74 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



REPORT OF LIBRARIAN. 



To the President : 



Sir — I have the honor to present the following report on the Library 

 for the year ending June 30, 1904 : 



During the year we have added to the Library 915 bound volumes, of 

 which 205 were purchased, 557 were donated, and 153 by binding. Un- 

 bound volumes and pamphlets to the number of 340 have been received, 

 and in a|l cases, where donors were known, acknowledgment was made. 

 ■ We therefore omit individual mention. 



We are indebted for bound volumes as follows : 



*Abbott, Mrs. T. C, 377. Harper Brothers, 1. 

 American Duroc-Jersey Swine Breeders' Kansas Academy of Science, 1. 



Ass'n, 1. Massachusetts Board of Agriculture,. 1. 



American Berkshire Ass'n, 1. Maine, 2. 



American Short Horn Ass'n, 12. Missouri Botanical Gardens, 2. 



American Hereford Cattle Ass'n, 4. Michigan reports, 14. 



American Aberdeen Angus Ass'n, 8. New Brunswick, 1. , 



Berry Brothers, 1. National Shropshire Registry Ass'n, 1. 



Burrows, Hon. J. C, 4. - New York State Library, 6. 



Black Top Spanish Merino Ass'n, 2. National B'd of Char, and Corrections, 1. 



Canada, 5. North. Hon. S. N. D., 1. 



Columbus Horticultural Society, 1. Red Polled Cattle Club, 1. 



Delaware Board of Agriculture, 1. Smithsonian Institution, 5. 



Hepburn, Hon. A. B., 1. Shropshire Swine Breeders' Ass'n, 1. 



Holstein Freisiau Herd Book, 2. Stearns, Hon. J. M., 1. 



United States Reports, as follows: 



Department of Agriculture, 1. Interior Department, 75. 



Bureau of Education, 3. Navy Department, 2. 



Civil Service Commission, 1. War Department, 9. 



Forty-four foreign publications, and 111 American periodicals are pur- 

 chased by the College and placed in the reading room for the use of 

 faculty and students. 



In addition to these are the following publications which are regu- 

 larly received in exchange for our own publications, or through the 

 courtesy of publishers: 



American Blacksmith. Agricultural Gazette of N. S. Wales. 



Am.erican Missionary. Agricultural Advertising. 

 American Society of Civil Engineers, American Thresherman. 



Transactions of. Arboriculture. 



American Swineherd. Baltimore Sun. 



American Horsebreeder. Battle Creek Journal. 



American Phil. Society, Proc. Bay City Tribune. 



Adrian Times. Belding Banner. 



Allegan Gazette. Big Rapids Herald. 



Ann Arbor Argus, Dem. Brief. 



Agricultural Epitomist. Congressional Record. 



*The books presented to the library by Mrs. Abbott numbered about 800 volumes. We include 

 in this report only the number catalogued and made ready for the shelves during the year. 



