524 ANNUAL EEPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The output of the photographic laboratory compares favorably 

 with last year's work. The studio has been removed from the top floor 

 of the Administration Building and placed in the Linworth Place 

 Building, which brings the office in close touch with the studio and 

 makes it much more convenient for the bureaus to procure their work. 

 New enlarging equipment has been installed in the old studio, but the 

 location is so remote from the office it is difficult to give the work proper 

 supervision. The rooms are not suited to enlarging work and we are 

 in constant fear of flooding the offices below. An ideal location would 

 be in the basement of the building at 220 Linworth Place, which is 

 now used for storing cotton. 



The proceeds from the sale of photographs from department nega- 

 tives amounted to $1,619.81, which was turned over to the disbursing 

 office to be covered into the Treasury. In the past it has been cus- 

 tomary to make a nominal charge for photographs furnished writers 

 and educational institutions. However, through a recent decision 

 of the Assistant Secretary it has been decided to furnish a reasonable 

 number of photographs to such applicants without cost. The follow- 

 ing summary shows the output of the year's photographic work: 



Prints 121, 192 



Negatives 9, 474 



Negatives developed 4, 856 • 



Lantern slides 13, 325 



Lantern slides bound 10, 737 



Lantern slides colored 482 



Bromides 6, 769 



Bromides and maps mounted 5, 087 



Bromides colored 118 



Solar bromides 725 



Photostats 15, 034 



Transparencies 142 



Prints mounted 5, 759 



Total 193, 700 



Since the Public Printer holds that all cuts appearing in the publi- 

 cations of the department are the property of the Printing Office, 

 and is sustained in this opinion by the solicitor of the department, 

 approximately 40,000 cuts and all the files pertaining to them were 

 turned over to the Printing Office. 



ADDRESSING, DUPLICATING, AND MAILING WORK. 



The consolidation of the addressing and duplicating work of the 

 department, which was accomplished early in the preceding fiscal 

 year, has resulted in more prompt and efficient worK and a higher 

 standard of quality. There has been a notable increase in work 

 which the bureaus and offices have asked this division to do. There 

 was an increase of 44.5 per cent in the number of mimeograph jobs 

 and 71.5 per cent in the work performed; 19.5 per cent in the number 

 of multigraph jobs and 25.5 per cent in the work performed, due, in 

 each case, to the larger number of pages per job. Other lines of 

 work show corresponding increases over that performed in 1922. 

 There is no indication of any decrease; on the other hand, there is 

 every probability of a sure and steady growth. In order to keep 

 the work current it has been necessary this summer to put in con- 

 siderable overtime by working nights, a practice that is not conducive 



