. A|>|>i>n«li\ 



(14) 42(1 Cong., 3(1 sess., H. ox. doc. 34: serial miiiiher lo(i5. 



Letter from C"oininJs?i(iner of A<j;ricnltnre, transmitting list of articles pur- 

 chased and disposed of bv his department since invent<jrv made December 1, 

 1871. December 10, 1872. 2 pp. 



(15) 42d Cong., 2d sess., H. ex. doc. 17; serial luimlter 1509. 



Letter from Commissioner of Agriculture relative to inventory and accounts 

 of property of IT. S. in public buildings and gnjunds. Decemlx-r 1 1 . 1S71 . 2 ](i). 



(16) 42d Cong., 2d sess., S. mis. doc. 144; serial number 1482. 



Letter from Commissioner of Agriculture, communicating, in compliance 

 with resolution, statement of statistics of wools and woolens, showing impt^rta- 

 tiou and domestic production thereof. April 24, 1872. (3 pp. 



(17) 44th Cong., 1st sess., S. mis. doc. 75; serial number 1665. 



Letter from Commissioner of Agriculture, transmitting, in answer to resolu- 

 tion, information in relation to soil and climate adapted to growth of sea-islanil 

 cotton. March 10, 1876. 3 pp. 



(18) 44th Cong., 1st sess., S. mis. doc. 75, pt. 2; serial number 1665. 



Letter from Connnissioner of Agriculture, communicating, in answer to reso- 

 lution, additional information in relation to culti\'ation of sea-island cotton. 

 March 20, 1876. 2 pp. 



(19) 45th Cong., 2d sess., H. ex. doc. 24; serial number 1802. 



Message from President of United States, transmitting special report upon 

 subject of forestry by Commissioner of Agriculture. December 14, 1877. 3 i)p. 

 (A short review of "Report on Forestry, by Franklin B. Hough." ) 



(20) 45th Cong., 2d sess., S. ex. doc. 35; serial number 1780. 



INIessage from President of the United States, communicating, in answer to 

 resolution, information in relation to disease jjrevailing among swine and other 

 domestic animals. February 28, 1878. 149 pp. 



(21) 45th Cong., 3d sess., S. mis. doc. 71; serial number 1833. 



Letter from Commissioner of Agriculture to Chairman Committee on Agri- 

 culture, communicating information on su])ject of pleuro-pneumonia am(»ng 

 cattle. February 15, 1879. 22 pp. 



(Consists of jnany letters from men interestecl, history of disease and pre- 

 ventive measures adopted here and abroad.) 



(22) 47th Cong., 1st sess., H. mis. doc. 30; serial num))er 2046. 



Communication from Commissioner of Agriculture relative to establishment 

 of "Experiment Station" in District of Colundna. February 1, 1882. 6 i)p. 



(Letters showing advantages to foreign countries of experiment stations and 

 our need for them. ) 



(23) 47th Cong., 1st sess., II. mis. doc. .39; serial numl)er 2046. 



Letter from Commissioner of Agriculture, in resi)onse to resolution, relative 

 to growth of cinchona in United States. May 17, 1882. 3 pp. 



(24) 47th Cong., 2d sess., S. mis. doc. 51; serial number 2083. 



Investigation of scientific; and economic relations of sorghum-sugar industry, 

 by Conunittee of National .Academy of Sciences. November, 1882. Washing- 

 ton, Government Printing Otfice, 1883. 152 jip. 



(Contains: Report ot conunittee; C(inclusion and summary; and apix'uded 

 papers: Socallecl Chinese sugar cane, by S. Wells Williams; Sorghum, by 

 Louis Vilmorin; Sorghum, by Leonard Wray; Sorghum and some conclusions 

 as to value as source of sugar, by Peter ("oilier; Stati.-tics of sorghum, liy J. R. 

 Dodge; Sorghum sugar cane; Ilio (irande Sugar Co., New Jersey; Champaign 

 Sugar and Glucose Mfg. Co., Cliampaign, III.; I'.xpcrinieiits in amber cane at 

 Madison, Wisconsin; Experiments with sorglnun canes, by Magnus Swcnson; 

 Varieties of cane grown for exj)eriments, by W. A. Henry; Mamifacture of 

 sugar, siru]), and glucose from sorghum, by Henry H. Weber and Melville A. 

 Scovell; Letters; and r.il>liography. ) 



(25) 48th Cong., 1st sess., S. ex. doc. 137; serial number 2167. 



Letter from Commissioner of Agriciltnre. transmitting, in answer to resolu- 

 tion, statement of amount of certain grains produced in I'liited States during 

 certain periods, and their disposition. March 25, 1884. 12 pp. 



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