REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



315 



issue, such as annual reports, proceedings, and transactions published 

 by institutions and societies. There was a decrease of 501 as com- 

 pared with tlie previous year, due to the fact that on account of the 

 war fewer foreign publications were received. 



A typewritten list of all the periodicals currently received by the 

 Library, arranged by title and subject, Avas prepared during the year. 

 This list has been much used and has demonstrated the need of a 

 new edition of the printed list of current periodicals W'hich was issued 

 in 1011 as Library Lulletin 75. It has not, however, seemed ad- 

 visable to issue a new edition during the war, on account of the large 

 number of foreign periodicals which either have been temporarily 

 suspended or can not be delivered under present conditions. 



The number of current periodicals received, arranged by classes, is 

 shown in the following table : 



Statistics of current periodicals. 



Class. 



Agriculture, United States . .. 



Agriculture, foreign 



Veterinary medicine 



Dairying 



Poultry and pigeons 



Live stock and meat trade. . . 



Soils and fertilizers 



Drainage and irrigation 



Farm implements and ma- 

 chinery 



Moor culture and peat 



Agricultural products 



Fibers and textiles 



Horticulture and landscape 

 gardening 



Forestry 



Experiment station publica- 

 tions (United States) 



Experiment station publica- 

 tions (foreign) 



General 



Bibliography and library 

 economy 



Education, including agri- 

 cultural extension 



Economics and sociology 



Commerce and statistics 



Groceries 



Engineering 



Building 



Roads 



Railroads 



Manufactures 



Pur- 

 chase. 



11 



18 



19 



10 



3 



8 



1 



1 



2 

 1 



20 

 5 



29 

 11 



19 



3 

 16 

 58 



8 

 17 



5 



1 

 11 

 15 



Gift. 



199 

 167 

 33 

 26 

 47 

 51 

 5 



11 



6 



51 



66 

 44 



110 



25 

 13 



13 



103 



34 



163 



8 



17 



5 



17 



17 



33 



Total. 



210 



185 



52 



36 



50 



59 



6 



1 



13 



7 



71 



13 



95 

 55 



110 



25 

 33 



32 



106 

 50 



221 

 16 

 34 

 10 

 18 

 28 

 48 



Class. 



Flour and feeding stuffs, etc . 



Ice and refrigeration 



Paper 



Prmting 



Photography 



Physics 



Meteorology 



Chemistry and chemical tech- 

 nology 



Food 



Home economics 



Pharmacy 



Geology and mineralogy 



Natural lustory 



Zoology 



Himting and fishing 



Ornithology 



Entomology 



Beekeeping 



Microscopy 



Biology 



Medicine, physiology, and 

 hygiene 



Bacteriology 



Botany 



General science 



Geography 



Law 



United States Government 

 documents 



Pur- 

 chase, 



35 

 6 

 1 

 9 

 2 

 9 



10 

 5 



10 



26 

 6 

 3 



11 



36 



5 



28 



14 



2 



Total ! 565 



Gift. 



10 



7 

 2 



4 

 1 



33 

 22 



6 

 12 



7 

 32 

 17 



7 



5 

 22 



7 



0/ 



1 



22 



52 



6 



40 



1,654 



Total. 



16 

 10 

 9 

 4 

 7 

 4 

 3 



68 

 28 



7 

 21 



9 

 41 

 27 

 12 

 15 

 48 

 13 



3 

 19 



93 

 6 



50 

 66 



8 

 8 



41 



2,219 



DUPLICATES. 



As in previous years, the Library received a large number of dupli- 

 cates, for the most part publications of States, foreign Governments, 

 societies, and institutions, which are sent to the various offices of the 

 department and later transferred to the Library. Two lists of these 

 duplicates were prepared by the Periodical Division and sent to the 

 Library of Congress and to libraries of the State agricultural col- 

 leges. The items selected by the libraries from these lists filled 31 

 mail bags. The work of caring for the duplicates consumes a large 

 amount of time. 



