278 ANNUAL REPORTS OP DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



constituents, and the special articles published therein frequently 

 were lost sight of and failed to secure the direct attention of larmers 

 that the circular series or the Weekly News Letter would give them. 

 The separation of the Crop Report from other material not directly- 

 pertaining thereto will enable the department to publish the details 

 of the crop report more promptly, effect certain economies, and make 

 possible a more direct cn-culation of both classes of material. 



SPECIAL INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS. 



Among the special inquiries and investigations which the Bureau 

 of Crop Estimates carried on during the fiscal year 1915, in addition 

 to its regular crop reports, are the following: 



For the committee appointed by the Secretary to study the economics of the meat 

 situation, statistical material from various domestic and foreign reports covering the 

 number of meat animals, production, distribution, and consumption of meat and 

 meat products, and production of feeding stuffs in all the principal meat producing 

 and consuming countries of the world. 



Compilation of special data relating to production, supply, consumption, exports, 

 imports, and prices of farm products for the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of 

 Agriculttu-e. 



Percentage of apple shipments in carload lots; Agricultural Outlook for August, 



1914 (Farmers' Bulletin 615), p. 14. 



Diu"um wheat exports; Agricultural Outlook for August, 1914 (Farmers' Bulletin 

 615), p. 15. 



Supply of cattle hides; Agricultural Outlook for August, 1914 (Farmers' Bulletin 

 615), p. 17. 



Honey production; Agricultural Outlook for September, 1914 (Farmers' Bulletin 

 620), p. 6. 



Wheat crop of 1913-14, wheat supplies and requirements, and "world" wheat crop 

 in 1914; Agricultural Outlook for October, 1914 (Farmers' Bulletin 629), pp. 4-7. 



Disposition of feed crops; Agricultural Outlook for October, 1914 (Farmers' Bulle- 

 tin 629), p. 7. 



Hop consumption; Agricultural Outlook for November, 1914 (Farmers' Bulletin 

 641), p. 6. 



The world's wheat; Agricultural Outlook for November, 1914 (Farmers' Bulletin 

 641), p. 7. 



Cost of producing cotton; Agricultural Outlook for November, 1914 (Farmers' Bul- 

 letin 641), p. 12. 



Relative production of apple varieties; Agricultural Outlook for November, 1914 

 (Farmers' Bulletin 641), p. 16. 



Food production and requirements of various countries; Agricultiu-al Outlook for 

 November, 1914 (Farmers' Bulletin 641), p. 20. 



Onion and cabbage estimates; Agricultural Outlook for December, 1914 (Farmers' 

 Bulletin 645), p. 11. 



Purchasing power of farmers; Agricultural Outlook for December, 1914 (Farmers' 

 Bulletin 645), p. 18. 



Stocks of potatoes, January 1, 1915; Agricultural Outlook for February, 1915 (Farm- 

 ers' Bulletin 651), p. 5. 



Fall seedings in the cotton States, showing increase in the acreage of fall-sown 

 wheat and fall-sown oats; Agricultural Outlook for February, 1915 (Farmers' Bulle- 

 tin 651), p. 7. 



Production of upland long-staple cotton; Agricultural Outlook for February, 1915 

 (Farmers' Bulletin 651), p. 12. 



Spring wheat production, by varieties; Agricultural Outlook for March, 1915 (Farm- 

 ers' Bulletin 665), p. 4. 



Stocks of wool in manufacturers' hands; Agricultural Outlook for March, 1915 

 (Farmers' Bulletin 665), p. 7. 



Time of transit to England through Panama Canal; Agricultural Outlook for March, 



1915 (Farmers'. Bulletin 665), p. 7. 



The sugar supply; Agricultural Outlook for April, 1915 (Farmers' Bulletin 672), 

 p. 5. 



The world wheat acreage in 1915; Agricultural Outlook for April, 1915 (Farmers' 

 Bulletin 672), p. 7. 



