660 ANNUAL REPOETS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



It will no doubt be of interest to state here the general plan that 

 is followed in keeping the members of the organization and the 

 public advised concerning the activities of the Packers and Stock- 

 yards Administration. This is done through the issuance to members 

 of the organization of a confidential weekly summary of its activities, 

 and through the issuance to the public of a monthly summary of the 

 actiiaties engaged in by the various supervisors and officials of the 

 administration, through the issuance of press items from the depart- 

 ment's press service, through public addresses made by members of 

 the staff and supervisors as occasion requires, and through confer- 

 ences and general correspondence conducted in the usual way. 



One other feature of the Washington part of the work may be 

 mentioned. The Assistant to the Secretary, in charge of the Packers 

 and Stockyards Administration, is also the head of the Grain Fu- 

 tures Administration. Although the affairs of the two organizations 

 are entirely separate and distinct and could be separated phj'sically 

 at any time, a very economical administration in the Washington 

 office has been effected through single direction. In addition to the 

 officer in charge and his secretary, the chief clerk and the clerical 

 force in Washington constitute a joint organization and a single 

 set of offices is used for both. Ever}- possible duplication of person- 

 nel or expense has been avoided, and the saving in salaries and other 

 administrative expenses is substantial. 



RATES, CHARGES, AND REGISTRATIONS. 



During the year there have been about 400 cancellations of regis- 

 trations, and at the same time there has been a constant stream of 

 new registrations coming to this division for which certificates were 

 issued. At the close of the year there were registered with the 

 Packers and Stockyards Administration 4,002 dealers and 1,169 mar- 

 ket agencies. In this work the market supervisors assisted very 

 greatly. 



In order to provide an adequate filing system a complete alpha- 

 betical file of registrants was prepared in addition to the numerical 

 file and the market file. This required the keeping of card records 

 for each registrant, so that quick reference can be had to the facts 

 concerning any registrant. 



The stockyards located at Dublin, Ga., and Birmingham, Ala., 

 were dismissed from the jurisdiction of the Packers and Stockyards 

 Administration during this fiscal year by orders of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, dated, respectively, June 27 and May 19, 1923. Seven 

 additional yards were brought under the jurisdiction of the Packers 

 and Stockyards Administration during this period. These yards are : 

 Western Stockyards, Amarillo, Tex.; Pursley Stockyards, Chatta- 

 nooga, Tenn. ; Union Stockyards, Dallas, Tex. : Fort Wayne Union 

 Stockyards, Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Union Stockyards, Laredo, Tex. : Los 

 Angeles Union Stockyards, Los Angeles, Calif.; and the Union 

 Stockyards, Roanoke, Va. 



A list of stockyards subject to the jurisdiction of the Packers and 

 Stockyards Administration at the close of the fiscal year follows : 



