DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 



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New bulletins contributed by the various bureaus, divisions, and offices during the year and 

 authorized to be 'printed, but not all issued during the year. 



Bureau. 



New bul- 

 letins. 



Number of 

 copies. 



Farmers' 

 Bulletins. 



Number 

 of copies. 



Bureau of Animal Industry. . 

 Bureau of Biological Survey . . 



Bureau of Chemistry 



Bureau of Entomology 



Office of Experiment Stations 



Forest Service 



Bureau of Plant Industry 



Office of Public Roads 



Bureau of Soils 



Bureau of Crop Estimates 



Office of Markets 



Total 



9 



7 



4 



40 



20 



13 



42 



7 



12 



2 



10 



166 



68. 000 



30, 000 



21,000 



140, 000 



133, 500 



127, 000 



371,000 



49, 000 



38, 000 



11,000 



155, 000 



1,143,500 



10 



4 



665,000 

 280,000 



19 

 4 

 1 



29 



680,000 



250,000 



45,000 



1,270,000 



1,935,000 

 100,000 



78 



5,225,000 



The following statement shows the total number of copies of aU 

 publications of the department issued during the last 26 years: 



Publications of all kinds iisued by the department, 1890-1915. 



COMMITTEE ON EXAMINATION OF MANUSCRIPTS. 



The committee on manuscripts met regularly twice a week during 

 the year, considered 798 new manuscripts, and made recommenda- 

 tions concerning them to the Secretary. Where the matters con- 

 cerned were of sufficient importance, conferences were held with the 

 representatives from the bureaus, -divisions, and offices, with the 

 result that better understandmg of the subject matter of the bulletins 

 was reached and more satisfactory pubUcation results were secured. 



FARMERS' BULLETINS. 



The Farmers' Bulletms continue to increase in popular favor. 

 Smce the series was established, 674 bulletins have been issued, of 

 which 77 new ones were issued during the year — the largest number 

 for any similar period. Of earlier Farmers' Bulletins 243 were 

 reprinted, of which 8,925,000 copies were issued, while 5,870,000 

 copies were printed of the new Farmers' Bulletms, making a total of 

 14,795,000 copies of Farmers' Bulletins prmted during the year. 



The plans made last year have been followed, and the bulletins 

 show an increasing improvement in brevity, clearness of statement, 

 and adaptation to restricted locality. 



