BIOLOGICAL SURVEY BUREAU

Report of chief, [fiscal year] 1911; by Henry W. Henshaw. [Reprint] 1912. 20 p. [From Annual reports of Agriculture Dept. 1911.] †

CHEMISTRY BUREAU

Determination of citric acid; by David S. Pratt. Jan. 29, 1912. 7 p. (Circular 88.) *Paper, 5c.

Methods of analysis used in testing colors for certification. 210-225 p. il. [From Bulletin 147.] *Paper, 5c.

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Official and provisional methods of analysis, Association of Official Agricultural Chemists; edited by Harvey W. Wiley. Reprint Jan. 18, 1912. xxi+272 p. il. (Bulletin 107 revised.) *Paper, 20c.

Ágr 7-2096/3 Quantitative separation of mixtures of certain acid coal tar dyes; by W. E. Mathewson. Jan. 29, 1912. 7 p. (Circular 89.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 12-144

Studies on chicken fat: 1, Occurrence and permanence of lipase in fat of common fowl, Gallus domesticus, by M. E. Pennington and J. S. Hepburn; 2, Oxidation of chicken fat by means of hydrogen peroxid, by Joseph S. Hepburn. Sept. 18, 1911, reprint Jan. 26, 1912. 11 p. (Circular 75.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 11-1609/5 Two new pieces of chemical apparatus: 1, Apparatus for continuous extraction of liquids with immiscible solvents lighter than water, 2, Apparatus for quantitative reactions which depend on measurement of evolved gas; by R. F. Bacon and P. B. Dunbar. Sept. 22, 1911, reprint Jan. 22, 1912 [with corrections]. 4 p. il. (Circular 80.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 11-1610/5

ENTOMOLOGY BUREAU

Dying hickory trees, cause and remedy; by A. D. Hopkins. Jan. 29, 1912. ii+5 p. il. (Circular 144.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 12-150/2 Insect damage to standing timber in national parks; by A. D. Hopkins. Jan. 27, 1912. ii+10 p. (Circular 143.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 12-32 Miscellaneous papers: Some new California and Georgia Thysanoptera; by Paul R. Jones. Jan. 26, 1912. vi+24 p. 7 pl. (Technical series 23, pt. 1.) [This is supplemental to Technical series 21.] *Paper, 10c. Agr 12-149/2

Papers on deciduous fruit insects and insecticides: Contents and index. Jan. 5, 1912. [1]+xi+161-167 p. (Bulletin 80 [contents and index].) *Paper, 5c. Agr 12-252 Structure of certain dipterous larvæ with particular reference to those in human food [with bibliography]; by Nathan Banks. Jan. 10, 1912. 44 p. il. 8 pl. (Technical series 22.) *Paper, 10c. Agr 12-17/3

EXPERIMENT STATIONS OFFICE

Agricultural experiment stations. List of station publications received by office during Dec. 1911. Jan. 23, 1912. 7 p. ([Publication] 1429.) [Monthly.] † Ägr 9-1395/2 Agriculture. Report of committee on instruction in agriculture, 1911 [to Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 15-17, 1911]. Jan. 29, 1912. 19 p. (Circular 115.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 12-244

Back Swamp. Report upon Back Swamp and Jacob Swamp drainage district, Robeson County, N. C.; by Samuel H. McCrory, assisted by Carl W. Mengel. Jan. 27, 1912. 47 p. il. 2 pl. 3 maps. (Bulletin 246.) *Paper, 15c. Agr 12-243/3 Drainage. Special report on expenditures for drainage investigations [June 30, 1907-] June 30, 1911. Jan. 18, 1912. 9 p. (H. doc. 466.)

Effingham County, Ga. Drainage of wet lands of county; by F. G. Eason. Dec. 22, 1911. 24 p. il. map. (Circular 113.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 11-2391/2 Experiment station record, v. 25, no. 8; Dec. 1911. 1911. cover-title, viii+701-800 p. *Paper, $1.00 a vol. (6 nos., 2 abstracts, and an index). Agr 9-832/4

NOTE.-Mainly made up of abstracts of reports and publications on agricultural science which have recently appeared in all countries, especially the United States. Extra numbers, called abstract numbers, are issued quarterly, which are made up almost exclusively of abstracts, that is, they contain no editorial notes and only a limited number of current notes.

