distributed if the department had the money to print and mail them. At present it is not possible to send half the number of different bulletins requested by applicants, and it is necessary to select and send a few likely to be most useful. By this course the number available is believed to be most wisely as well as widely distributed. The following table shows the output of Farmers' Bulletins during the past five years and the expenditures therefor: Output of Farmers' Bulletins and the cost for the fiscal years 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1911. The following table shows the growth of Farmers' Bulletins during the past 22 years, together with the growth and extent of the congressional distribution: Growth of the Farmers' Bulletin series during 22 years, with congressional distribution. The following table shows the number, title, and the number of copies of each new Farmers' Bulletin issued during the year: New Farmers' Bulletins issued during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911. New Farmers' Bulletins issued during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911-Continued. 439 Anthrax, with Special Reference to Its Suppression. 440 Spraying Peaches for the Control of Brown-Rot, Scab, and Curculio. 441 Lespedeza, or Japan Clover. 442 The Treatment of Bee Diseases. 452 Capons and Caponizing.. 453 Danger of General Spread of the Gypsy and Brown-Tail Moths Through Imported 456 Our Grosbeaks and Their Value to Agriculture. Total (48 bulletins). Total number of copies. 85,000 30,000 30,000 25,000 50,000 45,000 45,000 30,000 40,000 30.000 50,000 20,000 20,000 35,000 40,000 40,000 30,000 90.000 15,000 30.000 30,000 30,000 45,000 15,000 30.000 20,000 90.000 20,000 30,000 30.000 20.000 64,000 75,000 30.000 30,000 50,000 20,000 2,054,000 THE YEARBOOK FOR 1910. The seventeenth volume of the Yearbook was issued May 10. It contained 28 articles, 49 full-page illustrations, 8 of which are colored, and 31 text figures in its 711 pages. The annual report of the Secretary, occupying the first 156 pages, supplemented by the statistical matter, found in the 211 pages of the Appendix, gives a more complete and comprehensive summary of agricultural conditions in the United States than can be found in any other single publication. The 320 pages devoted to the 28 articles contributed by members of the scientific corps of the department contain data upon many of the important questions now prominent in the public eye and equally vital to the country and city population both as producers and consumers of the agricultural products of the nation. The volume is distributed principally by Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, the department's quota being reserved for its volunteer correspondents. REVISED EDITIONS OF THE HORSE AND CATTLE BOOKS. Under joint resolutions of Congress, revised editions of the Special Report on Diseases of the Horse and the Special Report on Diseases of Cattle were authorized. The editions are limited to 100,000 copies each-70,000 for the use of the House and 30,000 for the use of the Senate. The Horse Book is now in press and will doubtless be issued at an early date. The revised copy for the Cattle Book has not yet been submitted. The department will receive no quota of these reports, and therefore will have none for distribution. NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS ISSUED DURING THE PAST 21 YEARS. The following statement shows the total number of copies of all publications of the department issued during the last 22 years, aggregating the enormous total of 223,572,467 copies: Publications of all kinds issued by the department, 1890-1911. SALE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLICATIONS. The Superintendent of Documents of the Government Printing Office sold 183,577 copies of this department's publications during the fiscal year, exceeding the sales of the previous year by 36,250, although the cash received by him was only $258.99 more than was reported during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910. While the publications sold ranged from small circulars to bound volumes of 1,300 pages, the large increase in the number of copies sold and the small excess of last year's receipts over the previous year's indicate that the demand for the small popular pamphlets prepared for the use of the general reader has greatly increased, and at the expense of the larger and more technical Bulletins and reports. The average price per document was about 11 cents, a decrease of 14 cents. It is rather remarkable that 68,320 copies of Farmers' Bulletins were sold by the Superintendent of Documents at 5 cents each, when millions were distributed free by the department and Senators and Representatives in Congress. The increase in the sales of the department's publications within recent years is shown in the following table: Sales of agricultural publications by the Superintendent of Documents during the fiscal It will be observed that the number of copies sold during this fiscal year was about 385 per cent of the number sold in 1906. AUTHORITY TO REPRINT. Under the operation of a provision of the law, the Superintendent of Documents can reprint and sell any publication, so long as there is a demand for it, without any expense to the department, thus enabling his office to operate on a strictly business basis, paying for the reprints out of receipts from previous sales, and making no drafts on the department's printing fund. Under this law applicants desiring or needing publications of the department can secure the same when the department's limited editions are exhausted and it is not possible for it to order additional copies. In 1906 the Superintendent of Documents reprinted 43 publications of this department, the total number of copies issued being slightly over 10,000. