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farmers who contemplate building, they do not meet the requirements 

 of all sections of the country, owing to the varied conditions of 

 climate, availability of materials, and farm practices. Many of the 

 agi^icultural engineering departments of the State colleges maintain 

 a plan service designed to meet local conditions, but because of 

 limited resources they, as is the case with this bureau, can not by any 

 means cover the whole ground. The problem of maintaining an 

 adequate service has been giving the agricultural engineering depart- 

 ments of the colleges and of this bureau much concern. The college 

 section of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers has ap- 

 pointed a committee, on which the bureau has a representative, to 

 study the problem. A scheme for the interchange of plans is being 

 developed which it is thought will make available a larger number 

 of plans, prevent duplication, and generally result in more effective 

 service at a lower cost. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS WAR MATERIALS. 



The distribution of surplus war materials both for road work and 

 agricultural purposes, which was continued during the year, has 

 been attended by the same satisfactory results that have character- 

 ized the previous distribution. The recipients, whether State high- 

 way departments or individual farmers, have been uniformly pleased 

 and gratified with the savings they have been able to make by the 

 use of the salvaged material. 



The value of the road-building material delivered to State high- 

 way departments during the year was approximately $58,111,836. 

 The material retained by the Department of Agriculture was esti- 

 mated as worth $200,000, making the total value of the delivered 

 material approximately $58,311,836. The total value of all material 

 delivered up to the end of the fiscal year, including that delivered 

 in previous years, was $208,559,572. 



The distribution of the material delivered up to the end of the 

 year is shown in the following table : 



state. 



■Value of mate- ' 

 I rial delivered 

 [ during fiscal 

 I year.. 



State. 



Alabama 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kaasas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts — 



Michigan 



Minn&sota 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



New Hampshire. 



S2, 749, 120 

 3, 386, 212 

 2, 808, 318 

 6, 683, 126 

 4,410,311 

 1,211,514 



449, 186 

 2,926,687 

 6, 044, 232 

 2,008,320 

 9,254,516 

 6, 837, 540 

 6, 127, 632 

 5,710,378 

 2, 695, 590 

 2,896,643 

 1, 754, 877 

 2,654,764 

 2, 276, 507 

 8,063,235 

 5, 299, 678 

 3,462,881 

 5,658,976 

 2,690,766 

 3,636,807 

 2,171,346 



862, 568 



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New Jersey. . .. 

 New Mexico . . . 



New York 



North Carolina. 

 North Dakota.. 



Ohio 



Oklahoma 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania . . 

 Rhode Island. . 

 South Carolina. 

 South Dakota. . 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington — 

 West Virginia.. 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



Value of mate- 

 rial delivered 

 during fiscal 

 year. 



Retained by Department of Agri- 

 culture 



Grand total. 



$2,983,675 

 3, 223, 126 



11,1<39,243 

 5,322,884 

 1,771,696 

 7,912,233 

 3,272,545 

 3,128,457 

 7, 593, 871 

 666, 820 

 2,919,495 

 3,994,136 

 5, 423, 817 



]1,!;55,230 

 1,604,110 

 1,078,465 

 4, .590, 277 

 3, 473, 544 

 3,976,263 

 5,485,978 

 1,678,227 



197,885,822 



10, 673, 750 



208,559,572 



