REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Office of the Librarian, 

 Washington, D. C, September 30, 1902. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the executive report of 

 the Library for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902. 

 Respectfullj^, 



Josephine A. Clark, 



Librarian. 

 Hon. James Wilson, Secretary. 



"WORK OF THE YEAR. 

 ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY, 



The number of accessions to the Library for the year ended June 30, 

 1902, has exceeded that of any previous year. The number of books 

 and pamphlets acquired by purchase and gift has been considerably 

 over 4,000, making the total number of publications in the Library, 

 exclusive of L^nited States Government publications, nearly 75,000. 

 In this number are not included parts of serials and issues of news- 

 papers, which would add many thousand pieces. The principal pur- 

 chases have been made in the direction of scientific j)eriodicals, both 

 in completing imperfect series and in subscrij)tions to those currently 

 published, although many valuable works in natural science of early 

 and recent date have also been acquired. Appended to this report 

 is a selected list of some of the most important purchases during the 

 year. 



PERIODICALS. 



The number of agricultural papers and scientific ijeriodicals and 

 serial publications has been largely increased the past year by new 

 subscriptions, and, especially, by gifts and exchanges. About 2,200 

 publications of this class of accessions are currently received, of which 

 500 are purchased. The agricultural papers number 427, the gi'eater 

 number being contributed by the publishers. These papers include 

 210 general farm papers, 49 devoted to horticulture, 71 to live stock, 

 51 to poultry, 25 to dairy, 1 2 to tobacco, and 9 to farm macliinery. The 

 countries contributing these papers are, United States 275, and for- 

 eign countries 152. These papers, representing the agricultural inter- 

 ests of all parts of the United States and 38 foreign countries, are kept 

 on file for public reference, and on completion of volumes, they are 

 bound and become a part of the permanent collection of the Library. 



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