CONTENTS. 



Report of the Secretary of Agriculture ix 



New building needed ix 



Our duty to new possessions ix 



Summary x 



Weather Bureau xiv 



New ocean forecasts and international cooperation xiv 



The Galveston hurricane xv 



New forecast districts xv 



Improvement in forecasts xv 



Eecent extension of weather service xvi 



Climate and crop work xvi 



Forecasts to farmers by rural free delivery xvi 



Wireless telegraphy xvn 



The merit system and the discipline of the Weather Bureau xvn 



Bureau of Animal Industry xvni 



Animal exports x viii 



Inspection service for export animals xvni 



Inspection service for import animals xix 



Tuberculin test for imported cattle xx 



Meat inspection xx 



Control of indigenous diseases xx 



Pathological investigations xxn 



State restrictions on the interstate live-stock traffic xxn 



Bureau of Plant Industry xxiii 



Plant physiology and pathology xxiii 



Work on cotton diseases xxiii 



Diseases of orchard fruits xxiv 



Diseases of forest and construction timber xxiv 



Plant-breeding work xxv 



Nitrogen-gathering bacteria xxvi 



Botanical investigations and experiments xxvi 



New facts concerning Kentucky blue-grass seed xxvi 



Securing a stand of Bermuda grass from seed xxvn 



Superiority of American-grown clover seed xxvn 



A remedy for stock poisoning xxviii 



Studies of American fiber plants xxviii 



Tropical agriculture xxviii 



Grass and forage plant investigations xxix 



Range improvement xxx 



Grass gardens xxx 



Cooperative work with experiment stations xxxi 



Pomological investigations xxxi 



Extension of fruit markets xxxn 



Encouraging the prune industry of the Pacific coast xxxn 



Growing European grapes in the South xxxn 



Experimental gardens and grounds xxxn 



The Arlington farm xxxin 



Production of tea in the United States xxxin 



•^r Introduction of seeds and plants from foreign countries xxxiv 



Development of the rice industry xxxiv 



Macaroni wheats xxxv 



(J/ New forage crops xxxv 



" Hops and barley xxxvi 



UV American-grown Egyptian cotton xxxvi 



i American dates xxxvi 



9 Congressional seed distribution xxxvn 



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