CONTENTS 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. „ 



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Brief comments 11 



Crop results 13 



Foreign trade in agricultural products 21 



Economic results of cold storage 25 



Work of the department in 191 1 : 34 



Office of the Solicitor 35 



Weather Bureau 40 



Bureau of Animal Ijidustry 43 



Bureau of Plant Industry 53 



Bureau of Chemistry 79 



Forest Service 87 



Bm-eau of Soils 104 



Bureau of Entomology Ill 



Bureau of Biological Survey 115 



Division of Accounts and Disbursements 123 



Division of Publications 124 



Biu-eau of Statistics 130 



Library 132 



Office of Experiment Stations 133 



Office of Public Roads 146 



REPORTS OF CHIEFS. 



Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau 155 



Mount Weather Research Observatory 155 



Forecasts and warnings 163 



River and flood division 168 



Division of observations and reports 171 



Marine work 175 



Climatological division 179 



Instrument division 181 



Library 182 



Examinations for promotion 184 



Telegraph division 184 



Publications division 185 



Division of supplies 186 



Observatory buildings 186 



Personnel of the bureau 188 



Changes in the force of the bureau 190 



Statistics of the service 192 



Report of the Chief of the Biu-eau of Animal Industry 195 



Introduction 195 



Study and eradication of animal diseases 195 



New experimental farm and quarantine stations 198 



Breeding horses for the United States Army 198 



Veterinary education 198 



Needed legislation 201 



Trichinae in pork 202 



Publications and diffusion of information 202 



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