Bound volumes; contain daily proceedings of Congress. If the daily edition is procurable it ought to be filed with the daily newspapers. An index is issued every two weeks, and, with the bound volume, one for the entire session. Obtainable through the local Congressman. Census Bureau. Reports and bulletins. Cotton ginning reports. Contain comparative tables of the amount of cotton ginned from the crops grown. Forest products. This publication shows statistics on lumber and timber products. Tobacco reports. Special reports. Complete statistical reports on subjects of great importance. The abstract of the census is an exceedingly useful reference manual supplementing the annual statistical abstract. Statistical abstract of the United States. A comprehensive manual of general information issued annually. Advance edition in paper binding available through Congressman. Civil Service Commission. Reports. Administrative and statistical, with discussion of public questions coming within the scope of the Commission. Commissioner of Education. Reports and bulletins. Embody the results of the Commissioner’s investigations and labors, with statistics and special articles, and recommendations which will promote the purpose for which the office was established. While chiefly devoted to the educational system of the United States, there are papers on important educational movements in other countries. The bulletins include the annual bibliography of Education. Department of Agriculture. Yearbook. A most interesting and valuable compend of scientific knowledge, practically applied to agricultural life. It contains also much statistical information of use to farmers and others. It has been issued annually, beginning with 1894, and has become very widely known. Farmers’ bulletins and bulletins of the Weather Bureau, Forestry, Plant Industry, Chemistry, Entomology, etc. The Farmers’ bulletins give brief popular articles in simple concise language on a great variety of topics. Over six and a half million copies of these bulletins are issued annually. Commissioner of Labor. Reports and bulletins. Give information as to labor and economic problems at home and abroad. To be had free of charge upon application. Library of Congress. Select list of references on various subjects. General publications. Smithsonian Institution. National Museum. Reports. Annual. Administrative report on the progress and condition of the Museum. The Congressional edition bears the same document number as the Smithsonian report, though the law calls for separate publication. The earlier volumes contained a number of articles on American archaeology, but the general appendix of scientific papers has not been printed since 1904.