678 ANNUAL, REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



the stations having n considerable number of bool<s deposited, short author cards 

 are sent with the boolis. When there are only a few bo»)ks this is not considered 

 worth while. Records of the books boupht in the field' on letters of authoriza- 

 tion are sent to the Library from the Olhce of Records. Periodicals are sent 

 directly to stations, and tlierefore no record can be kept of the individual 

 numbers. 



Eunice R. Oberly, Librarian. 



LIBRARY OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS. 



The statistical branch of the department library, devoted primarily to statis- 

 tics of agriculture and cognate industries and donilciled in the Bureau of 

 Statistics, on June 30. 1911, contained 8,034 bound and unbound volumes. 1.2S3 

 pamphlets, and was receiving, by exchange or purchase, 234 dafly, weekly, or 

 monthly periodicals. This branch now possesses practically all important 

 statistical reinjrts relative to foreign and domestic agriculture and an extensive 

 collection of publications relating to the foreign and domestic trade in agricul- 

 tural and other products. During the year the system of charging in use in the 

 main Library has been adopted and the preparation of a dictionary catalogue of 

 all volunies is well toward completion. Access to the contents of the branch 

 library Is further facilitated by the maintenance of a card index by subjects 

 and countries. 



Chas. M. Datjghekxt, 

 Chief, Division of Research and Reference, 



Bureau of Statistics. 



DAIRY DIVISION LIBRARY. 



SCOPE. 



The library of the Dairy Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry Is a 

 small working collection of volumes and pamphlets in actual and constant use 

 by the employees of that division. Owing to its limited quarters and to the 

 fact that it is located in the same building with the main Library, every effort 

 is made to conduct it strictly as a branch or station of the main Library, and 

 no effort is made to accumulate on its shelves more material than is in actual 

 demand. Works of purely historical or collatei*al interest have been returned 

 to the main Library, from which they can be drawn at any time. All gifts to 

 the division, whether in the form of books or periodicals, are presented to the 

 main Library unless copies have already been received there. After being 

 accessioned and catalogued they are hied in the dairy library if necessary. 



The collection now- comprises about 3SG volumes, of which 242 volumes belong 

 to the main Library and relate chiefly to dairjang, feeding, and breeding. The 

 other 144 volumes, which are duplicated in the main Library, belong to the dairy 

 division and are chiefly herdbooks of the various dairy breeds and copies of 

 Government publications. Most of the 1,300 pamphlets owzied by the division 

 library are bulletins of the various State experiment stations dealing with 

 dairying. These bulletins are bound in temporary covers, classified by States, 

 and are catalogued both as separates and as serials. 



ADDITIONS TO COLLECTIONS. 



Additions to this collection are made through gift and by purchase by the 

 main Library. All new books on the subject of dairying, whether recommended 

 for purchase by this division or otherwise acquired by the department, are 

 sent here on request for review. A list of all books recently added to the main 

 Library bearing even indirectly on dairying is posted periodically in the divi- 

 sion library, and from this list any requests may be made. Books from the 

 Library of Congress and the Surgeon General's library are frequently borrowed 

 through the main Library. 



PERIODICALS. 



About 198 periodicals are received by the Dairy Division library, most of 

 which are drawn from the main Library, others being received direct from the 

 publishers by gift. The latter are all duplicates of periodicals received in the 

 main Library. All of these periodicals are circulated among the workers of 



* Outside of Washington. 



