150 REPORT ON EXCHANGES. 



LIST OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC PRINTER 

 DURING THE YEAR 1883. 



AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Artesian wells upon the great plains. 37 p. and map. 8vo. Paper. 



Preliminary report on the forest trees of the Mississippi Valley, and tree planting on 

 the plains. 45 p. 8vo. Paper. 



Results of field experiments with various fertilizers. By Prof. W. O. Atwater, Ph. D. 

 183 p. 8vo. Paper. 



Annual report 1881-'82. 704 p. 8vo. Cloth. 



Culture of the date. By W. G. Klee. 25 p. 8vo. Paper. 



Encouragement to the sorghum and heet sugar industry. A record of practical ex- 

 periments conducted under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture. 

 64 p. 8vo. Paper. 



Investigation of sorghum as a sugar producing plant. Season 1882. Peter Collier. 68 

 p. 8vo. Paper. 



Contagious diseases of domesticated animals. Investigations hy the Department of 

 Agriculture. 271 p. 8vo. Paper. 



Special Reports. 



No. 52. Report on yield per acre of cotton, corn, potatoes, and other field crops, with 

 comparative product of fruits; also local freight rates of transportation com- 

 panies. November, 1882. 109 p. 8vo. Paper. 



No. 53. Report upon product and price of principal crops of 1882. Also freight rates 

 of transportation companies, including changes of the winter tariff. December, 

 1882. 79 p. 8vo. Paper. 



No. 54. Sorghum sugar industry. Address of the Hon. George B. Loring before the 

 Mississippi Valley Cane-Growers Association. Saint Louis, Mo., December 14, 



1882. 19 p. 8vo. Paper. 



No. 55. The Grange. Its origin, progress, and educational purposes. 18 p. 8vo. 

 Paper. 



No. 56. Report upon the numbers and values of farm animals, of product and qual- 

 ity of cotton, and comparative values of American and European farm imple- 

 ments ; also rates of transportation in Europe and the United States. February, 



1883. 74 p. 8vo. Paper. 



On j ute culture and the importance of the industry. By Prof. S. Waterhouse. 21 p. 



8vo. Paper. 

 No. 57. Report on the distribution and consumption of corn and wheat, and the rates 



of transportation of farm products. March, 1883. 39 p. 8vo. Paper. 

 No. 58. Report on the area and condition of winter wheat, and the condition of farm 



animals. Also spring rates of transportation of farm products. April, 1883. 46 p. 



8vo. Paper. 

 No. 59. Report of condition of winter grain, the progress of cott»n planting, and esti- 

 mates of cereals of 1882, with freight rates of transportation companies. May, 



1883. 65 p. 8vo. Paper. 

 No. 60. Report of acreage of spring grain and cotton, the condition of winter wheat, 



and European grain prospects, with freight rates of transportation companies. 



June, 1883. 56 p. 8vo. Paper. 



