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- DIVISION oF ORNITHOLOGY. 
Number. 
etin No. 1. Report on the English sparrow.................220..2eee 10, 000 
Bulletin No. 2. Bird migration in the Mississippi Valloy................... 4,000 
Report of the Ornithologist for 1886, July ...........-.-..-+--- ee eee eee eee 500 
DIVISION OF FORESTRY. 
Bulletin No. 1. Report on the relation of railroads to forest si plies and for- 
estry, together with appendices on the structure of some timber 
ties, their behavior and the cause of their decay in the road-bed; 
on wood preservation, on metal ties, and on the use of spark ar- 
TENURES UE DOBCE AIDE He Or eos Jay oa ts Me eens oats tite Mee es 5, 000 
Feet of forestry division for 1886, August, 1887.....,.....-22:.e-:eeee eee 1,300 
MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS, 
Addresses of Hon, Norman J. Colman, U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture, 
and Dr. D, E. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 
delivered before the National] Cattle Growers’ Convention held at 
. Kansas City, Mo., October 31 and November 1, 2, 1887 .......- 5, 000 
_ Special il. Proceedings of a convention of delegates from agricultural col- 
leges and experiment stations, held at the Department of Agri- 
GUbeTe OetOber (8,090 an 0 BOT SRT ce ee ee. et 10, 000 
Report eerrlipsiiorm im. the: United States .. <5 4:4 visi eyes denxeasssteustees 2 1,000 
SS ee ll lc ,CU rho ee 
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MISCELLANEOUS WORK OF THE FOLDING DIVISION. 
ERMC MEE TREE Sr. Fd thals a4 4's 5/034 9 50S 04 ee NARs 19 20-89 phd oo 25, 000 
DUEMIRPICEIPIREEREE ORL PS 12 Bid Dots bes oan 2 Sus ah ye FmE NS Gila es a TSR RA RIES 600 
REREAD oe Sle ae 
4,760 packages of envelopes and 2,580 quires of paper mailed to correspond- 
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For the hearty co-operation which I have received from the chiefs 
of divisions of the Department; for the conscientious devotion to 
_ public duty which has characterized the record of its clerks; for the 
unyielding fidelity to its every interest which they have displayed, 
and for the efforts of all who have contributed to the progress of its 
_ administration, I desire to express my acknowledgments, 
The history of another year, here briefly summarized, is to me a 
gratifying exhibit. It remains for another branch of @overnment 
+ to deal with the future of the Department as shall seem to redound 
to the benefit of our people and the wisest development of our agri- 
culture. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
NorMAN J. COLMAN, 
Commissioner af Agriculture. 
