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Report of the Secretary ix 



AVeather Bureau x 



Forecast warnings x 



Wireless telegraphy xi 



Storm-warning equipment xi 



Bureau of Animal Industry xii 



Inspection service for export animals xii 



Inspection service for import animals xiii 



Exports of dairy products xiv 



Contagious diseases xi v 



Bureau of Plant Industry xv 



Farm management xv 



Extension of fruit markets abroad xvi 



Plant physiology and pathology xvii 



Plant diseases xviii 



Pear ]>light xviii 



Little peach xviii 



Black rot of apples xviii 



Bacterial disease of English walnuts xviii 



Decay of forest and construction timber xix 



Plant-breeding work xix 



Disease-resistant crops xix 



Better Upland cottons xx 



Hardy oranges xx 



Wheat breeding xx 



Nitrogen-gathering bacteria xxi 



Botanical investigations and experiments xxi 



The commercial grading of grain xxi 



American and European red-clover seed xxii 



New remedy for sheep poisoning on the stock ranges xxii 



An important step in hemp culture _ xxii 



The utilization of flax straw xxiii 



Development of the sisal industry xxiii 



The mango and alligator pear in Porto Rico xxiv 



Culture of the Central American rubber tree xxiv 



Coffee shade xxiv 



Pomological rnvestigations xxv 



The cold storage of fruits xxv 



Viticultural investigations xxvi 



CO Fruit-district survey xxvi 



^ Special problems in pomology xxvii 



i--^ Grass and forage plant investigations xxvii 



fQ Leguminous forage crops xxvii 



^^ Grass gardens '. xxviii 



Range improvement xxviii 



n Soil and sand binders xxix 



jjj Cropping system xxix 



(73 Horticulture xxix 



Experimental Gardens and Grounds xxix 



The Arlington Farm xxx 



Tea growing in the United States xxxi 



Congressional seed distribution xxxii 



