398 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Books, pamphlets, and periodicals in bureau, division, and office libraries. 



1 Approximate figures. 



2 Figures not available. 

 » Offices. 



* Books and pamphlets. 



• After July 1, 1922, called the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 



The work of the libraries of the Bureau of Chemistry, Bureau of 

 Entomology, Forest Service, and States Relations Service was con- 

 tinued along the lines reported in previous years. There were no 

 changes in location or in the organization of the libraries. An 

 additional room was, however, assigned to the States Relations Serv- 

 ice library. In the Bureau of Animal Industry library a slight 

 change was made in the organization. The former associate libra- 

 rian of the bureau was transferred to the main library rolls and 

 her title changed to assistant reference librarian, in charge par- 

 ticularly of the reference work in veterinary medicine. She con- 

 tinued, however, to have her desk in the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 library in order to be in closer touch with those who needed her serv- 

 ices. An additional room was assigned during the year to the 

 library of the Bureau of Public Roads, and in November an assistant 

 librarian was appointed. The large increase in the number of books 

 on file in the division of animal husbandry of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry was due to the fact that approximately a thousand addi- 

 tional herdbooks, for use in connection with the certification of 

 pedigrees, were transferred from the main library. 



One of the outstanding events of the year in the activities of the 

 bureau libraries is the reduction in the number of bureau libraries 

 due to the consolidation of the libraries of the office of Farm Manage- 

 ment, the Bureau of Crop Estimates, and the Bureau of Markets, 

 following the consolidation of these bureaus. Wliile the consolida- 

 tion of the Bureau of Crop Estimates with the Bureau of Markets 

 was effective on July 1, 1921, the consolidation of the office of Farm 

 Management with these two bureaus did not become effective until 

 July 1, 1922. When, however, it appeared earlier in the year that 

 legislation authorizing the consolidation in order to form the new 



