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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



SEED BUREAU. 



Tabulated staJement shotcing the quantify and kind of seeds issued from the Seed Bureau, 

 Agricultural Department, under the general appropriation act of Congress, from July 1, 

 1883, to June 30, 1884, inclusive. 



Description of seeds. 



Vegetables ... 

 Flowers 



Heibs 



Tobacco 



Tree 



Sunflower 



Opium poppy. 

 Pyre thrum . . . 



Field seeds : 



"Wheat 



Oats 



Cora 



Barley 



Buckwheat 



Potatoes 



Rye 



Sorghum 



Turnip 



Sugar beet 



Mangel-wurzel. . . 



Grass 



Clover 



Cow-pea 



A rtichoke 



Millet 



Pice 



Textile : 



Cotton 



Hemp 



Flax 



Jnte 



Pamio 



128 

 131 



21 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Senators 

 and 

 Members of 

 II. of & 



Packages. 



2, 033, 407 

 329, 135 



105, 451 

 465 

 220 



41, 862 



6, 621 

 19, 062 



4 

 391 



7, 619 



8, 576 

 347, 482 



2 



6, 662 

 897 



4, 441 



433 



St co^ CR 1 State corre- 

 spondents indents. 



Packages. 



131, 423 

 101, 760 



50 

 401 

 139 



19, 264 

 46 



32 

 12 

 62 

 4,162 



21, 122 

 78, 376 



850 

 22 

 18 



14 



Packages. 



40,670 

 29, 325 



1, 735 

 20 



486 



..... 



16 



18 



Miscel- 

 laneous ap- 

 plicants. 



Grand total. 



Packages. 



146, 035 

 103, 418 

 199 

 7, 084 

 1,056 

 345 

 36 

 228 



7, 678 

 3,210 

 1, 171 

 258 

 288 

 432 

 1 



4, 511 



100 



60 

 2,099 

 648 

 137 

 8 



445 

 84 



101 

 16 

 2 

 3 



Packages. 



2, 351, 535 

 563, 638 

 249 

 114, 671 

 1, 680 

 565 

 36 

 237 



C9, 290 

 9, 877 

 20, 2£6 

 274 

 749 

 12, 229 

 1 



34, 359 

 425, 858 

 106 

 62 

 8, 834 

 1,618 

 139 

 864 

 4,912 

 102 



566 

 16 

 ' 2 



Grand total... 



2, 912, 730 



357, 905 



72, 450 



279, 653 



3, 622, 738 



The following table exhibits in a condensed form the appropriations 

 made by Congress for this Department, the disbursements, and unex- 

 pended balance for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884 : 



Object of appropriation. 



Amount 

 appropriated. 



Amount 

 disbursed. 



Amount 

 unexpended. 



Salaries 



Collecting statistics 



Laboratory 



Purchase and distribution of seeds, <fcc 



Experimental garden v '. 



Museum 



Furniture, cases, and repairs 



Library 



Investigations as to insects, &c 



Investigating the diseases of swine 



Reclamation of arid and waste lands ... 



Report on forestry 



Postage 



Contingent expenses 



Improvement of grounds 



Building (greenhouse) 



$127, 640 00 



80, 000 00 

 *16,842 1 8 



75, 000 00 

 7, 500 00 

 1, 000 00 

 6, 000 00 



1, 500 00 

 20, 000 00 

 25,000 00 



*17, 656 13 

 10, 000 00 



4, 000 00 

 14, 000 00 



8,000 00 



2, -300 00 



$127, 639 87 



$0 13 



16, 829 26 

 74, 986 48 

 7. 4S6 Si 

 993 51 

 5, 998 82 

 1,439 86 

 19, 704 86 

 24. 011 85 

 16, 286 69 

 9, 998 30 

 3, 841 48 

 13, 991 43 

 7,962 67 

 2*, 500 00 



12 92 

 33 52 



13 79 

 6 49 

 1 18 



60 14 

 295 14 

 988 15 

 1, 309 24 

 1 70 

 158 52 

 8 57 

 37 33 



Including unexpended balance of appropriation for 1883. 



Very respectfully, 



GEO. B. LORISTG, 

 Commissioner of Agriculture. 



