DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 319 



Summary of the photographic wort done during the ijear endinj June 30, 1919. 



Photostat prints 15, 684 



Contact prints 110, G44 



Negatives 6, 148 



Developing 4, 290 



Lantern slides 26, 991 



Lantern slides colored 88 



Bromide enlargements 4, 697 



Bromide enlargements colored 255 



Solar bromides 517 



Maps and prints mounted 5, 692 



Total 181 , 006 



The output of the Illustration Section is primaril}^ intended to 

 illustrate reports of investigations conducted by the scientific staff 

 of the department, and must be of the highest order, and unless a 

 readjustment of salaries is effected in the near future, the work of 

 the section will be greatly hampered through the scarcity of techni- 

 cally trained men willing to accept the low entrance salary offered. A 

 number of the best artists and photographers have left the service 

 within the last two years to accept more lucrative positions in the 

 commercial field, and while the section has been fortunate in the pos- 

 session of an "esprit de corps" which has held the force together to 

 a great extent, the allurement of the greatly advanced scale of 

 remuneration paid elsewhere Avill disrupt the force unless adequate 

 salaries are provided. 



The drafting and photographing work continued under the im- 

 mediate supervision of Mr. A. B. Boettcher. 



DISTRIBUTION SECTION. 



TOTAL DISTRIBUTION' OF FUBLICATIONS. 



On July 1, 1918, 12,184,304 copies of department pu])lications were 

 on hand for distribution. During the fiscal vear ending June 30, 

 1919, 61,240,852 copies of publications were received (including 

 publications charged to the food production act and certain acts 

 administered by the department), making a total stock for distribu- 

 tion of 73,425, 156. copies. This included all classes of publications — 

 Department Bulletins, Farmers' Bulletins, Department Circulars, 

 unnumbered leaflets, Farmers' Bulletin lists, and press notices. 

 During the year from this stock 62,218,829 publications were dis- 

 tributed, leaving a balance on hand July 1, 1919, of 11,206,327. This 

 distribution was classed under the following heads: 



Miscellaneous publications (Department Bulletins, Department Circulars, 



reports, etc.) 40, 354, 810 



Farmers' Bulletins 17, 159, 294 



Farmers' Bulletin lists 3,280, 000 



Press notices 1, 424, 725 



Compared with the total distribution for the fiscal vear ending June 

 30, 1918, which aggregated 99,222,321, the distribution for the past 

 year shows a considerable reduction, due to the suspension of war 

 activities. 



MISCELLANEOUS DISTRIBUTION. 



The major portion of this distribution was of the miscellaneous pub- 

 lications, 40,354,810 of which were distributed. By far the greater 

 part of this class of publications was distributed in accordance with 

 carefullj^ prepared schemes of distribution arranged in advance of 



