CONTENTS. 



REPORT OP THE SECRETARY. 



Page. 



Brief comments 9 



Crop results 11 



Prices of farm products 20 



Foreign trade in agricultural products 22 



Agricultural credit 2.5 



"Work of the department in 1912 31 



Personnel 31 



Insecticide and Fungicide Board 31 



Office of the Solicitor 32 



Weather Bureau 36 



Bureau of Animal Industry 42 



Bureau of Plant Industry 50 



Bureau of Chemistry ,50 



Forest Service 58 



Bureau of Soils 71 



Bureau of Entomology 75 



Bureau of Biological Survey 80 



Division of Accounts and Disbursements 86 



Di\'ision of Publications 87 



Bureau of Statistics 90 



Library 95 



Office of Experiment Stations 95 



Office of Public Roads 110 



Record of 16 years 114 



History of the department's service 114 



Expansion of the department 114 



Publications 115 



Plant industry 117 



Entomology 144 



Soil investigations 150 



Animal industry 1.54 



Biological Survey 173 



Weather Bureau 176 



Agricultural statistics 191 



rhemi.stry ' 196 



Office of Public Roads 207 



Office of Experiment Stations 211 



Library 228 



Forest Ser\'ice 229 



Administrative boards 243 



Ex officio functions of the Secretary of Agriculture 247 



Office of the Solicitor of the department 248 



Conclusion 258 



REPORTS OF CHIEFS. 



Report of the Chief of t he Weat her Bureau 263 



Mount Weat Ikt Kcscarcli ( )bservat()ry 263 



Foreca.sts and waniiTigs 268 



River and flood divisifm 274 



Division of observations and reports 276 



Marine work 283 



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