REPORT OF THE EDITOR. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Publications, 

 Washington, D. C, September 30, 1915. 

 Sir : I have the honor to submit herewith the report of the opera- 

 tions of the Division of Pubhcations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1915. 



Respectfully, 



Jos. a. Arnold, 



Editor and Chief. 

 Hon. D. F. Houston, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



SUMMARY. 



During the year 913 new bulletins, pamphlets, circulars, reports, 

 and documents of all kinds were issued, the printed copies aggregating 

 26,496,661. There were issued through the Division of Publications 

 822 new documents, and 91 were issued tlirough the Weather Bureau. 



The total output of documents of all kinds, new and reprints of 

 earher issues, aggregated 36,075,561 copies, of which 9,578,900 were 

 reprints. The new miscellaneous publications contributed by the 

 various bureaus, divisions, and offices numbered 836, of which 

 20,626,661 copies were printed. There were 77 new Farmers' Bulle- 

 tins, of which there were printed 5,870,000 copies, while reprints 

 were ordered of 243 Farmers' Bulletins, ag^egating 8,925,000 copies. 

 The total number of copies of Farmers' Biilletins of all kinds printed 

 during the year was 14,795,000. Of the miscellaneous pubhcations 

 653,900 copies were reprinted of 153 different pamphlets. The 

 output of administrative manuals, orders, blank books, circulars, 

 separates, etc., exclusive of pubUcation work proper, aggregated 

 over 53,000,000 copies. 



WORK OF THE YEAR. 



The act of August 1, 1914, making appropriations for sundry civil 

 expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, 

 and for other purposes, appropriated $500,000 for the printing and 

 binding for the tlnited States Department of Agriculture. This 

 amount is appropriated to the Pubfic Printer, who is authorized to 

 execute orders for printing and binding to the Hmit of the amount 

 appropriated. The requisitions for printing and binding are, by 

 authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, issued by this division, 

 which has general supervision of the printing and binding and the 

 administration of the fimd, except for the Weather Bureau. 



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