DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



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At the request of Prof. Shaw I gave to the regular, and also to the special 

 students, a course of lectures upon the breeds of horses, and also tqok charge 

 of the practical work in horse judging. 



Respectfully submitted, 



GEO. A. WATERMAN, 

 Professor of Veterinary Science. 

 Agricultural College, Mich., June 30, 1905. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



To the President : 



Sir — I have the honor to present the following report on the library for 

 the year ending June 30, 1905. 



There have been added to the library during the year bound volumes 

 as follows: By purchase, 342; by gift, 126; by binding, 294. We^are 

 indebted for bound volumes as follows: From 



Mrs. T. C. Abbot (Abbot collection) 1. 



American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Ass'n, 1. 



American Short Horn Ass'n, 2. 



American Aberdeen-Angus Ass'n, 1. 



Bridge, J. H., 1. 



Beal. Dr. W. J., 1. 



Cambria Steel Co., 1. 



Canada, 6. 



Cranefield. F. C.^ (Wis. Hort. Society) 10. 



Harper, Pres. W. J., 1. 



Hartford Inspection Insurance Co., 1. 



Michigan reports — 



Board of Agriculture, 1. 



Attorney General, 1. 



Board of Health. 1. 



Board of Corrections and Charities, 1. 



Dairy and Food Commissioner, 8. 



Pioneer Collections, 4. 



Superintendent Institutes, 4. 



United States reports — 



Agricultural Department. 6.- 



Bureau of Education, '4. 



Census Bureau, 3. 



Coast and Geod. Survej', 1. 



Geological Survey, 2. 



Interstate Commerce Commission, 2. 



Holstein-Friesian Ass'n, 3. 



Hampshire Down Ass'n, 1. 



Iowa State Board of Agriculture, 1. 



Iowa State Horticultural Society, 1. 



Illinois, 1. 



J. J. Case Threshing Machine Co., 1. 



Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 1. 



King, Prof. E. S., 1. 



Maine, 2. 



MacMillan Publishing Co., 1. 



Superintendent Public Instruction, 1. 



Supreme Court Reports, 6. 



National Conference of Corrections 



Charities, 1. 

 Red Polled Cattle Club, 1. 

 Smithsonian Institution, 4. 

 Stubbs, W. C, 1. 



Librarian of Congress, 5. 

 Labor Bureau, 2. 

 Navy Department, 1. 

 Treasury Department, 16. 

 War Department, 7. 



and 



Unbound volumes and pamphlets to the number of 477 have been re- 

 ceived, and in all cases gifts have been acknowledged. We therefore omit 

 individual mention. 



Forty-one foreign publications and one hundred thirteen American peri- 

 odicals are purchased by the college, and placed in the reading room for 

 the use of faculty and students. In addition to these are the following 



