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stocked with nonstandard packages, the law has met little or no 

 opposition. During the year the stocks of over 30 package factories 

 were inspected and the owners of those factories which were manu- 

 facturing baskets not meeting standard requirements, were instructed 

 to make such changes in their products as would enable them to 

 comply with the law. 



REGULATION OF STOCKYARDS AND LIVE-STOCK DEALERS. 



A proclamation was issued by the President on June 18, 1918, 

 requiring all stockyards which are operated for compensation or profit 

 and all persons handhng or dealing in live or dead stock in or in con- 

 nection with such stockyards, to secure a license from the Secretary 

 of Agriculture on or before July 25, 1918. The Chief of the Bureau 

 of Markets was designated by the Secretary to admmister the super- 

 vision of licensees under this proclamation. Mr. L. D. Hall is the 

 chief's immediate representative in this control work. 



The preparation of forms of license and forms of application 

 therefor was begun immediately upon the issuance of the President's 

 proclamation. License application forms, together with a letter of 

 mstructions, were distributed to interested persons. A prelimi- 

 nary draft of proposed regulations governing licensees was prepared 

 and copies were distributed to about 4,000 members of the live-stock 

 trade, mcluding stock growers and feeders, commission men, order 

 buyers, traders and packers, with a request for their written sugges- 

 tions. Conferences also were held with representatives of all the 

 principal live-stock interests concerned. The numerous suggestions 

 thus received were embodied in the general regulations which were 

 signed by the President and issued by the Department on July 26, 

 1918, as Office of the Secretary Circular No. 116. 



Plans for the organization of a force of market supervisors were 



dra^vn up and approved, and the nucleus of such a force has been 



formed. 



PUBLICATIONS DURING THE YEAR. 



DEPARTMENT BtTLLETINS. 



541. Cooperative Organization By-Laws. By C. E. Bassett and O. B. Jesness. 

 547. Cooperative Purchasing and Marketing Organizations Among Farmers in the 

 United States. By 0. B. Jesness and W. H. Kerr. 



558. Marketing Grain at Country Points. By George Livingston and K. B. Seeds. 



559. Accounting Records for Country Creameries. By J. R. Humphrey and G. A. 



NahstoU. 

 574. The Conversion of the Weights of Mechanical Separations of Corn, Wheat, and 



Other Grains into Percentages. By E. G. Boerner. (In cooperation with 



Biireau of Plant Industry.) 

 579. Celery Storage Experiments. By H. C. Thompson. (In cooperation with 



Bureau of Plant Industry.) 

 587. Handling and Storage of Apples in the Pacific Northwest. By H. J. Ramsey, 



A. W. McKay, E. L. Markell, and H. S. Bird. (In cooperation with Bureau 



of Plant Industry.) 



590. System of Accounting for Fruit Shipping Organizations. By G. A. Nahstoll 



and J. R. Humphrey. 



591. Manufacturing Tests of the Official Cotton Standards for Grade. By W. S. Dean 



and Fred Taylor. 

 601. Handling and Precooling of Florida Lettuce and Celery. By H. J. Ramsey 



and E. L. Markell. (In cooperation with Biu-eau of Plant Industry.) 

 639. The Market Milk Business of Detroit, Mich., in 1915. By C. E. Clement and 



G. P. Warber. (In cooperation witli Bureau of Animal Industry.) 



