NOTE.—Comprises the annual report of the Secretary for 1898, 36 papers on agricultural topics, and an appendix of statistical and other information. The papers and the principal matters in the appendix are as follows:
Agricultural colleges, American, Some types of: by A. C. True.
Agricultural colleges and other institutions having courses in agriculture.
Agricultural experiment stations, statistics.
Agricultural products, Imports and exports of.
— — Average prices for.
Alaska, Agricultural experiments in; by C. C. Georgeson.
Animals, domestic, Determination of age by teeth in.
Animals and birds, noxious, Danger of introducing; by T. S. Palmer.
Appropriations for Department, 1897-99.
Beans and peas, Insects injurious to; by F. H. Chittenden.
Beet-sugar manufacture, Utilization of residues from, in cattle feeding; by G. L. Spencer.
Cattle dipping, experimental and practical; by V. A. Nörgaard.
Coin and currency of United States.
Crops, principal, and farm animals, Statistics of.
Cuba, its population and resources.
Cyclones, hurricanes, and tornadoes; by F. H. Bigelow.
Dairy products, Legal standards for.
Dietary studies, Some results of; toy A. P. Bryant.
[Directory for farmers. See above.]
English farms and farmers, some, Notes on; by G. W. Hill.
Forage plants for cultivation on alkali soils; by J. G. Smith.
Forest problems, some, Notes on; by Gifford Pinchot.
Forestry Division, Work of, for farmer; by Gifford Pinchot.
Fruits, pomaceous, Pollination of; by M. B. Waite.
— Utilizing surplus; by G. B. Brackett.
Goats, Keeping, for profit; by Almont Barnes.
Grape culture, Present condition of, in California; by George Husmann.
Grass seed and its impurities; by G. H. Hicks.
Hawaiian Islands; by Walter Maxwell.
Hay, Reckoning amount and value of.
Insecticides, Preparation and use of.
Insects, injurious, Methods of controlling.
Kites, Use of, in exploration of upper air; by C. F. Marvin.
Legal holidays. Millets; by T. A. Williams.
Millets and other forage plants, Composition of.
Organization of Department.
Perfumery fanning succeed in United States, Can? by E. S. Steele.
Philippine Islands, Brief account of.
Plant diseases in United States in 1898.
Plants, Improvement of, by selection; by H. J. Webber.
Postal regulations.
Pruning of trees and other plants; by William Saunders.
Public domain of United States; by Max West.
Publications, issued Jan.-Dec. 1898.
— Notes regarding. Puerto Rico, Agriculture in; by Roy Stone.
Roads, good country, Construction of; by M. 0. Eldridge.
— Steel-track wagon; by Martin Dodge.
Sand-binding grasses; by F. Lamson-Scribner.
Soil moisture in 1898, Notes on.
Soils, Movement and retention of water in: by L. J. Briggs.
— Soluble mineral matter of; by T. H. Means.
Sugar statistics.
Tea, coffee, and liquors, consumption per capita.
Tobacco plant, Principal insects affecting; by L. O. Howard.
Transportation rates.
Trees, Rates of growth of.
— standing, Measurement of.
Tuberculin, Preparation and use of; by E. A. de Schweinitz.
Vegetable physiology and pathology, Work in; by A. F. Woods.
Weather and crop conditions, season of 1898, Review of.
Weather Bureau, New work in; by W. L. Moore.
Weather Bureau signals.
Weed destroyers, Birds as; by S. D. Judd.
Weeds in cities and towns: by L. H. Dewey.