258 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



]\Ir. William A. Taylor was made assistant chief in the place made 

 vacant by the re.sifjnation of Mr. Powell. Owino; to the large amount 

 and constant growth of the administrative work, Dr. Nathan A. Cobb 

 has been designated as acting assistant chief to aid the chief and 

 assistant chief of the bureau in their work. 



A change was made neces.sary in the Office of Grain Standardization 

 by the resignation of Mr. John D. Shanahan. Dr. J. W. T. Duvel 

 was placed in charge, as set forth in another part of this report. 



The Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work and the field 

 studies in beet-sugar production suffered the less of the men in charge 

 through the deaths of Dr. S. A. Knapp and Mr. Charles F. Saylor. 

 Mr. Bradford Knapp was appointed to take charge of the Farmers' 

 Cooperative Demonstration Work and the studies of sugar-beet pro- 

 duction formerly conducted by Mr. Saylor have been merged with 

 other projects on sugar beets in charge of Mr. W. A. Orton. 



From September 1, 1910, to August 31, 1911. the following changes 

 in the personnel of the bureau were made: Resignations, 226; deaths, 

 7; dismissals, 2; transfers from the bureau, 35; and furloughs and 

 terminations of appointments, 435 ; making a total of 705 employees 

 dropped from the rolls during that period. There have been made 

 in the same period 1,007 appointments, increasing the total force of 

 the bureau by 302. On September 1. 1911, the numerical strength of 

 the bureau was as follows: In Washington, 080; outside of Wash- 

 ington, 1,096; total, 1,782. The total number of emploj'ees in the 

 bureau on the same date a year ago was 1,480. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications and the job printing work of the bureau have con- 

 tinued in charge of Mr. J. E. Rockwell. 



The number of new publications issued during the year was 97, 

 the first editions aggregating 1,590,900 copies. In addition, 7 papers 

 were contributed to the Yearbook of the department for 1910. all of 

 which will be reprinted in due course in separate form for special 

 distribution. The 97 publications mentioned contain 3,588 printed 

 pages, 177 full-page plates, and 559 text figures. The total number 

 of pages of printed text exceeded that of the previous fiscal year by 

 934, while the plate and text-figure illustrations used were greater 

 by 18 and 197, respectively. 



The new publications issued include 34 bulletins of the bureau, 

 23 numbered circulars of the bureau, and 23 Farmers' Bulletins. 



The number of publications, exclusive of Farmers' Bulletins, re- 

 printed during the year was 76. 



FIELD STATIONS. 



It has been found necessary for the bureau to maintain a number 

 of field stations in order to successfully prosecute the numerous and 

 varied lines of work required. The propagation and testing of new 

 plant introductions; the securing of information regarding the best 

 methods of harvesting, handling, storing, and shipping grains, fruits, 

 and other crops ; the testing of seeds used by the farmer and gardener; 

 investigations, experiments, and demonstrations to determine the 

 underlying principles governing agriculture in the Great Plains area ; 

 and investigations, experiments, and demonstrations for the guidance 



