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Biological Survey, Division, orgauization ami work 36 



Bollman, Lewis, nppointineut as statistician 10 



Botanical Garden, establishment 7 



Botany, Division, note on organization 13 



organization and work 35 



Bread, inquiry as to profits and reduction of price 27 



British board of agriculture, establishment 6 



Browne, D. J., note on work for agriculture in Patent Office 9 



Building fur Department, recommendation of Commissioner Le Due 16 



Buildings and grounds, review of improvement 28-30 



Bulbs, cuttings, and vines, distribution by Department 10 



Bulletin, first issue of Department 10 



Bureau of Animal Industry, extract from report on ticks in Texas fever 24 



increase of appropriation for war on pleuro-pneu- 



monia 20 



law for establishment 43 



organization and work 33 



origin 17 



reorganization 23 



work under Secretary Morton 27 



Butter, counterfeit, disco%'ery of dift'erence in crystals 20 



Capron, Commissioner, selection as adviser to Japanese agricultural commission. 13 



Capron, Horace, appointment ; notes on life ; term as Commissioner 12 



Cattle, American, inspection in England 23 



discovery of cause of Texas fever 24 



improvement of transportation by sea 23 



Centennial Exposition, note on timber exhibit 14 



Cereals, increase in production 30 



Chemistry, Division, note on analyses of beets for sugar 17 



organization and work 34 



Chinese hogs, note on introduction 7 



Citrus fruit groves, introduction of parasites of scale insects 25 



Civil service, encouragement by Secretary Morton 28 



examination, note on animal-industry inspectors 27 



Colman, Commissioner, appointment to be Secretary 21 



Norman J., appointment as Commissioner ; notes on life ; work of term . 18 



suggestion of culture of medicinal plants 20 



Columbian Exposition, note (Ui cost of Department exhibit 27 



Congress, authorization of publications on silk 7 



first appropriation in aid of agriculture 8 



Congressmen, change of attitude toward Department 21 



Conservatories and grapery, construction 28 



Consuls, American, work for agriculture 7 



Contagion, note on value to farmer of prevention 31 



Corn and wheat, increase of production in several decades 30 



Corn meal, note o\\ introduction into P^nrope 22 



Cotton seed, distribution 10 



Crop conditions, note on early publication 8 



Crops, inception of monthly reports 11 



suggestion as to introduction of new plants o 20 



Cuttings, }>ulbs, and vines, distributi<m by Department 10 



Dabney, Dr. Chas. W., jr.. Assistant Secretary 28 



Dairy Division, note on establishment 27 



Diffusion process, increase in yield of sugar 20 



Disbursements and appropriations of Department in detail 53 



