182 ANNUAL, KEPOETS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



the associations reporting has also been compiled and is frequently 

 used. 



DIRECT REPORTS FROM COOPERATIVES. 



The collection of special statistics relating to the associations 

 marketing dairy products, and poultry and poultry products, was 

 undertaken in cooperation with the commodity division of the bureau. 

 Special statistics regarding fruit and vegetable cooperative market- 

 ing organizations were also secured and will be compiled for the use 

 of the project on the economics of cooperation. The original reports 

 from thousands of associations have been arranged as the basis of a 

 source library on agricultural cooperation. 



Definite statistical and historical information regarding coopera- 

 tion has been given to other Government organizations, to teachers 

 in universities and colleges giving courses in marketing; graduate 

 students preparing theses bearing upon cooperation ; State extension 

 workers preparing bulletins, circulars, lectures, etc., for field use; 

 officers and employees of State divisions of markets ; editors of farm 

 journals and writers of agricultural articles; officers of farmers' 

 organizations; bankers; chambers of commerce; officers of women's 

 clubs; rural teachers, ministers, and farmers. This service has been 

 rendered in connection with visits made to the bureau, in response 

 to mail requests, and by means of mimeographed circulars and news- 

 paper releases. 



A mimeographed circular, iVgricultural Cooperation, has been is- 

 sued semimonthly since January, 1923. The circular contains infor- 

 mation regarding the current activities of farmers' associations in 

 more than 40 States. It is sent in response to specific requests from 

 more than 500 bankers, association managers, extension workers, and 

 economists. 



DIVISION OF LAND ECONOMICS. 



Dr. L. C. Geay, In Charge. 



Land Resources and Utilization, O. E. Baker; Land Reclamation, Sale, and 

 Settlement, R. P. Teele; Laud Tenure, C. L. Stewart; Land Values, G. R. 

 Chambers ; Farm Labor, J. 0. Folsom ; and Negroes and the Land, W. S. 

 Scarborough. 



NAnONAL LAND POLICY PLANNED. 



Establishment of a national land policy has been the objective of 

 many general activities on the part of the department, and to these 

 activities the Division of Land Economics has contributed a large 

 share. The economist in charge of this division has been chairman 

 of the department committee on land utilization which has been 

 considering the probable future land needs of the United States and 

 a general classification of the land of the United States with refer- 

 ence to its adaptability to meet those needs, to serve as a basis for 

 formulation of land policies for the future. A preliminary report has 

 been prepared and a summary will appear in the 1923 Year]iook. 



GREAT PLAINS AND SPRING-WHEAT REGIONS SURVEYED. 



Surveys in the Great Plains and spring-wheat regions have in- 

 cluded both the physical and the economic conditions. The physical 

 surveys have been made mostly by the Soil Survey, Weather Bureau, 



