CONTENTS. V 



Report of the Secretary of Agriculture — Continued. 



Office of Public Road Inquiries — Continued. Page. 



Object-lesson roads c 



Road material laboratory ci 



Other practical work ci 



Division of Publications ci 



Growth of the publication work en 



Farmers' Bulletins en 



Relative cost of editorial work. cm 



The Yearbook cm 



Sale of Department publications civ 



Improvement of illustrations civ 



Need of enlarged quarters civ 



Section of Foreign Markets cv 



European markets cv 



Trade with dependencies cv 



Trade of Pacific ports cvi 



Library cvi 



Accessions to the Library _ cvi 



Catalogue cvi 



Demands upon the Library cvn 



Assistance to agricultural colleges and experiment stations cvn 



Need of more suitable accommodations cvn 



Division of Accounts and Disbursements cvm 



Biological Survey cvm 



Life zones and crop belts in Texas and California cvm 



Destruction of prairie dogs cix 



Some useful and noxious birds cix 



Work under the Lacey Act ex 



Interstate commerce in game ex 



Need of more liberal appropriations cxi 



Division of Statistics cxi 



Salaries inadequate cxm 



Departmental Reports 1 



Report of the chief of the Weather Bureau 3 



Report of the chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry 15 



Report of the chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry 1 . 43 



Report of the Chemist 95 



Report of the chief of the Division of Soils 113 



Report of the Entomologist 141 



Report of the acting chief of the Division of Biological Survey 151 



Report of the chief of the Section of Foreign Markets 163 



Report of the Librarian 171 



Report of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations 175 



Report of the Director of the Office of Public Road Inquiries 235 



Report of the chief of the Division of Accounts and Disbursements 253 



Report of the Editor, Division of Publications 271 



Report of the Forester 325 



Report of the Statistician 341 



