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No. copies 

 printed. 



Bulletin 10. Principles and methods of soil analysis. By Edgar Richards, 



Assistant Chemist. G6 pp. , octavo 2, 000 



Bulletin 11. Report of experiments in the manufacture of su;?ar at I^Iagnolia 

 Station, Lawrence, Louisiana, season of 188.j-'86. Second re- 

 port. By Guilford L. Spencer, Assistant Chemist. 26 pp. , oc- 

 tavo 2, 000 



BuUelin 12. Methods of analysis of commercial fertilizers. Proceedings of 

 the third annual convention of the Association of Ofncinl A.crri- 

 cultmal Chemists, August 26 and 27, 1886. By H. W. Wiley, 

 Chemist. 59 pp., octavo 2, 500 



BOTANICAL DIVISION. 



Bulletin 1. Report of an investigation of the grasses of the arid districts of 

 Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. By Dr. George Vasey, Bota- 

 nist. Prepared under the direction of the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture. 46 pp. , octavo 5, 000 



MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS. 



Special Report 10. A descriptive catalogue of manufactures from native 

 woods, as shown in the exhibit of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture at the World's Industrial and Cotton Exposition 

 at New Orleans, Louisiana. By Charles Richards Dodge. 84 

 pp. , octavo 10, 000 



Report on the condition of dairying in the principal dairy States for the 

 season of 1885. By Allen Dodge, Dairy Division. 35 pp., oc- 

 tavo 3, 500 



In concliision, it gives me pleasure to state that the satisfactory 

 record, now completed, of another year in the history of this institu- 

 tion is due, in a great measure, to the cordial co-operation and hearty 

 sympathy of those having charge of their respective divisions; and 

 also to the intelligent, zealous, and faithful performance of the duties 

 imposed upon the clerks and employes. The Department, under 

 these influences, has made one more step in advance and toward 

 whatever future the legislative branch may lay out for it. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



NORMAN J. COLMAISr, 



Commissioner of Agricultm^e. 



