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Siuclair, Sir .Tohu, note on frit-ndship for Wasliiugton 6 



Skinner. F. G.. liist collector of agricultural statistics for Patent OflSce 9 



Smithsonian, botanical collection put in charge of Department 13 



Soils. Division, note on formation 26 



organization and work 38 



Sorghum, close of investigatious 17 



experiments 16 



South Carolina , early aid to agriculture ,5 



Spinner, I'. S. Treasurer, request for attention to fish 12 



Statistics, Division, condition under Commissioner Watts 15 



organization and work 35 



of three sections 26 



reorganization and increase of work 17 



value of information to farmers 31 



Stokes, John W,, time as Acting Commissioner 12 



Storms and lloods, suggestion for observation and prediction 11 



Sugar, increase of production by diffusion process 20 



note on early manufacture from Indian corn 8 



value of work by Division of Chemistry 31 



production, distribution of sugar-beet seed 25 



Taylor, Dr., discovery of dift'erences in crystals of lard, butter, etc 20 



Thomas, appointment as Microscopist 14 



Tea culture, investigation, lease of farm in South Carolina 16 



farm in South Carolina, note on report of "William Saunders 17 



Texas cattle fever, note on investigation 13 



fever in cattle, discovery of cause 24 



Thompson, George 1\, note on preparation of indexes 15 



Ticks, investigation as cause of Texas fcAer 24 



Tobacco, distribution of seed 10, 18 



Transportation rates, publication in m inthly reports 18 



Tuberculous diseases, note on protection of human life 27 



Vegetable pathology, section, note on establishment 19 



Physiology and Pathology, Division, organization and work 36 



Vines, bulbs and cuttings, distribution 10 



Virginia, early aid to agriculture 5 



War Department Signal Service work, transfer to Department of Agriculture .. 24 



transfer of weather reporting 14 



Washington (President), promotion of governmental aid to agriculture - .. 5,6 



W^atts, Commissioner, objection to character of weather reports 14 



Frederick, appointment, term, and sketch of life 13 



Weather Bureau, establishment 24 



extension of work 27 



grounds and building, note on cost 29 



law for transfer to Department of Agriculture 45 



organization and duties 33 



savings by warnings 32 



reporting transferred to War Department 14 



service, suggestion liy Commissioner Newton 11 



Wetherill. C. M., appointment as chemist 10 



Wheat and corn, increase of production in several decades 30 



tests of varieties on experimental farm 11 



Willits. Edwin, appointment as Assistant Secretary 22 



Assistant Secretary, in charge of Columbian exhibit 27 



Wilson. .Tames, appointment as Secretary 28 



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