REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF 



PUBLICATIONS. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Publications, 

 Washington, U. C, September 18, 1922. 

 Sir : I have the honor to submit herewith a report on the work of 

 the Division of Publications for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922. 

 Kespectfully, 



John L. Cobbs, Jr., 



Chief of Division. 



Hon. H. C. Wallace, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



SUMMARY. 



Important facts regarding the work of the Division of Publica- 

 tions in the fiscal year 1922 may be summarized as follows : 



(1) Investigation of the publication work of the department by a 

 committee of farm-paper editors at the request of the Secretary. 



(2) Press Service and Office of Exhibits detached from the divi- 

 sion and placed under the Office of the Secretary. 



(3) Legislation which resulted in the suspension of the Good 

 Roads Magazine, Journal of Agricultural Research, and Special 

 Information Service. 



(4) Combination of the Market Reporter, Crop Reporter, and 

 National Weather and Crop Bulletin into a weekly publication 

 known as Weather, Crops, and Markets. The Weekly News Letter 

 was discontinued and a " house organ," known as the Official Record, 

 established. 



(o) The consolidation in this division of the addressing and dupli- 

 cating work of the department. 



(6) The return to the Treasury of $183,848.79 of the printing 

 appropriation for the fiscal year and a carry over of unfinished work 

 of approximately $141,000. 



(7) There were distributed 35,249,498 copies of publications, and 

 388 new publications were issued. Of these, 57 were Farmers' Bulle- 

 tins, 113 were Department Bulletins, and the remainder miscellaneous 

 publications. 



(8) Thirty-three new motion pictures were completed, 21 old films 

 were revised, and work begun on 28 additional new films. 



(9) A turnover of 40.24 per cent in the $960 clerical grade and of 

 27.7 per cent in the photographers and draftsmen. 



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