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Smithsonian Institution, Contrib. to the U. S. National Herbarium. 



Smithsonian Institution, Miscel. Collections. 



Successful Fai-niing. (Bound vol. also received). 



Sultanic Agrl. Society. (Egypt) Bulletins, Technical section. 



System on the farm. 



Union Bulletin. 



Union of South Africa, Dept. of Agr. Journal. 



U. S. Dept. of Agri. Bureau of Plant Industry. Current author entries. 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Public Koads. 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Monthly weather review. 



U. S. Library of Congress, Catalogue of state publications. 



U. S. Supt. of Documents, Monthly Catalogue of Public Documents. 



Vocational Summary, U. S. 



Wallaces' Farmer. 



Washington Farmer. 



Washtenaw Post. 

 ' Weekly News Letter. 



West Indian Bulletin. 



Wilson Bulletin. 



Wellcome Troi»ical Research Laboratories, Bulletins, Chemical Section. 

 Bulletins, Entomological Section. 



For many years certain foreign publications have been received with 

 more or less regularity, during the year a "jieriodical" card listing titles, 

 has been made and hied with the card catalogue. 



The publications of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, and the bulletins 

 of the various state experiment stations, with the T^ S. Dept. of Agri- 

 culture card index are received and filed in the library. We also receive 

 the catalogues of the leading educational institutions in exchange for 

 our own catalogue. 



We are glad to acknowledge our indebtedness to the libraries of the 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, The l^niversity of Michigan, University of 

 Chicago, the John Crerar library, the Johns Ho}>kins, library. Library 

 of Congress and the Library of the U. S. Surgeon General of the U. S. 

 for their courtesy in loaning to us certain i»ublications needed by our 

 research workers. 



The circulation of books has greatly increased in number. 11,508 

 volumes having been loaned during the year for home use, an average 

 of 959 volumes per month. The largest circulation for an}- one month 

 was 1,257 books; the smallest number, 282 volumes were loaned in August 

 of 1922. 



The work of the package library is growing. During the year 91 

 packages were sent out, and many more were used at the college. This 

 service seems to be more and more appreciated. 



Early in September Mr. T. C.. Lindquist, assistant in the library, re- 

 signed. He was succeeded iby Mr. Herbert Patriarche, who served from 

 Oct. 1st until late in December, when he passed away, after an illness 

 of one week. During his short service he made many friends at the col- 

 lege and in the community. Miss Ruth McKinley, a graduate of this col- 

 lege, came to the library on Jan. 1st. She brought with her an experience 

 of four years in the Detroit Public Library, and is giving splendid ser- 

 vice. Mr. LeRoy Stegman, who also joined the library' staff in January, 



