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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



has therefore been felt for some time of mending and protecting them. 

 Special arrangements were accordingly made in the past year by 

 the main library in cooperation with the branch libraries for mending 

 those which have suffered in circulation and for reinforcing those 

 which are not well made or have long circulation lists. As a result 

 of these efforts there has recently been a marked improvement in 

 the condition of the periodicals in circulation. 



Statistics of current periodicals. i 



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 publi- 

 cations, United States 



Experiment station publi- 

 cations, foreign 



General 



Bibliography and library 

 economy 



Education, including agri- 

 cultural extension 



Economics and sociology 



Commerce and statistics 



Groceries 



Engineering 



Building 



R oads 



Railroads 



Manufactures 



Pur- 

 chase. 



14 



29 



27 



13 



5 



7 



3 



1 



3 

 2 



33 

 4 



41 

 18 



1 



8 



18 



3 



17 



98 



3 



22 



7 



2 



14 



31 



Gift. 



182 

 193 

 30 

 27 

 44 

 48 

 6 



12 



3 



19 



56 

 36 



109 



28 

 9 



Total. 



196 



222 



57 



40 



49 



55 



9 



1 



15 



5 



82 



12 



97 

 54 



109 



29 



17 



Flour and feeding stuffs 



Ice and refrigeration 



Paper 



Printing 



Instruments 



Photography 



Physics 



Meteorology 



Chemistry and chemical 



technology 



Food 



Home economics 



Pharmacy 



Geology and mineralogy 



Natural history 



Zoology 



Hunting and fishing 



Ornithology 



Entomology 



Beekeeping 



Microscopy 



Biology 



Medicine, physiology, and 



hygiene 



Bacteriology 



Botany. . . ." 



General science 



Geography 



Law 



United States Government 



documents 



Total 



Pur- 

 chase. 



11 

 3 



10 

 1 

 2 

 7 

 5 

 1 



79 



10 



3 



16 



3 



8 



20 



10 



10 



36 



7 



4 



16 



54 



9 

 54 

 18 



1 

 10 



Gift. 



1 

 1 

 1 



20 

 19 



4 

 14 



5 

 34 

 11 



8 



5 

 13 



4 



49 

 1 



21 

 43 

 10 



834 



37 



1,446 



Total. 



20 

 10 

 11 

 3 

 2 

 8 

 6 

 2 



99 

 29 



30 



8 

 42 

 31 

 18 

 15 

 49 

 11 



4 

 21 



103 

 10 

 75 

 61 

 11 

 10 



39 



2,280 



i Annual reports, proceedings, and transactions not included. 

 DUPLICATES. 



As in previous years the library received a large number of 

 duplicates of publications of States, foreign Governments, societies, 

 and institutions. Three lists of these duplicates were prepared by the 

 Periodical Division and sent to the Library of Congress and to li- 

 braries of the State agricultural colleges. The items selected from 

 these lists filled 71 mail sacks. 



CATALOGUE DIVISION. 



Helen M. Thompson, Chief. 



There were classified and catalogued 2,468 volumes, 446 pamphlets, 

 6,805 serials and continuations, and 31 maps and charts, making a total 

 of 9,750, an increase of 686 over the preceding year. In addition to 

 the complete cataloguing of the above books, pamphlets, and maps, 

 author cards were made for 796 pamphlets and 2,057 "reprints." 

 The pamphlets for which only author cards are made are those 

 of less importance. They are arranged by subject in a separate 

 pamphlet collection. The "reprints" or "separates" of articles 

 from periodicals are also filed in a separate collection which is ar- 



