REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF 



PUBLICATIONS. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Publications, 



Washington, D. C, July 12, 1918. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report on the opera- 

 tions of the Division of Publicaiions for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1918. 



Respectfully, 



Jos. a. Arnold, 



Chief of Division. 

 Hon. D. F. Houston, 



Secretary of Agriculture, 



SUMMARY OF PUBLICATIONS. 



The publication work of the department exceeded in magnitude 

 and variety of documents that of any previous year. Including the 

 work charged to a special fund for emergency printing, provided in 

 the food production act, 2,205 publications of all kinds were issued, 

 as follows: 821 bulletins, orders, reports, separates, etc., of which the 

 editions aggregated 36,738,494 copies; 164 periodicals, 11,394,700 

 copies; 52 leaflets, 22,555,000 copies; 4 pamphlets, 513,000 copies; 

 21 circulars and folders, 3,347,000 copies; 24 posters, 1,843,500 copies; 

 1,119 publications, bulletins, maps, etc., of the Weather Bureau, 

 920,205 copies. 



The total editions of new documents of all kinds aggregated 

 77,311,899 copies. Of the 341 publications reprinted to supply the 

 demand, the editions amounted to 19,947,500 copies. The total 

 number of copies of new publications and reprints for the year, 

 therefore, was 97,259,399. 



The number of new Department Bulletins contributed by the 

 various bureaus, divisions, and offices was 133, of which 846,500 

 copies were ordered. 



The 11 Department Bulletins reprinted aggregated 45,000 copies. 



There were 130 new Farmers' Bulletins as compared with 84 last 

 year, of which the editions ordered amounted to 10,815,000 copies. 



Reprints were ordered of 236 Farmers' Bulletins heretofore issued, 

 aggregating 10,884,000 copies. Thus the number of Farmers' 

 Bulletins ordered during the year reached the total of 21,699,000 

 copies. 



Of the emergency leaflets, pamphlets, poster's, folders, etc., used 

 in connection with the department's campaign to increase food pro- 

 duction, 28,258,500 copies were ordered. These in part were shipped 



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