402 



ANNUAL IIKPORTS OF DKrAllTMKNT OF AOIUCULTUIIE. 



plilets ilistributed in stimulating production activities during the 

 will'. Anotlier cause of this reduction is the policy of referring the 

 great majority of requests for miscellaneous publications in bulk to 

 the Superinteiident of Documents of the Government Printing Office. 

 This plan Avas strictly adhered to during the year. 



A summary of the distribution of miscellaneous publications pre- 

 pared by the various bureaus is given below. 



I'ublications other than Fai'incrs' Bullctius distributed. 



Copies. 



Office of the Secretary 10, 271, S73 



Bureau of Aniinal Industry^ 595,038 



Bureau of Bic>lo;,Mcal Survey 34,412 



Bureau of Clieuiistry 273, 107 



Bureau of Entomology 48, 382 



States Relations Service 289, 534 



Forest Service 822, 299 



Library 775 



Bureau of Markets 1,428,214 



Bureau of Plant Industry 222, 707 



Division of Publications 9, 389, 094 



Bureau of Public Roads 49, 008 



Bureau of Soils 22,015 



Bureau of Crop Estimates 1, 750, 529 



Yearbook Separates 77, 031 



Total 25, 274, 618 



The principal distribution of Farmers' Bulletins was by direction 

 •of Members of Congress, totaling 7,233,347 copies. Upon orders re- 

 ceived from the bureaus 2,716,429 were sent out, and 2,624,321 in re- 

 ^sponse to individual requests received by the department, bringing the 

 total distribution of Farmers' Bulletins up to 13,122,129. We were 

 able to fill only about one-tenth of the requests received by the divi- 

 sion directly, and we liad to curtail the distribution requested by the 

 different bureaus. The total number of Farmers' Bulletins dis- 

 tributed is approximately 4,000,000 less than the number distributed 

 the preceding vear, a falling off of 23.4 per cent. In addition to 

 Farmers' Bulletins, 6,841,000 Lists of Farmers' Bulletins were fur- 

 nished in response to congressional requests. 



A comparative statement of the distribution figures for a series 

 -of years is given in the following table : 



Distribution of Farmers' Bulletins and all other publications, Wl.'f to 1920. 



inclusive. 



DISTRIBUTION TO MISCELLANEOUS APPLICANTS. 



During the year 523,146 communications requesting publications 

 of various kinds were received, all of which received careful atten- 

 tion, including reading and interpreting the wants or desires of 



