60 • REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



The increase in P'armers" Bulletins was due mainl}- to the fact that 

 the various lines of investigation in nutrition, irrigation, drainage, 

 and agricultural education carried on by the office have now reached 

 a stage justifjang wider pojjular presentation in the form of Farmers' 

 Bulletins. In addition to Farmers' Bulletins of this class, the office 

 continues its bimonthly review of progress in the more practical lines 

 of investigation at the experiment stations in the Experiment Station 

 AVork series of Farmers' Bulletins. This series now comprises 63 

 numbers, each containing from G to 15 short condensed summaries 

 of work done in one or more of the State experiment stations, and 

 •iggregating over 500 articles on subjects of interest to practical 

 farmers. During recent years this series has increased in popu- 

 larity, and there is every evidence that its value is quite generally 

 appreciated by fanners. 



The report of the Editor and Chief of the Division of Publications 

 for the past jenr shows that of the 4,034,000 copies of publica- 

 tions of this office issued by the department 3,000,000 were Farmei*s' 

 Bulletins. 



The supervision of the work of preparing the publications of the 

 office, in case of all publications except the Experiment Station Record, 

 is one of the lines of Avork of INIr. W. H. Beal. The management of 

 the Record is in direct charge of Dr. E. W. Allen, Assistant Director. 



INCOME. 



The income of the office during the past fiscal year, derived wholly 

 from aj^propriations by Congress, was as follows: 



For the general expenses of the office $74,000.00 



For the Alaska experiment stations 28, 000. 00 



For the Hawaii Experiment Station 28,000.00 



For the Porto Rico Exjieriment Station 28,000.00 



For the Guam Experiment Station 15,000.00 



For investigations on agricultural schools and farmers' 



institutes 10, 000. 00 



For nutrition investigations 10,000.00 



For irrigation investigations 75, 0(X). 00 



For drainage investigations 81, 160. 00 



Total 349,220.00 



In addition to the above there was derived from the sale of agri- 

 cultural loroducts at the insular experiment stations the following 

 amounts: 



Alaska experiment stations $741. 42 



Hawaii Experiment Station 3.3.40 



Porto Rico Experiment Station 1, 706. 56 



Guam Expei'iment Station 23.41 



Total 2, 504. 79 



Total income 351,724.79 



