126 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



farmers' bulletins. 



AVith the present approjpriation of $125,000, it was possible to make 

 an allotment to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate of ap- 

 proximately 12,r)00 Farmers' Bulletins, which was admittedly insuf- 

 ficient in view of the increasin*^ number of requests received from 

 them. Therefore, the matter of securing a sufficient appropriation 

 should be considered with the view to increasing the allotment. Un- 

 der the law only one-fifth of the Farmers' Bulletins furnished were 

 available for distribution by the department, and this is not sufficient 

 to permit it to comply with one-half of the requests received, and 

 makes it necessary to refer applicants to their Senators, Representa- 

 tives, and Delegates, who themselves, in many cases, have already 

 exhausted their supply. Hence it is obviously desirable that both the 

 congressional and departmental allotments should be increased. An 

 addition of $25,000 to the printing bill, available for printing 

 Farmers' Bulletins, would increase the allotment to each Senator, 

 Representative, and Delegate to 15,000, and would enable the depart- 

 ment to more nearly comply with the demands made upon it. 



AN ALLOTMENT OF EVERY PUBLICATION FOR SENATORS, REPRESENTATIVES, 



AND DELEGATES IN CONGRESS. 



There is a constantly increasing demand for publications other 

 than Farmers' Bulletins from Senators, Representatives, and Dele- 

 gates in Congress, which the department is unable to supply, very 

 much to its regret. These publications contain the results of our 

 scientific investigations and experiments acquired at considerable 

 expense, and they should receive the widest possible distribution 

 among the people for whom they are intended. This, however, is not 

 possible under the present system and with the available funds. So 

 satisfactory has been the distribution of Farmers' Bulletins that I 

 am persuaded to recommend that an allotment of every publication 

 issued by the department be made to Senators, Representatives, and 

 Delegates in Congress. They are in close touch with the people and 

 would be able to give the publications a wider and wiser distribution 

 than they now receive. A considerable increase in the appropriation 

 for printing would be necessary, but it is believed that the results 

 would be so valuable and enduring to the people as to justify the 

 additional expenditure. The subject is worthy of serious consid- 

 eration. 



SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS. 



Our scientists are constantly conducting investigations and mak- 

 ing important discoveries which are of great value to agriculture, 

 but the published results are not always adapted to the present uses 