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, he reprinted 663 different publications, issuing a total of 170,325 copies, an increase in five years of 1,700 per cent. Classes of agricultural publications reissued by the Superintendent of Documents during the fiscal year 1910-11. The following table shows the agricultural publications reissued by the Superintendent of Documents, classified according to the main branch of the department which originally contributed them: Agricultural publications reissued by the Superintendent of Documents during the fiscal year 1911, classified according to the bureau or office originally contributing them. Under the law of January 12, 1895, all remittances for publications should be forwarded to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office. By instructions conspicuously printed at the head of the Monthly List of Publications correspondents are advised to apply to that official when they desire to obtain any publications after they have been advised that the department's supply is exhausted. Notwithstanding every effort to prevent it, money in payment for publications continues to come to this division, the amount received during the fiscal year being $1,797.87, an increase of $527.60, all of which was forwarded to the Superintendent of Documents by registered mail. A careful record of all amounts so received and forwarded was kept in the division. DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS. Several orders affecting the work of the division were issued during the year. The first, relating to reading the Congressional Record and the distribution of copies of bills and resolutions under discussion in Congress affecting the work of the department, is contained in the following letter: Mr. Jos. A. ARNOLD, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, D. C., December 5, 1910. Editor and Chief, Division of Publications. DEAR MR. ARNOLD: The special duty of reading the Congressional Record for the purpose of enabling the Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and Chief of the Division of Accounts to refer readily to the subjects that may be under discussion in Congress affecting the work of the department is hereby assigned to your supervision, likewise the receipt and distribution of the bills and resolutions which, under the law, are furnished to the department. You will also be charged with procuring additional copies of bills, resolutions, and reports thereon when necessary, and you are particularly enjoined to restrict such number to the actual requirements, bringing to my attention any requests that you may receive from any bureau, division, or office for a number which, in your judgment, seems excessive. The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, under whose direction these duties have heretofore been performed, has already been advised of the transfer of the same to you. Very respectfully, This work has been performed in the index section and, owing to the extra session of Congress, has been more onerous than usual. STYLE OF PUBLICATIONS. The second in the matter of time, relating to the new Style Book of the Government Printing Office, appears in the following letter addressed to the chiefs of bureaus, divisions, and offices: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, D. C., February 15, 1911. CHIEFS OF BUREAUS, DIVISIONS, AND OFFICES: The department has received copies of the new Style Book of the Government Printing Office, containing instructions in regard to the form, size, style, composition, orthography, etc., to be followed in the publications of the Government. This manual is based upon the usage of the leading publishing houses and the preferences of the executive departments, and is designed to secure uniformity and economy in the publication work of the Government. It is my desire that this Style Book be followed in all printing for this department, and I have so instructed the Editor and Chief of the Division of Publications, to whom all details of the publication work are intrusted. Very respectfully, (Signed) JAMES WILSON, Secretary. The carrying out of this order devolved upon the editorial section, and has resulted in a somewhat more uniform style in the various publications of the department, although there is still a sufficient amount of variety allowed to avoid a too rigid conformity to any one style and to permit an accommodation to the needs of the bureaus, as reflected in the illustrations and the style formerly followed in an established series of bulletins. |