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tions of the insular experiment stations, and 2 miscellaneous docu- 

 ments. This list includes no technical bulletins dealinji; with the in 

 vestigational \York of the service, such as that of a<;ricultural edu- 

 cation and home economics, and only 2 publications dealing with the 

 work of the insular stations, wdiereas during the previous year there 

 were 6 of the former and 10 of the latter. The shortage of printing 

 funds made it necessary either to hold up such publications or to seek 

 other means of publishing them. The number of such publications 

 prepared for printing was fully as large as during the previous year. 

 The usual job printing and binding required in connection with the 

 current work of the service was done. 



The Editorial Division continued to cooperate w^ith the Division of 

 Publications of the department through its Office of Information in 

 assembling and preparing informational and illustrative material of 

 wide general interest relating to the work of the service. 



Illustrations Section. — The work of this section developed during 

 the year, especially along the following lines: (1) Cooperating with 

 other divisions of the service and with the Division of Publications 

 in securing photographs illustrating work of the service for use in 

 publications and publicity matter and for the preparation of lantern 

 slides and other instructional material; (2) filing, classifying, and 

 cataloguing the illustrative material of the service for ready refer- 

 ence and use; (3) preparation and distribution of sets of lantern 

 slides on various subjects and of charts, diagrams, and drawings in 

 colors for extension and other educational uses; (4) selection and ar- 

 rangement .-jf exhibit material illustrating the work of the service; 

 (5) cooperating Avith the Division of Publications in the preparation 

 of motion pictures of the work of the service; (6) furnishing infor- 

 mation regarding photographic work for educational purposes and 

 the selection and use of illustrative material by service employees and 

 other coo|>erating agencies. 



Through field trips to 14 States and through other menns, about 

 1,500 new photographs of special educational value were added to 

 the collection during the year. This collection now contains 12.554 

 photographs, 10,188 of which are mounted, classified, and catalogued 

 for convenient reference. The section cooperated in the preparation 

 of sets of slides witli descriptive legends on the following subjects: 

 Beautification of the farmstead, demonstrations with the hot school 

 lunch, good and bad extension photography, home-demonstration 

 work with poultry, labor-saving methods and equipment in the home, 

 and winter wheat pnxhiction. Ajjproximately 1.400 sets of about 

 50 slides each were distributed during the year for different divisions 

 of the service. The total number of charts and drawings made 

 was 200. 



Special attention continued to be mven to the coloring of lantern 

 slides and bromide enlargements. Of the former 2,685, and of the 

 latter 130, were colored with unusual care and fidelity to nature. 



Methods of handling exhibit material wei'e further devoh)ped, the 

 section cooi)erating with the Office of Exhibits of the Division of 

 Publications in supplying maps, models, and picture panels for the 

 general department exhil)its. Dii-ect assistance was also given to 

 cooperating institutions in preparing and installing exhibits of co- 

 operative extension work. 



