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institutions, bat I believe that this laboi i* smply 
I pletc .in.l a. i urate -t:i! 
institutions. My experience leads me i«» believe that th< re is :> wide 
demand for such information, [a the difficult) of making ctory 
Itural department a^ dieting >m other It. up I 
it I believe that as far ns this can be done, with some deflnitem 
. sbout to send <»ut our oironlars for snnnal it and I 
would urge their careful attention and prompl return. I would be glad tore* 
yarding particular inquiries whiob ought to l».- made. As it in 
intended to include in the snnnal report this year some historical statements regard- 
ing tfa - and Btations, s few inquiries along this Line will !><• made in our 
statistical circulars. 
The card index of station literature has steadilj progressed during the year. The 
office still bason lunula considerable number of sets which may be purchased by 
Indn iduals or institutions, and members of this convention maj render s set \ h ■»• by 
helping to place these sets where they will <lo the most good. 
As uiau\ of you know, the office luis undertaken an index of articles by station 
workers, and all station workers who have not so far contributed to this index are 
ested to do so, that it may be made as complete as possible. Card 
indexes of other literatun cultural soience are being prepared in the office. 
When eoU< tion men are writing up any subject relating to agricultural 
e offl e will be glad, to render them assistance by furnishing them lists of 
spondence in this direction will at ieasl help 
tlu-o:; graphics which it should compile. 
The oih. . i a portion of its time in preparing bulletins for the series of Farm- 
Department of Agriculture. While it <lo»-s nol confine it- 
• oinj.iiati work of the American stations, yet it refers to their work so 
■ ill let ins that this constitutes an important means of disseminat- 
ing the results of statioi bhe farmers of the country. A good many persons 
to think that tlu- Farmers' Bulletins all emanate from this office, perhaps from 
ce begun the series which was afterwards adopted i»\ the I '< pai t- 
lunit. Ti ly lor those bulletins which contain the letter of 
ar, 
■ :i the investigations at Rothamsted, England, for the past fifty 
: by >ir Henry Gilbert, have beeu transmitted by 
him to tion and transferred through your executive committee to the 
it for publication. It will be i a bulletin of the 01 cperi- 
:.'l after careful examination of the manuscript, I nm prepared b 
that they will constitute an exceedingly interesting and important contribution to 
I i [cultural i 
The offi< • god in the preparation of a bulletin on cotton culture. 
red with the aid of experts in the e. We aim to 
:r knowledge regarding this plant and what further expert- 
- ami investigations '< «1 to promote the interests o >t t f m 
• ry . 
• n tii'- 1 lepai tin. nt >ns on the 
nutri: of human foods. I this w«uk ! 
In 
appropriation tli d a bulletin eontaii 
ii.-. it . 
••• make 
■ 
supplj ami consumption, to 
mod, and especially 
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