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office has assembled, analyzed, and put in suitable form information 

 relative to labor requirements, labor distribution of different en- 

 terprises, and other basic factors essential to the proper adjustment 

 of crop enterprises and the proper management of the farm. This 

 material has been distributed through the county agents, teachers, 

 and others interested in the farmers' economic problem. As a re- 

 sult, the demand for our investigational material has been great 

 and applications have been received for research cooperation Avith 

 five Southern States with which we are at present not cooperating 

 and additional funds have been requested by those States with which 

 we are cooperating. 



During the past year the office has been able to place before the 

 extension men and others interested in agricultural progress up-to- 

 date terse information regarding the investigation and extension 

 work of the office. In view of the significant economic developments 

 of the last two years, emphasis has been placed on information deal- 

 ing with the trend of production, prices, movement of production, 

 and the changing status of the farmer relative to other groups of 

 producers. This information has been carried on mimeograjjhed 

 summary sheets sent out the first day of each month. In this work 

 the office has cooperated with other divisions of the department, 

 especialh' with the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE OFFICE "oF FARM MANAGEMENT AND 



FARM ECONOMICS. 



Note. — "Arrangements have been perfected for carrying on under one central 

 authority (in the Bureau of Plant Industry) a system of work whicli we have 

 designated as ' farm management.' Tliis work lias been placed in the hands 

 of Prof. W. J. Spillman." — Ann. Rept. of U. S. Dept. of Agric. for year ending 

 June 30, 1902, pp.-oJi, 55. 



In the interval between this time and tlie formal organization of the Office of 

 Farm Management. .luly 1. 1905, certain bulletins relating to work later carried 

 on by the Office of Farm Management were published as contributions of the 

 grass and forage plant investigations of the Bureau of Plant Industry under 

 the direction of Professor Spillman or as Yearbook separates. 



.July 1. 1920, the name was changed to the Office of Farm Management and 

 Farm Economics. 



Introductory List, January, 1902-July, 1905. 



[See also B. P. I. Bullethis Nos. 4, 12, 13, 15 as immediately preceding.] 



bureau of plant industry bulletins. 



No. 38. Forage conditions and problems in eastern Washington, eastern 

 Oregon, northwestern California, and northwestern Nevada. By David Grif- 

 fiths. 1903. 



No. 57. Methods used tor controlling and reclaiming sand dunes. By A. S. 

 Hitchcock. 1904. 



No. 59. Pasture, meadow, and forage crops in Nebraska. By T. L. Lyon and 

 A. S. Hitchcock. 1904. 



No. 65. Reclamation of Cape Cod sand dunes. By J. M. Westgate. 1904. 



No. 67. Range investigation in Arizona. By David Griffiths. 1904. 



No. 72. Miscellaneous papers ; III. Extermination of Johnson grass. By W. J. 

 Spillman. 1905. • 



No. 74. The prickly pear and other cacti as food for stock. By David Griffiths. 



1905. T c r, .... 



No. 75. Range management in the State of Washington. By J. b. Cotton. 

 1905. 



