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KEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OP AGRICULTURE. 



Tabular ttatement shomng the quantity and kind of seed iasiied by the Department of Agri- 

 culture, under the general appropriation, from July 1, 1875, to June 30, 1876, inclusive. 



Description of seed. 



Vegetable papers . . 



FloVer do 



Herb do 



Tree do 



FISLO-SKEDS. 



"WTieat q'narts.. 



Oats do 



Barley do 



Kye do 



Buckwheat do 



Com do. . . 



Pease do... 



Clover do. . . 



Grasa do... 



Sugar-beet .do. . . 



Mangel-wurzel i}**--- 



Eice do. . . 



Sorjihum do... 



Millet do . . . 



Broom-com do... 



Speltz do . . . 



Vetc hes do . . . 



Kape half-pinta . . 



Tobacco papers . . 



Opium poppy do 



Ciiul'a do 



Cotton quarts . 



Jute do... 



Hemp do... 



Flax do... 



Bamie papers . 



Grand total. 



328, 819 



202, 146 



10 



390 



14, 449 



8,862 



5,130 



280 



200 



3,478 



356 



2,689 



6, 542 



2,000 



1, 862 



12 



222 



90 



188 



152 



22 



7 



58, 374 



25 



271 



395 

 56 

 36 



103 

 14 



100, 025 

 170 



24, 056 



19, 904 



8, 497 



7, 268 



3, 384 



4,050 



1,080 



70 



4,023 



418 



416 



637, 180 



174, 281 



151, 390 

 585 



18, 506 



7,552 



4,883 



42 



6,906 



1,620 



1 



100 



200 



10 



4 



172 



"is 



192, 055 



313, 740 



169, 187 



223 



2,949 



8,816 



4,460 



762 



571 



442 



1,710 



61 



1,449 



4,377 



271 



198 



56 



203 



158 



85 



460 



11 



<) 



5,511 

 253 

 193 



258 

 90 

 15 



180 



516, 691 



893, 974 



372, 088 



233 



3,391 



65,827 



40,838 



19, 277 



8,161 



10, 932 



11, 458 

 1,498 

 4,308 



15, 142 



2, 699 



2,480 



70 



427 



256 



273 



612 



35 



9 



64, 107 



273 



477 



863 

 146 

 51 

 103 

 194 



1, 520, 207 



My mind has always beon impressed with the idea that some cheaper 

 mode might be devised for puttiug up the seed for transmission by mail, 

 and the exhibition at the Centennial has presented to me a means of 

 solving this problem. A machine for the construction of a box made of 

 strong paper is there exhibited, which 1 am quite sati.sfied will cheapen 

 the puttiug up of seed one-half, if not more ; thus saving to the Govern- 

 ment from $5,000 to $7,000 a year, whereby that much of seed will be 

 added to the quantity now distributed. Quart-bags in which the seed 

 is now put up cost about $24.70 a thousand, including material and all 

 labor of putting up the seed ; whereas the paper box, which is more 

 convenient and equally safe for transmission by the mails, would cost 

 but about $8.20 per thousand j and the saving on smaller boxes is pro- 

 portionately great. I proi)ose to purchase this machine at a cost of 

 $5,000. 



The Department is careful in its arraDgements with seed growers and 

 dealers, from whom it obtains its customary supplies, to secure the best 



