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Special Report No. 9. Proceedings of a convention of delegates from agri- 

 cultural colleges and experimental stations held at the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, July 8 and 9, 1885. 196 pp., octavo 3,(100 



The soils and products of Southwestern Louisiana, including the parishes of 

 Saint Landry, La Fayette, Vermillion, Saint Martin's, Iberia, and 

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Report on the organization and management of seven agricultural schools in 

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A directory of departments, hoards, societies, colleges, and other organizations 

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Addresses of Norman J. Colman, United States Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 and Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 before the third national convention of stockmen, hold at Chi- 

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In conclusion, I beg to represent that the Department of Agricultnre, 

 growing in importance and usefulness as our agricultural population 

 increases, and its ^ants and necessities multiply, should obviously be 

 a progressive institution, in order to keep pace with the increasing de- 

 mands made upon it. It is for the legislative branch to determine how 

 far its importance shall be recognized, and with what powers it shall 

 be clothed to enable it to partially meet the obligation which a country 

 always owes to its agriculture. 



Yery respectfully, your obedient servant, 



NOKMAN J. COLMAN, 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, 



