b CONTENTS. 



Keport of the Librarian — Continued. Page. 



Mailiu}^ lists and foreign exchanges 726 



Accessions 727 



Periodicals 728 



Binding 729 



Duplicates 729 



Catalogues 730 



Catalogue cards for Department of Agriculture publications 732 



Bureau and division libraries 732 



Agricultural Libraries Section, American Library Association 733 



Report of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations 735 



Introduction 735 



Relations with agricultural experiment stations 735 



Relations with institutions for agricultural education 739 



. Publications of the office 745 



Work for the Civil Service Commission 748 



Insular stations 748 



Irrigation investigations 757 



Drainage investigations 762 



Nutrition investigations 765 



Report of the Director of the Office of Public Roads 767 



Work of the year 767 



Outline of plans for the current year 792 



Plans and recommendations for 1912 792 



Report of the Solicitor 793 



Outline of office work 793 



Administration of acta of Congress 796 



Legal work for the Forest Service 870 



Miscellaneous cases 885 



Preparation of legal instruments, contracts, leases, and bonds 886 



Patents for department employees 888 



Committee on personnel 889 



Publications of the office 890 



Status of office work 890 



General and special orders of the Secretary of Agriculture issued during 



the fiscal year 1910 891 



Report of the Appointment Clerk 897 



Changes in the force of the department 897 



Establishment and growth of the Department of Agriculture 900 



Addenda 916 



Index 917 