Same, v. 25, no. 9; abstract number. Jan. 10, 1912. cover-title, x+801900 p. il.

Experiment station work 67; Nov. 1911. Jan. 8, 1912. 24 p. il. (Agriculture Dept. Farmers' bulletin 479.) *Paper, 5c.

Agr 6-305/3 Farms. Syllabus of illustrated lecture on farm homes [with list of references]; by John Hamilton and George Nox McCain. Jan. 25, 1912. 25 p. (Farmers' institute lecture 12.) *Paper, 5c.

FOREST SERVICE

Forest planting in Northeastern and Lake States.
il. (Circular 195.) [Supersedes Circular 100.]

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Jan. 29, 1912. 15 p. *Paper, 5c.

Agr 12-147

January field program [and Service notes], 1912. Jan. 15, 1912. p. 6798, 16o [Quarterly.] Agr 9-1401

11 p. (CirAgr 12-23/3

Lumber and timber. Forest products laboratory series: Strength values for structural timbers [with list of Forest Service publications on mechanical and physical properties of wood]; by McGarvey Cline. Jan. 25, 1912. 8 p. (Circular 189.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 12-140/4 National forest manual: Claims, settlement, administrative sites. 1912. 56 p. il. [To take effect Feb. 1, 1912, and to constitute a part of the Use book.] *Paper, 10c. Agr 12-24 Pine. Influence of age and condition of tree upon seed production in western yellow pine; by G. A. Pearson. Jan. 13, 1912. cular 196.) *Paper, 5c. Report of forester, [fiscal year] 1911; by Henry S. Graves. 1912. 78 p. il. [From Annual reports of Agriculture Dept. 1911.] † Wood pavements. Forest products laboratory series: Progress report on wood-paving experiments in Minneapolis; by Francis M. Bond. Jan. 16, 1912. 19 p. il. (Circular 194.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 12-22/2 Woodsman's handbook; by Henry S. Graves and E. A. Ziegler. [2d] revised [edition]. Nov. 22, 1910, [reprint] 1911 [with corrections]. 208 p. il. 16° (Bulletin 36.) *Paper, 25c. Agr 11-4

LIBRARY

Monthly bulletin, Nov. 1911, v. 2, no. 11. Jan. 31, 1912. p. 297–337. *Paper, 5c. single copy, 50c. a yr. Agr 10-620/2

PLANT INDUSTRY BUREAU

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Corn. Improved method of artificial pollination in corn; by G. N. Collins and J. H. Kempton. Jan. 6, 1912. 7 p. il. (Circular 89.) *Paper, 5c. Cotton. Memorandum of information concerning official cotton grades; [by N. A. Cobb]. [1912.] 3p. ([Publication] 720.) *Paper, 5c.

Suggestions on growing Egyptian cotton in the Southwest; [by Carl S. Scofield]. Jan. 9, 1912. 10 p. ([Publication] 717.) *Paper, 5c. Diseases of plants. Plant-disease survey in vicinity of San Antonio, Tex. [with bibliography]; by Frederick D. Heald and Frederick A. Wolf. Jan. 24, 1912. 129 p. il. 19 pl. (Bulletin 226.) *Paper, 20c.

Agr 12-141/3 Essential oils. Wild volatile-oil plants and their economic importance: 1, Black sage, 2, Wild sage, 3, Swamp bay; by Frank Rabak. Jan. 30, 1912. 37 p. il. (Bulletin 235.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 12-249/5 Figs. Cooperative distribution of new Smyrna figs and caprifigs; [by Walter T. Swingle]. 2d revision. Jan. 22, 1912. 7 p. il. ([Publication] 537.) *Paper, 5c.

Peas. Absorption and excretion of salts by roots, as influenced by concentration and composition of culture solutions: 1, Concentration relations of dilute solutions of calcium and magnesium nitrates to pea roots; by Rodney H. True and Harley Harris Bartlett. Jan. 30, 1912. 36 p. il. I pl. (Bulletin 231.) *Paper, 10c. Agr 12-245 Seed distribution. Distribution of cotton seed in 1912; [by Leon M. Estabrook]. Jan. 11, 1912. 11 p. ([Publication] 716.) *Paper, 5c.

