304 ANNUAL EEPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



of pa])or furnished ])y other branches of the department; 13,535 

 pads were made and distributed to offices desiring them, and 2,037,- 

 612 circulars were folded on the folding machine. 



The machine room continues in charge of Mr. C. E. Bracey. 



WORK OP THE FOLDING ROOM. 



Probably no other class of work in the Division of Publications 

 has increased in the same proportion as the work of the folding 

 room, which was more than 100 per cent greater than during the 

 preceding year. This increase was due to the great number of 

 emergency publications issued in connection with the department's 

 campaign to stimulate agriculture and conserve food. 



MAILING LIST RECORD WORK. 



Closely related to the mailing and folding work is that of the 

 mailing list records maintained by the Division of Publications at 

 the office of the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 

 Office. These stenciled addresses comprise 281 individual mailing 

 lists, each mailing list being controlled by the bureau, office, or 

 division creating it, this division acting as a medium. This work 

 includes the typewriting and alphabetizing of cards, indexing, and 

 the general index of addresses. 



In addition to the mailing-list record work, the force assigned to 

 it cooperated with other offices in the department by writing 165,328 

 addresses to which publications were mailed. 



FOREIGN MAIL. 



During the last fiscal year 59,681 packages, weighing 24,110 

 pounds 2 ounces and rec^uiring an expenditure of $1,928.81, were 

 mailed from this division, while 3,543 packages, weighing 1,613 

 pounds 1| ounces, at a cost of $80.66, were sent through the Smith- 

 sonian Exchange, bringing the total cost up to $2,009.47. 



RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTING JOB WORK. 



The work of receiving and distributing job work coming both from 

 the Government Printing Office and from private printers is steadily 

 increasing. Approximately 60,000,000 copies of the various blank 

 forms used throughout the department were received and forwarded. 



PERSONNEL. 



Members of the force engaged in distribution worked exceedingly 

 well and very faithfully indeed during the year. The spirit shown 

 was excellent. The work was hampered to a considerable degree 

 by the loss of 70 employees during the year. 



