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ANIS^UAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



New publications and reprints issued during the year ended June 30, 191S — Continued. 



PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS. 



Name of periodical. 



Bureau or office. 



Number p 

 ofissues. ^^Ses. 



Copies. 



Weekly News Letter 



Journal of Agricultural Research. 



Experiment Station Record 



Monthly Crop Report 



Monthly List of Publications 



Pu blic Roads 



Seed Reporter 



Food Surveys 



Total periodicals. 



Secretary 



do..'': , 



states Relations. 

 Crop Estimates.. 



Publications 



Roads 



Markets , 



do 



53 



50 



17 



12 



12 



2 



9 



9 



164 



428 



2,893 



2,264 



148 



56 



92 



72 



180 



6,033 



197, 500 

 100,000 

 127,500 

 278, 000 

 229. 000 

 9,000 

 119,000 

 334, 700 



11,394,700 



Copies of publications of all kinds, new and reprints, issued by the department, 1890-1918, 



inclusive. 



' Includes publications charged to the emergency fund for "stimulating agriculture." 

 FARMERS' BULLETINS. 



AH previous records with regard to Farmers' Bulletins were broken, 

 130 new bulletins in this series having been issued during the year. 

 The number contributed by each bureau is shown in the table on 

 page 7. The first editions of these bulletins aggregated 6,045,000 

 copies. The reprints ordered of these and of 236 earlier bulletins 

 totaled 15,654,000 copies, making an aggregate of 21,699,000 copies 

 of Farmers' Bulletins ordered during the year. 



The following is a list of new Farmers' Bulletins issued during the 

 year, showing the initial editions ordered: 



Nev) Farmers^ Bulletins issued during the year ended June SO, 1918, with the size of the 



first editions. 



No. Title. Copies. 



897. Sweet Clover: Growing the Crop 30,000 



802. The Classification and Grading of American Upland Cotfbn 30, 000 



80'). Drainage of Irrigated Farms 15, 000 



813. Construction and Use of Farm Weirs 20,000 



819. The Tobacco Budworm and Its Control in the Southern Tobacco Districts 20, 000 



824. How to Select Foods: III. Foods Rich in Protein 50,000 



825. Pit Silos 30. 000 



820. Eradicating Tall Larkspur on Cattle Ranges in the National Forests 20, 000 



828. Farm Reservoirs 15,000 



829. Asparagus 30, 000 



830. Marketing Eggs by Parcel Post 30,000 



831. The Red Spider on Cotton and How to Control It 20, 000 



8;i2. Trapping Moles and Utilizing Their Skins 10, 000 



833. Methods of Controlling or Eradicating the Wild Oat in the Hard Spring Wheat Area 30,000 



834. Hog Cholera: Prevention and Treatment .30, 000 



830. Sweet Clover: Harvesting and Thrashing the Seed Crop 30, 000 



837. The Asparagus Beetles and Their Control 20, 000 



840. Farm Sheep Raising for Beginners 50,000 



842. Modern Methods of Protection Against Lightning 20. 000 



843. Important Pecan Insects and Their Control ...'. 20,000 



844. How to Attract Birds in the Middle Atlantic States 15, 000 



