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Report of the Chief of the Division of Publications — Cnntinned. Pagp. 



Farmers' Bulletins 312 



Emergency outside printing 314 



Publication work of the Weather Bureau 315 



Work of the di^ision by branches 815 



Report of the Chief of the Buieau of Crop Estimates 325 



War organization of the Brneau 325 



Work accomplished 326 



Cooperation vith State departments of agriculture 328 



State assessors' retm-ns 329 



Accmacy of the crop estimates 330 



Demands for improved crop and li^•e-8tock reporting service 331 



Report of the librarian 337 



Summary 337 



Reference and circulation di^isions 338 



Catalogue and order di^ isions 339 



Periodical di^ision 341 



Binding division 342 



Bibliography 343 



Publications 345 



Library staff 345 



Bureau, diAision, and office libraries 347 



Appendices 349 



Report of the Director of the States Pelations Service 353 



Introduction 353 



OfRce of the Director 355 



Office of Experiment Stations 359 



Office of Extension Work in the South 366 



Office of Extension Work in the North and West 376 



Office of Home Economics 387 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads 391 



War acti^itie8 391 



The United States Highways Council 394 



The Federal aid road act 395 



National Forest roads 409 



Distribution of surplus war equipment, supplies, and materials 411 



Road building and maintenance investigation 412 



Road management and economics 414 



Farm irrigation investigations 414 



Drainage inxestigations 416 



Rural engineering 417 



Miscellaneous 419 



Road material tests and research 420 



Reorganization of districts 424 



Federal aid ad^ isory committee 424 



Changes in personnel 424 



Death of Director Logan Waller Page 424 



Report of the Chief of the Bmeau of Markets 427 



1 m estigational and demonstrational work 429 



Service work 446 



Regulatory work 453 



Publications during the year 460 



