REPOBT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. CXXIII 



OFFICE OF THE APPOINTMENT CLERK. 



The records of this office show that on July 1, 1902, the total number 

 of employees in the United States Department of Agriculture was 

 3,T89, of which 1,209 were executive officers and administrative assist- 

 ants, clerks, messengers, and watchmen; 2,0S1 scientists and scientific 

 assistants, and 199 laborers and charwomen. 



During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902, the appointments made 

 on certificates of the United States Civil Service Commission numbered 

 305, including 10 reinstatements and 19 transfers from other Depart- 

 ments. Thirty -five persons declined appointment on civil-service cer- 

 tificates. There were 108 resignations, 22 removals, and 11 deaths. 



EXPOSITION WORK. 



The Department of Agriculture, in connection with other Depart- 

 ments of the Government, has, in compliance with the law. participated 

 in various expositions in this and foreign countries; and it is now pre- 

 paring an exhibit for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition which is 

 expected to be the best ever made by the Department. 



It is not intended to make this an exhibit of agricultural j^roducts 

 and resources, differing in that respect from exhibits prepared for 

 expositions in foreign countries, where an effort has always been made 

 to exhibit the products and resources of the country in the hope of 

 increasing our trade abroad. It is expected that the articles and 

 material exhibited at St. Louis will illustrate as nearl}- as possible the 

 workings of the various Bureaus and Divisions of the Department, 

 giving to the people who may not have an opportunity to visit the 

 Department a chance to see what it is doing to promote the agricul- 

 tural interests of the country. 



The preparation of the Department exhibit devolves upon the heads 

 of the several bureaus and divisions, under the general direction of 

 the Assistant Secretary, Hon. J. H. Brigham, the representative of 

 the Department on the Government board, and who has served on 

 several previous occasions in the like capacity. 



Since the elevation of the Department of Agriculture to executive 

 rank, the President has honored it by naming its representative as the 

 chairman of the Government board at the various expositions. 



MAGNITUDE OF AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY. 



In the industrial progress made bv the United States during recent 

 years there has been no more conspicuous feature than the growth of 

 agriculture. It is doubtful if the magnitude attained by our farming 

 interests is generally known. According to the reports of the Twelfth. 

 Census, the fixed capital of agriculture, comprising the value of the land, 

 buildings, and improvements, of implements and machinery, and of 

 live stock, amounted in 1900 to about 20 billions of dollars, or four 

 times the fixed capital invested in manufactures. During that yeai 



