CONTENTS. 5 



Report of the Forester — Continued. Page: 



The National Forests 364 



Federal eoeperation 406 



State and priA'ate cooperation 406 



Other investigations 408 



Miscellaneous 419 



Work for the ensuing year 419 



Report of the Chemist 429 



Important food investigations 429 



Drug investigations 439 



Special investigations 447 



Food and drug inspection 453 



Miac-ellaneous investigations 478 



Publications 485 



General business operations 485 



Work planned for the fiscal year 1910-11 486 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Soils 493 



Progress of the soil survey 493 



Chemical and physical laboratory investigations 501 



Soil-fertility investigations 503 



Soil-water investigations 506 



Report of the Entomologist 509 



Work of the year 509 



Proposed work for the fiscal year 1911 546 



Plans for work recommended for year ending June 30, 1912 548 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey 549 



Work of the Biological Survey 549 



Outline of work for 1911 564 



Report of the Chief of the Division of Accounts and Disbursements 567 



Character of work 567 



Organiza^^ion 567 



Work of the year 568 



Finances of the department for 71 years 591 



Report of the Editor 621 



Work of the year 621 



Work of the division for 1911 640 



Recommendations for 1912 640 



Publications issued during the year 642 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics 695 



Introduction 695 



Organization 695 



Changes in the monthly crop reports 696 



Plans for the year ending June 30, 1911 699 



Work of the Division of Production and Distribution 700 



Work of the Editorial Division and Library 702 



Work of the Division of Domestic Crop Reports 704 



Crop condition reports 706 



Production and population 708 



The increased cost of living 716 



Report of the Librarian 723 



\\'ork of the year 723 



Rooms 723 



Use of the library 724 



Library publications 726 



