REPORT OF THE EDITOR, DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Publications, 



Washington, D. C, September 25, 1900. 



Sir: I liave the hoijoi- lo submit herewith, for youi- information and 

 consideration, a rei3orL on the worlv of this Division for tlie fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1900; also recommendations in i-egard to future 

 operations. 



Respectfully, Geo. Wm. Hill, 



Editor and Chief. 

 Hon. James Wilson, Secretary. 



WORK OF THE YEAR. 



NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS ISSUED. 



The total number of i^ublications issued by the Department of 

 Agriculture during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, was 408, of 

 which 95 were publications of the Weather Bureau. With the edit- 

 ing and printing of the Weather Bureau publications this Division 

 has no connection, and hence the number of publications issued 

 under tlie supervision of the Department Editor was 373. Of the 

 373 i3ublications, 225 were new, aggregating 10,852 printed pages, and 

 the others, 148, were reprints, aggregating 5,983 j)rinted pages. Of 

 the reprints, 90 were Farmers' Bulletins. A list in detail of the pub- 

 lications issued during the year ended June 30, 1900, will be found 

 in Appendix B. 



The following shows the classes of publications composing the total 

 468, arranged according to the funds to which they were respec- 

 tivelv charaed: 



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Number and classes of publications, fiscal year 1900. 



Publications : 



Chargeable to regular fund 352 



Chargeable to divisional funds . ^ . . 17 



Chargeable to Fanners' Bulletin fund. . . 97 



Printed as Execiitive documents 7 



Printed at Weather Bureau .. .. 95 



Total ... 468 



AGR I'.IOO 8 . 113 



