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NOTE.—Comprises the annual report of the Secretary for 1899, 26 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 and other institutions having courses in agriculture.
Agricultural experiment stations in United States; by A. C. True.
— statistics.
Agricultural products, Imports and exports of.
— — Average prices for.
Agriculture, Progress of, in United States; by G. K. Holmes.
Agrostology, economic and scientific, Progress of; by Frank Lamson-Scribner.
Animal diseases, Some examples of development of knowledge concerning; by D. E. Salmon.
Animal industry, Administrative work of Federal Government in relation to; by G. F. Thompson.
Appropriations for Department, 1898-1900.
Breeder, Work of, in improving live stock; by John Clay, jr.
Chemistry, agricultural, Progress in, in 1899.
— Relation of, to progress of agriculture; by H. W. Wiley.
Commercial news, Boards of trade that publish.
Cotton exchanges.
Crops, principal, and farm animals, Statistics of.
Dairy development in United States; by H. E. Alvord.
Dairy products. State standards for, 1900.
[Directory for farmers, containing lists of State officials in charge of agriculture, dairy officials, breeders' associations, State veterinarians, etc., etc.]
Education, Agricultural, in United States; by A. C. True.
Entomology, economic, Progress in, in United States; by L. O. Howard.
Forage, Succulent, for farm and dairy; by T. A. Williams.
Forestry, Practice of, by private owners; by H. S. Graves.
— Progress in, during 1899.
— Progress of, in United States; by Gifford Pinchot.
Fruit growing, Progress in, in 1899.
Insects, Principal injurious, of 1899.
Irrigation, Rise and future of, in United States; by Elwood Mead.
Libraries, agricultural, Development of; by C. H. Greathouse.
— — of United States.
Meteorologist, Work of, for benefit of agriculture, commerce, and navigation; by F. H. Bigelow.
Nutrition investigations of Department, Development of; by A. C. True and R. D. Milner.
Organization of Department.
Ornithology, economic, in United States, Review of; by T. S. Palmer.
Plant breeding, Progress of, in United States; by H. J. Webber and E. A. Bessey.
Plant diseases in United States in 1899.
— Progress in treatment of, in United States; by B. T. Galloway.
Plants under glass, Progress of commercial growing of; by B. T. Galloway.
Publications, issued Jan.-Dec. 1899.
— Notes regarding.
Road building, Progress of, in United States; by M. O. Eldridge.
— Recent progress in.
Seed selling, seed growing, and seed testing; by A. J. Pieters.
Soil investigations in United States; by Milton Whitney.
Sugar statistics.
Tobacco industry, Growth of; by Milton Whitney and M. L. Floyd.
Transportation, Development of, in United States; by Angus Sinclair.
Transportation rates.
Weather and crop conditions, season of 1899, Review of.