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DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 

 Faiiner.s' Bulletins issued during flw i/cai'. 



Originals and reprints of Farmers' Bulletins. 



Fiscal year ]9fH) 

 Originals .. 

 Reprints 



Total 



Fiscal year 1899 

 Origihals ... 

 Reprints 



Total 



Number 

 letint «f-Pi-- 



18 

 90 



108 



23 

 154 



176 



Number 



52.5,000 

 1,835,000 



2,360,000 



.520.000 

 1,917,000 



2,437,000 



The subjoined table shows the total expenditures for printing Farm- 

 ers' Bulletins for the two years 1900 and 1899, respectively: 



Cost of -printing Farmers'' Bulletins, 



Item. 



Fiscal year 1900: 



Paid from Farmers' Bulletin fund 

 Paid from general printing fund.. 



Total 



Fiscal vear 1899 : 



Total 



Number 

 of bul- 

 letins. 



Number 

 of copies. 



97 i 2,150,000 

 11 ! 210,000 



108 



176 



2,360,000 



2,437,000 



Cost. 



$30, 665. 15 

 a 3, 469. 69 



34, 134. 84 



36,569.08 



a Of this amount, S'51.80 was paid from appropriation of previous year. 



The above tables show that the great increase in the Congressional 

 distribution last year over the year previous was accompanied by a 

 tendency to concentration on a smaller number of bulletins; hence, 

 the number of rej)rints called for in 1900 was but 90 as against 154 in 

 1899. The cost per copy remained about the same, averaging very 

 nearly 1^ cents. It would be difficult to achieve a wider diffusion of 

 practical information in proportion to cost than these figures indicate. 



Tlie following shows the new Farmers' Bulletins, 18 in all, issued 

 during the year, with the number of copies of each: 



Neio Farmers'' Bidletins issued during the year. 



No. of 

 bulle- 

 tin. 



Title of bulletin. 



Total 

 number 

 of copies. 



101 

 102 

 103 

 104 

 105 

 106 

 107 

 108 

 109 

 110 

 111 

 113 

 113 

 114 

 115 

 116 

 117 

 118 



Millets 



Southern Forage Plants 



Experiment Station Work— XI 



Notes on Frost 



Experiment Station Work — XII 



Breeds of Dairy Cattle 



Experiment Station Work— XIII 



Saltbushes 



Farmers' Reading Cour.ses 



Rice Culture in the United States • 



The Farmer's Interest in Good Seed 



Bread and the Principles of Bread Making 



The Apple, and How to Grow It — 



Experiment Station Work— XIV ._ 



Hop Culture in California.. 



Irrigation in Fruit Gi'owing 



Sheep, Hogs, and Horses in the Pacific Northwest 

 Grape Growing in the South 



Total . 



25,000 

 30,000 

 30.000 

 60,(M)0 

 30,0IM) 

 30,000 

 20, (KW 

 30,000 

 3l),0(K) 

 20,000 

 30,000 

 30, tHX) 

 30, 000 

 30, (XX) 

 30,0(X) 

 30, 0(X) 

 30, m) 



:w,ooo 



525,000 



