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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The following table gives the output of Farmers' Bulletins during 

 the last nine years, and the expenditure therefor : 



Output of Farmers' Bulletins and the cost for the fiscal years 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 



1912, 1913, 191-',, and 1915. 



The appropriation for Farmers' Bulletins for the year was not more 

 than $137,500 of the $500,000 appropriated to the department for 

 printing and bmdiug, the same as for the preceding year; therefore 

 the same quota of 12,500 was allotted to eacn Senator, Representative, 

 Delegate, and Resident Commissioner m Congress as for the previous 

 year. 



With the above appropriation 14,795,000 copies of Farmers' 

 Bulletins were provided, of which 7,402,000 were distributed upon the 

 orders of Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and Commissioners. 



The following table shows the output of Farmers' Bulletins during 

 the 26 years since the series was instituted, with the congressional 

 distribution for each year : 



Output of Farmers'' Bulletins during 26 years, with Congressional distribution. 



Year. 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 , 



Total 



New 

 bul- 

 letins 

 issued. 



33 

 42 

 26 

 34 

 45 

 48 

 44 

 42 

 55 

 77 



674 



Total 

 number 

 of copies 

 printed. 



6,568,000 



6,469,000 



6,574,500 



7,755,000 



9,337,500 



9,219,000 



10,409,000 



9,680,850 



14,960,000 



14,795,000 



137,855,850 



Copies 

 distributed 

 by Con- 

 gressmen. 



5,279,476 

 3, 484, 713 

 3,928,437 

 3,960,642 

 6,449,589 

 5,474,079 

 7,351,262 

 5,803,088 

 8,399,759 

 7,402,072 



86,170,089 



WORK OF WEATHER BUREAU. 



The priatuig division of the Weather Bureau has charge of the 

 printing, binding, and distribution of all Weather Bureau publica- 

 tions, and it furnishes and ships all blank forms, map-bases, charts, 

 letterheads, etc., used by the bureau at Washington and at its numer- 

 ous stations. It supervises the selection and purchase of all printing 

 presses and printing materials needed at Weather Bureau stations. 



The Weather Burea,u series of bulletins having been discontinued, 

 such professional papers as can not be incorporated in the regular 



