CONTENTS. V 



Page. 



Report of the Entomologist 227 



Work on the gipsy moth and brown-tail moth 227 



Decidous-fruit insect investigations 230 



Southern field cruj) insect investigations 232 



Investigations of insect s affecting the health of man 234 



Insects affecting the health of domestic animals 236 



Cereal and forage insect investigations 237 



Investigations of insects affecting forest and shade trees, forest products, 



and hardy shrubs 239 



Investigations of insects injurious to vegetable and truck crops 241 



Stored-product insect investigations 244 



Insects affecting tropical and subtropical fruits 24G 



Bee-culture investigations 247 



Report of Chief of Bureau of Biological Survey 251 



Work of the Bureau of Biological Survey 2-31 



Economic investigations 251 



Biological investigations , 257 



Mammal and bird reservations 259 



Interstate commerce in game 2G2 



Federal migratory-bird law 265 



Report of the Chief of the Division of Accounts and Disbursements 267 



Character of work 267 



Work of the year 267 



Report of the Chief of the Di\-ision of Publications 271 



Simamary 271 



Work of the year 272 



Farmers' bulletins 279 



Publications relating to food production and conservation 281 



Publication work of the Weather Bm-eau 283 



Sales of department publications 284 



Work of the division by branches 285 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Crop Estimates 295 



Personnel 295 



Administrative office ^ 296 



Di\-ision of crop reports 296 



Division of crop records 297 



Field ser\-ice 298 



Truck crop estimates 298 



Fruit crop estimates 298 



Monthly crop reports 299 



Special reports ; 300 



International Institute of Agriculture 302 



Publications 302 



Distribution of the monthly crop report 303 



Library 303 



Accuracy of the cotton crop estimates 303 



Accuracy of the rice crop estimates 304 



Improvement in organization and equipment for estimating crop and 



live-stock production 305 



Crop reports by counties 307 



Report of the Librarian 309 



Use of the library 309 



Accessions 312 



