CONTENTS. VII 



Report of the Chief of the Division of Publications — Continued. Page. 



Progress in motion pictures 391 



Exhibits at agricultural fairs 393 



Editorial, printing, and indexing work 396 



Illustrations section 400 



Distribution of publications 401 



Addressing and duplicating section 403 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Crop Estimates 405 



Appropriations 405 



Work accomplished 406 



Accuracy of the crop estimates 421 



Enlarged program 422 



Loyal service of employees 426 



Report of the Librarian 427 



Introduction 427 



Reference and Circulation Di\dsion 428 



Statistics of circulation 429 



Catalogue and Order Di\'ision. 431 



Periodical EiN-ision 433 



Binding Livision 435 



Bibliography 436 



Publications 438 



Library' staff 438 



Bureau, Division, and Office libraries 440 



Financial statement 442 



Report of the Director of the States Relations Service 445 



Introduction 445 



Duties and organization of the service 447 



OfTice of the Director 448 



Ofhce of Experiment Stations 453 



Office of Extension Work in the South 465 



Office of Extension Work in the North and West 474 



Office of Home Economics 485 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads 491 



Federal-aid road work 491 



Suggestions for Federal road legislation 504 



National Forest roads 510 



Distribution of surplus war materials, equipment, and supplies 515 



Road material tests and research 516 



Road building and maintenance investigation 520 



Road management and economics 520 



Farm irrigation investigations 523 



Farm drainage investigations 525 



Rural engineering investigations 527 



Separations from the service 529 



Cooperation with reclassification commission 529 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Markets 531 



Division of Live Stock, Meats, and Wool 537 



Division of Dairy and Poultry Products 540 



Division of Fruits and VegetaVjles 541 



Division of Cotton Marketing 647 



Division of Grain Marketing 551 



Division of Hay, Feed, and Seed 554 



Marketing statistics 555 



Dissemination of market information 555 



