400 ANNUAL KEPOETS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



in order to check by comparison the accuracy and uniformity of the 

 present standards. 



About 200 sets of the old permissive standards have been returned 

 to the department since the new standards were promulgated. These 

 permissive standards have been examined in connection with the 

 length of service of each set, with a •\iew to gaining a more definite 

 idea as to the length of time that a set of standards in use may be 

 expected to represent truly the original standards. 



This work has been under the immediate supervision of the chief, 

 assisted by Messrs. Fred Taylor, D. E. Earle, D. C. Griffith, William 

 S. Dean, J. G. Martin, O. J. McConnell, H. B. Parker, W. C. Neal, 

 Hal Brown, H. C. Slade, R. L, Francis, R. L, Crittenden, L. W. 

 Kellner, T. C. Adams, J. J. W. Cooper, R. L. Kause, H, B. Richard- 

 son, C. E. Coburn, C. E. Killingsworth, R. V. Hellams, B. M. Botto, 

 M. L. Rice, C. E. Atkinson, G. H. Anderson, and S. W. Shear. 



DEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION. 



The nature of the work of the Office of Market and Rural Organi- 

 zation makes cooperation with the other units of the department im- 

 perative. Incidental mention has been made of such cooperation, 

 but it is desired here to make more specific acknowledgment of affili- 

 ation with the Bureau of Animal Industry in work on the transport- 

 ing and marketing of live stock, in cooperative organization, parcel 

 post, and other lines of work ; with the Dairy Division of that bureau 

 in the investigations relating to the marketing of dairy products; 

 with the Bureau of Plant Industry in cotton, grades and standards, 

 transportation, storage, and grain work; with the Bureau of Crop 

 Estimates in many lines, including market surveys; with the States 

 Relations Service in all extension work ; with the Bureau of Chemis- 

 try in certain work now under way and in other lines under contem- 

 plation ; and with the Office of the Solicitor, which has been of great 

 assistance to this office in compiling and digesting many State and 

 National laws, in rendering decisions and in giving legal advice on 

 many questions. 



