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NOTE.—Comprises the annual report of the Secretary for 1900, 31 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 of United States.
Agricultural products. Imports and exports of.
— — Average prices for.
Appropriations for Department, 1899-1901.
Beet-sugar industry in United States.
Birds, nestling, Food of; by S. D. Judd.
Citrus trees, Scale insect and mite enemies of; by C. L. Marlatt.
Commercial plant introduction; by J. G. Smith.
Cotton exchanges.
Crops, principal, and farm animals, statistics of.
Dairy cow. Scale of points for judging, regardless of breeds.
Dairy products at Paris Exposition of 1900; by H. E. Alvord.
Date palm and its culture; by W. T. Swingle.
Education, Agricultural, in France; by C. B. Smith.
Food preservatives, commercial, Composition of.
— Use and abuse of; by W. D. Bigelow.
Forest extension in middle West; by W. L. Hall.
Forestry, Practical, in southern Appalachians; by O. W. Price.
— Progress in, in 1900.
Free delivery of rural mails; by C. H. Greathouse.
Fruitgrowing, Progress in, in 1900.
Fruit industry, Influence of refrigeration on; by W. A. Taylor.
Fruits, Rules for naming and exhibiting.
Fungous diseases of forest trees; by Hermann von Schrenk.
Hot waves, conditions which produce them, and their effect on agriculture; by A. T. Burrows.
Injurious insects, Principal, of 1900.
Irrigation, Practical; by C. T. Johnston and J. D. Stannard.
Orchard, How birds affect; by F. E. L. Beal.
Organization of Department.
Pasture plants, Our native; by P. Lamson-Scribner.
Pear culture, Commercial; by M. B. Waite.
Plant diseases in United States in 1900.
Poisonous plants, Some, of northern stock ranges; by V. K. Chesnut
Potatoes, Value of, as food; by C. F. Langworthy.
Publications, issued Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1900.
— Notes regarding.
Rabies, its cause, frequency, and treatment; by D. E. Salmon.
Roads, macadam, Selection of materials for; by L. W. Page.
— Mountain; by J. W. Abbott.
Rye, Influence of, on price of wheat; by E. T. Peters.
Saunders, William; by [G. W. Hill].
Smyrna fig culture in United States; by L. O. Howard.
Soils, certain physical properties of, Objects and methods of investigating; by L. J. Briggs.
Sugar imports, Sources of.
Temperature, Extremes of, safe for perishable goods.
Tobacco, leaf, World's exhibit of, at Paris Exposition of 1900; by M. L. Floyd.
Transportation rates.
Trucking interests, Development of; by F. S. Earle.
Vegetables, Testing commercial varieties of; by W. W. Tracy, jr.
Weather and crop conditions, Review of, season of 1900.
Weather forecasts. Amplification of; by A. J. Henry.
Wheat growing, Successful, in semiarid districts; by M. A. Carleton.