442 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



work. On tho resi<];nfitio!i of tho assistant librarian a?id assistant 

 editor oil S(>pt('ni])or 15, it was doridcd to have thorcaftcr one rliief 

 assistant for library work and one diicf assistant for cilitoria! work 

 and to separate the lines still further as much as compatible with 

 economy and success. At the close of the fiscal year it was decided 

 to transfer the editorial work entirely to the Office of Market Informa- 

 tion and to conline the work of the Bureau library more strictly to 

 regular library work. AVitli the change is involved the transfer of the 

 librarian, Miss C. B.Sherman, who has had charge of the editorial work, 

 to the OfRce of Market Information, where she v.-ill continue to have 

 charge of the editorial work. As j)rcvi()usly noted Miss Mary G. Lacy 

 was appointed in her place as librarian of the Bureau. 



There was a greater change last year in the personnel of the Bureau 

 librarians than in any previous year. The change of the li})rarian 

 of the Bureau of Markers to another branch of the Bureau and the 

 resignations of the librarians of the States Relation wService, the Bu- 

 reau of Chemistry, the Dairy Division, and the Ofhce of Farm Manage- 

 ment have been a severe loss to the librarv service of the department. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



A comparison of the receipts and expenditures of the library for the 

 last 10 years is given in the table on the following page. 



For the years 1916 to 1920 there are still many outstanding orders 

 which, when filled, will be paid for from the appropriations for those 

 years 



