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Dodge, Charles Richards, note on estimate of value of musenm 14 



J. K., note on work for Department 12 



Eaton, William, introduction of Barbary sheep 7 



Ellsworth, Henry L., aid to agricultural development 8 



England, inspection of American cattle 23 



Entomological Commission, transfer to Department of Agriculture 17 



Entomology, Division, organization and work 35 



Expenses of Department 53-68 



Experimental farm, assignment of ground to Commissioner of Agriculture 10 



recommendation of Commissioner Le Due 16 



trial of cereals and other crops 11 



garden, transformation into arboretum 30 



Experiment Station Record, recommendation 19 



stations, law directing insjiection by Department 26 



for establishment 49 



Otfice, establishment 19 



organization and work ",7 



Farmers' Bulletins, first special appropriation 26 



recommendation by .Secretary Rusk ; popularity 22 



Congress, note on Avork for Department '21 



Fiber investigations. Office, organization and work 37 



Fish, suggestions leading to establishment of Commission 12 



Floods and storms, suggestion for observation and j)rediction 11 



Foreign markets, change in method of in<]niry 27 



investigation by Secretary Rusk 22 



section, organization and work 38 



Forestry Division, discovery as to turpentine and lumber 28 



organization and work 36 



investigation, appropriation 14 



Franklin (Benjamin), promotion of agriculture 5 



French hogs, note on introduction 7 



Garden, propagating, incorporation in Department of Agriculture 9 



Gardens and Grounds (Division;, organization and work 34 



Georgia, early aid to agriculture 5 



Gibbons, Francis, jr., note on contract for Department building 28 



Glover Townend, appointment as entomologist 10 



Grange, National, resolutions as to Department 20 



Grasses, collection from West 12 



Grasshoppers, note on ravages in West 15 



Green, Setli, request for attention to fish 12 



Harrington, Mark W., appointment as chief of Weather Bureau 24 



Hatch act 47-49 



Representative, plan for experiment stations 19 



Henry, Joseph, suggestion for appointment of botanist 13 



Herbarium, additions 25 



Hessian fly, note on introduction of parasites 25 



Highways, public, study begun 19 



Hill, George William, appointment in charge of pubKcations of Department. .. 22 



Hogs, note on introduction of loreign breeds 7 



HoUoway, David P., note on argument for Department of Agriculture 9 



Hough, Franklin B., special agent in charge of forestry 14 



Illustrations, Division, reorganization 26 



Indigo, early encouragement of cultivation 5 



Inspectors for Bureau of Animal Industry, requirements 27 



Insurance rates on cattle in transit, reduction 23 



Interior Department, incorporation of Patent Office with agricultural work 8 



