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charged. To keep pace with the rapid increase of scientific literature 

 rehiting to agriculture and to properly present the results of the 

 special investigations conducted by the office it was necessary to in- 

 crease to a marked extent the number and volume of publications 

 issued by the office during the past year. 



During the fiscal year ended June 80, 1910, the department pub- 

 lished 86 documents, aggregating 4,824 pages, prepared by this office, 

 not including revised reprints, separates, and minor miscellaneous 

 publications. These documents include 20 numbers of Experiment 

 Station Record, 12 technical bulletins, a report of the Alaska experi- 

 ment stations, 2 reports of the office, 17 Farmers' Bulletins (including 

 5 numbers of Experiment Station Work), 17 circulars, 12 monthly 

 lists of experiment station publications, 2 farmers' institute lectures, 

 and 3 lists of publications of the office on irrigation, drainage, and 

 agricultural education. Two other numbers of Experiment Station 

 Record, 3 technical bulletins, 1 annual i"eport of the office, 3 Farmers' 

 Bulletins, 1 article for the Yearbook of the Department, and several 

 miscellaneous documents containing about 1,050 pages were prepared 

 and submitted for publication before the close of the fiscal year. 

 Twelve separates of individual articles contained in larger reports, 

 aggi'cgating 436 pages, were reprinted in editions of varying size to 

 supply requests for the articles. Several of the earlier technical and 

 Fanners' Bulletins prepared b}^ the office were exhausted during the 

 year and were reprinted with additions and corrections. 



In addition to the above, 2 reports and 5 bulletins of the Hawaii* 

 station and 2 reports and 3 bulletins of the Porto Rico station, 

 although printed locally by the stations, were edited in the office. 



The most important increases in the publication work of the office 

 were in the case of Farmers' Bulletins, 17 of the 45 bulletins of this 

 series printed by the department being contributed by the office, and 

 in Ex]Deriment Station Record, of which 2 volumes were issued dur- 

 ing the year instead of 1 as heretofore, each volume consisting of 

 C monthly and 2 additional or abstract numbers, with the customary 

 author and subject indexes. This plan of publication of the Record 

 has the advantage of securing more i^rompt, complete, and convenient 

 review of agricultural literature. The value of the Record as a great 

 repository of information pertaining to agriculture otherwise avail- 

 able only by an extended exauiination of the enormous mass of liter- 

 ature which has been published is being more generally and fully 

 realized. The 22 volumes thus far issued contain references to no 

 fewer than 78,698 articles, besides editorials, special articles, and 

 notes. The experiment station reports abstracted have alone num- 

 bered 914, the station bulletins and circulars 7,401, and the publi- 

 cations of this department 3,540. The vast store of agricultural 

 information which the Record contains is made available bj^ carefully 

 prepared and very full indexes. 



