6 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Rc]iort (it till' Lilnarian — Continued. I'lmo. 



Tnui.slating 810 



Mailiiifi: lii^tM and (^xcluuigcs 810 



Bureau, division, and oliice libraries 810 



Relation of lil)rary to llie ajjfiicultural colleges and experiment stations. . . 810 



Historical skelcli of the library 812 



Report of the Director of the Oflice of Experiment Station.s 819 



Introduction 819 



Relations with aj:n"icultural experiment stations 819 



Relations with institutions for agricultural education 823 



rublications of the office 828 



Insular stations 829 



Inifiation invest igations 838 



Drainage iTivostigations 841 



Nutrition investigations 844 



Report of the Director of the Office of Public Roads 847 



Work of the year 84? 



Outline of plans for the current year 886 



Plans and recommendations for 1914 887 



Report of the Solicitor 889 



Outline of office work 889 



Administration of acts of Congress 893 



Miscellaneous cases 926 



Agreements for the several bureaus, offices, and divisions 928 



Patients f(jr detlication to the public 930 



Publications of the office 931 



Salary claims 931 



Tables of cases arising under acts of Congress administered through the 



Department of Agriculture 932 



Report of the Appointment Clerk 1077 



Introduction 1077 



Statistical information 1078 



Establishment and growth of the Department of Agriculture 1083 



Commissioners and Secretaries of Agiiculture '.-- 1083 



Positions for which special examinations were held Julv 1, 1911, to June 



30, 1912 1083 



Deaths in the department during the fiscal year 1084 



Principal officers of the department July 1, 1912 1085 



Report of the Insecticide and Fungicide Board 1093 



Introduction 1093 



General outline of procedure 1094 



Special investigations 1098 



Publicity 1100 



Clerical and fiscal operations 1100 



Index 1101 



