3,403 



March I 3,415 



April I 3,394 



May .3,148 



June I 2,891 



Year j 36,933 



1913-14 1 1914-15 



2,651 

 2,083 

 2,531 

 3,301 

 3,232 

 3,226 

 4,454 

 .3,618 

 4,021 

 3, 623 

 2,951 

 3,188 



3,019 

 2,567 

 2, 793 

 3,903 

 3,352 

 3, 570 

 4,260 

 3, 638 

 3,980 

 3,514 

 3,072 

 3,285 



38,879 I 40,953 



1915-16 



.3,077 

 3,285 

 3, 334 

 4, 183 

 4, 439 

 4,140 

 4,888 

 4.715 

 5,028 

 4,052 

 4, 1.36 

 3,637 



1916-17 



48, 914 



2,932 

 2,883 

 2,955 

 4,421 

 4,409 

 3, 797 

 4,839 

 4,625 

 4,640 

 3,766 

 3,616 

 3,476 



46,339 



1917-18 



3,113 

 3,027 

 2,968 

 .3, 617 

 3,462 

 3, 137 

 4,099 

 3,603 

 3,676 

 3,444 

 3, 531 

 2,770 



40,447 



1918-19 1919-20 



2,860 

 2,616 

 2,232 

 2,474 

 2,684 

 2,728 

 3,572 

 3,830 

 .3,920 

 3,608 

 3,327 

 2,606 



2,687 

 3, 216 

 2,678 

 3,444 

 2,981 

 2,897 

 3,668 

 3,346 

 3,699 

 3,497 

 3,103 

 3,085 



1920-21 



2,827 

 2,867 

 2,790 

 3,101 

 3, 381 

 3, 369 

 3,932 

 3,481 

 3,840 

 4,444 

 3,326 

 3,483 



36,457 38,301 40,841 



1921-22 



3,681 

 3,152 

 2,866 

 3,845 

 3,650 

 3,448 

 3,749 

 .3,773 

 4,481 

 3,239 

 3,319 

 3,691 



42,849 



APPENDIX 3. 



INTERLIBRARY LOANS. 



The number of books lent to libraries, institutions, and individuals 

 outside of the city was 1,015. To the total number of books lent 

 should be added 126 photostat copies and 7 typewritten copies of 

 articles requested, making the total use outside of the city 1,148. 

 The statistics of the last ten years, arranged alphabetically by 

 States, are as foUows: 



256S4— AGR 1923- 