PUBLIC ROADS OFFICE

Mileage and cost of public roads in United States, [calendar year] 1909; by J. E. Pennybacker and Maurice O. Eldridge. Jan. 26, 1912. 120 p. (Bulletin 41.) *Paper, 10c.

Report of director, [fiscal year] 1911; by Logan Waller Page. [From Annual reports of Agriculture Dept. 1911.]` ̄†

PUBLICATIONS DIVISION

1911. 48 p.

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Farmers' bulletins [available for distribution]. Jan. 20, 1912. 4 p. ([Publication] 752.) †

Monthly list of publications [of Agriculture Department], Dec. 1911. Dec. 30, 1911. 4 p. ([Publication] 751.) † Agr 9-1414/2

Publications of Bureau of Chemistry. Edition of Jan. 10, 1912. [1912.] 6 p. (Circular 7.) †

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Publications of Department of Agriculture classified for use of teachers. Jan. 27, 1912. 36 p. (Circular 19.) [Prepared in cooperation with Experiment Stations Office.] *Paper, 5c.

(Circular

Publications, office of Secretary, office of Solicitor, and Division of Publications. Edition of Jan. 25, 1912. [1912.] 4 p. 9.) t

SOILS BUREAU

List of soil surveys. [1911.] 17 p. narrow 120 †

Reconnoissance soil survey of central Gulf Coast area of Texas; by William T. Carter, jr., and party. Dec. 20, 1911. 75 p. il. 8 pl. map. [From Field operations, 1910.] †

Soil survey of Cabarrus County, N. C.; by Risden T. Allen, E. W. Thornton, and Hubert Hill. Dec. 26, 1911. 47 p. il. map. [Prepared in cooperation with North Carolina Department of Agriculture. From Field operations, 1910.] †

Soil survey of Pike County, Ala.; by W. E. Tharp, W. L. Lett, and W. E. Wilkinson. Dec. 18, 1911. 67 p. il. map. [Prepared in cooperation with Alabama. From Field operations, 1910.] †

Soil survey of Washington County, Pa.; by F. S. Welsh, Floyd S. Bucher, and D. K. Sloan. Dec. 23, 1911. 34 p. il. map. [Prepared in cooperation with Pennsylvania State College, School of Agriculture and Experiment Station. From Field operations, 1910.] † Soils of eastern United States and their use: 27, Houston black clay; by Jay A. Bonsteel. Jan. 16, 1912. 14 p. (Circular 50.) *Paper, Agr 12-25/2 Same: 28, Susquehanna fine sandy loam; by Jay A. Bonsteel. Jan. 24, 1912. 11 p. (Circular 51.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 12-142/2

5c.

SOLICITOR OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and drugs act, decision of circuit court of appeals for 2d circuit, affirming judgment of conviction in prosecution arising under sec. 2 of food and drugs act of June 30, 1906. Jan. 8, 1912. 4 p. (Circular 57.) *Paper, 5c.

Twenty-eight hour law, decision of circuit court of appeals for 2d circuit, affirming decision of circuit court for western district of New York, in case involving violation of 28 hour law, act of June 29, 1906 [relating to confinement of live stock in cars]. Jan. 20, 1912. 4 p. (Circular 59.) *Paper, 5c.

STATISTICS BUREAU

Crop reporter, v. 13, no. 12, supplement; Dec. 1911. Jan. 5, 1912. p. 97-104, 4° [Monthly.] *Paper, 5c. single copy, 60c. a yr.

Agr 9-1417/3 Same, v. 14, no. 1; Jan. 1912. Jan. 18, 1912. p. 1-8, il. 4° [Monthly.] Foreign crops, Nov., Dec. 1911; by Charles M. Daugherty. Jan. 6, 1912. 16 p. (Circular 26.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 11-850/3 Seedtime and harvest: Cereals, flax, cotton, and tobacco, dates of planting and harvesting east of meridians 102-104, in United States; by James R. Covert. Jan. 12, 1912. 152 p. il. (Bulletin 85.) *Paper, Agr 12-26/4 Tobacco crop, 1911, by types and districts; by J. P. Killebrew. Jan. 17, 1912. 8 p. (Circular 27.) *Paper, 5c. Agr 12-27/2

25c.

