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available the iiiforiiiatioii they contain. One person .should constantly 

 be employed at such work, which would result eventually in what 

 might be called an index section or room, where the index should be 

 maintained in cases of modern style, capable of enlargement as neces- 

 sity required. .\U that the Division has been able to do along this 

 line is to prepare and keep a card index of the available publications, 

 which serves a verj^ useful purpose. 



APPENDIX A. 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1901, 



[The following publications were issued during the year ended June 30. 1901. 

 Those to which ;i price is attached, with the exception of publications of the 

 Weather Bureau, must be obtained of the Superintendent of Documents, Union 

 Building, Washmgton, D. C, to whom are turned over all copies not needed for 

 oiificial use, in compliance with section (37 of the act providing for the publ;c 

 printing and binding and the distribution of' public documents. Remittancts 

 should be made to him by postal money order. Weather Bureau pubr cations to 

 which a price is attached must be obtained from the chief of that Bureau. Appli- 

 cations for those that are for free distribution should be made to the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C] 



OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. 



Copies. 



Marketing Farm Produce. By George Gr. Hill, formerly Manager and 

 Editor of tlie American Farmer, Illinois. Pp. 28, figs. 7. Farmers 



Bulletin No. G-\ (Reprint.) July, 1900 15,000 



Reprint, April, 1901 15,000 



Work ( f the Breeder in Impi oving Live Stock. By John Clay, jr., Chi- 

 cago. 111. Pp. ii, 037-642, reprinted from Yearbook of Department of 

 Agriculture for 1899. August, 1900 100 



Development of Transportation in the United States. By Angus Sinclair, 

 Editor Locomotive Engineering. Pp. ii, Gi;>-(i(;o, reprinted from Year- 

 book of Department of Agriculture for 1899. August, 1900 100 



Sheep and Wool: A Review of the Progress of American Sheep Hus- 

 bandry. By J. R. Dodge, Special Agent. Pp. 03, figs. 3. Report No. 



G6. September, 1900. Price. 5 cents 5,000 



Reprint. March, 1901 .500 



Rei;ort of the Secretary of Agriculture. 1900. Pp. 70. November, 1900, _ 12, 500 



Cooperative Grass and Forage Plant Inve.stigatious with State Experi- 

 ment Stations. By Thomas A. Williams. In Charge of Experiment 



Work. Pp. 1 4. Circular No. 8. December, 1900 2, 500 



Reprint. February. 1901 2,500 



Report of the Assistant Secretary Upon the Purchase and Distribution 

 of Seeds for 1900. By J. Ll."^ Brigham. Pp. ii. 3-G. from Annual 

 Reports, Department of -\griculture. 1900. January, 1:00 200 



Collection and Distribution of Gr;iss Seeds: Field Work. By C. L. Shear, 

 In Charge of Seed and Field Work, Division of Agrostology. Pp. II. 

 Circular No. 9. January. 1901 . _ .". .. ... 3,500 



Foreign Markets for American Agricultural Products. Testimony of 

 Fran'v H. Hitchcock. Chief of the Section of Foreign Markets, before 

 the Industrial Commission. Pp. 5:!. Report No. G7. February, 1901. 

 Price, 5 cents .' 10. 000 



Catalase, a New Enzym of General Occurrence, witli Special Reference 

 to the Tobacco Plant, By r)scar Loew. Division of Vegetable Physi- 

 ology and Pathology, detailed to the Division of Soils. Pp. 47. Report 

 No.()8. March. 191)1. Price, :> cents . . 3,000 



Cultivation of Tobacco in Sumatra. By Emile Mttlder. Pp. 39. Report 



No. .")S. (Reprint.) April, 1901. Price. 5 cents 1,000 



Curing and Fermentation of Cigar Leaf Tobacco. By Oscar Loew, of the 

 Division of Vegetable Physiologv and Pathology. Pp. 34. Report No. 

 59. (Reprint, j April, 1901. Price, 5 cents 1,000 



