EEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 17 



No. copies 

 printed. 



No. 8. Report of acreage of spring grain and cotton, the condition of winter 

 wheat, and European grain prospects, with freight rates of 



transportation companies. June, 1884,40 pp., octavo 11,000 



No. 9. Report on the area of corn, potatoes, and tobacco, and the condition 

 of growing crops, and on rates of transportation. July, 1884, 60 



pp., octavo 12, 000 



No. 10. Report on the condition of growing crops and on rates of transporta- 

 tion. August, 1884, 36 pp., octavo 13, 000 



No. 11. Report on condition of crops, on wheat in India, and on freight rates 



of transportation companies. September, 1884, 88 pp., octavo.. 13,000 



No. 12. Report on condition of crops, yield of grain per acre, and on freight 



rates of transportation companies. October, 1884, 44 pp., octavo. 13,000 



ENTOMOLOGICAL BUREAU. 



Bulletin No. 4. — Reports of observations and experiments in the practical 

 work of the division, made under the direction of the Entomologist, to- 

 gether with extracts from correspondence on miscellaneous insects. Jan- 

 uary, 1884, 102 pp., octavo 3,000 



CHEMICAL BUREAU. 



Bulletin No. 2. — Diffusion — its application to sugar-cane, and record of ex- 

 periments with sorghum in 1883. By H. W. Wiley, Chemist. January, 

 1884, 36 pp., octavo 5, 000 



Bulletin No. 3. — The Northern sugar-cane industry. A record of its progress 

 during the season of 1883. By H. W. Wiley, Chemist. April, 1834, 120 

 pp., octavo. Accompanied by isothermal charts 3, 000 



Bulletin No. 4. — An investigation of the composition of American wheat and 

 com. Second report. By Clifford Richardson, Assistant Chemist. Sep- 

 tember, 1884, 98 pp., octavo 2, 500 



BOTANICAL AND CHEMICAL BUREAUX. 



The Agricultural Grasses of the United States. By Dr. George Vasey, Bot- 

 anist of the Department of Agriculture. Also, the chemical composition 

 of American grasses. By Clifford Richardson, Assistant Chemist. July, 

 144 pp., octavo, accompanied by 120 full-page engravings of American 

 grasses 3, 0C0 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Proceedings of a Notional Convention of Cattle Breeders, and others, called , 

 in Chicago, 111., November 15 and 16, 1883, by Hon. George B. Loring, 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, to consider the siibject of contagious dis- 

 sease of domestic animals. 86 pp., octavo 5, 000 



Special Report No. 3. — Mississippi : its climate, soil, productions, and agri- 

 cultural capabilities. By A. B. Hurt, special agent. 80 pp., octavo 10,000 



Special Report No. 4. — The climate, soil, physical resources, and agricultural 

 capabilities of the State of Maine, with special reference to the occupa- 

 tion of its new lands. By Samuel L. Boardman, State agent of Maine 

 for the Department of Agriculture. 60 pp., octavo 6, 000 



Special Report No. 5. — The proper value and management of timber lands, 

 and the distribution of North American forest trees, being papers read 

 at the United States Department of Agriculture, May 7 and 8, 1884. 48 



pp., octavo 10, 000 



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