WEATHER BUREAU

Climatological service, district 1, North Atlantic States, report for Nov. 1911; Wilford M. Wilson, district editor. 1912. 14 p. 2 p. of maps, 4o [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.] *Paper, 5c. single copy, 50c. a yr. for each district.

Same, district 2, South Atlantic and East Gulf States, report for Nov. 1911; Charles F. von Herrmann, district editor. 1912. 14 p. 2 p. of maps, 4° [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.]

Same, district 3, Ohio Valley, report for Nov. 1911; Ferdinand J. Walz, district editor. 1912. 14 p. 2 p. of maps, 4° [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.]

Same, district 4, Lake region, report for Nov. 1911; Henry J. Cox, district editor. 1912. 13 p. 2 p. of maps, 4° [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.]

Same, district 5, upper Mississippi Valley, report for Nov. 1911; George M. Chappel, district editor. 1912. 16 p. 2 p. of maps, 4o [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.]

Same, district 6, Missouri Valley, report for Nov. 1911; Montrose W. Hayes, district editor. 1912. 20 p. 2 p. of maps, 4° [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.]

Same, district 7, lower Mississippi Valley, report for Nov. 1911; Isaac M. Cline, district editor. 1912. 19 p. 2 p. of maps, 4° [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.]

Same, district 8, Texas and Rio Grande Valley, report for Nov. 1911; Bernard Bunnemeyer, district editor. 1912. 10 p. 2 p. of maps, 4° [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.]

Same, district 9, Colorado Valley, report for Nov. 1911; Frederick H. Brandenburg, district editor. 1912. 10 p. 2 p. of maps, 4° [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.]

Same, district 10, Great Basin, report for Nov. 1911; Alfred H. Thiessen, district editor. 1912. 8 p. 2 p. of maps, 4° [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.]

Same, district 11, California, report for Nov. 1911; Alexander G. McAdie, district editor. 1912. 12 p. 2 p. of maps, 4° [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.]

Same, district 12, Columbia Valley, report for Nov. 1911; Edward A. Beals, district editor. 1912. 15 p. 2 p. of maps, 4° [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.]

Freezes of Nov. 13 and 29, 30, 1911, in sugar, orange, and trucking region; by I. M. Cline. [1912.] 2 p. 4° [From Monthly weather review, Nov. 1911.] t

Meteorological chart of Great Lakes, Mar. 1912. [1912.] 17.9X26.1 in. [Monthly.] Agr 8-76/2

NOTE. Contains on reverse, Ice conditions and closing and opening of navigation on Great Lakes, winter of 1910-11; by Norman B. Conger, assisted by C. D. C. Thompson.

The meteorological charts of the north Atlantic, north Pacific, and Indian oceans, and the Great Lakes, monthly, and of the south Atlantic and south Pacific oceans, quarterly, are issued by the Weather Bureau for gratuitous distribution to cooperating shipmasters and others interested in ocean meteorology.

Meteorological chart of Indian Ocean, Mar. 1912. [1912.] 17.7×25.9 in. [Monthly.]

Meteorological chart of north Atlantic Ocean, Mar. 1912. [1912.] 17.8×26 in. [Monthly.]

NOTE.-Contains on reverse, North Atlantic Ocean, water surface temperatures, air temperatures, and currents for March.-North Pacific Ocean, water surface temperatures, air temperatures, and currents for March.

Meteorological chart of north Pacific Ocean, Mar. 1912. [1912.] 17.8×26 in. [Monthly.]

NOTE.-Contains on reverse, North Atlantic Ocean, water surface temperatures, air temperatures, and currents for March.-North Pacific Ocean, water surface temperatures, air temperatures, and currents for March.

Meteorological chart of south Atlantic Ocean, Mar.-May, 1912. [1912.] 17.7 26 in. [Quarterly.]

Meteorological chart of south Pacific Ocean, Mar.-May, 1912. [1912.] 17.7X26 in. [Quarterly.]