DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 



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List of new Farmers^ Bulletins issued during the year ended June 30, 1917, vnth the size 



of the first editions — Continued . 



823 

 827 

 835 

 838 



839 

 841 



852 



84 



Sugar-Beet Sirup 



Shallu, or Egyptian Wheat 



How to Detect Outbreaks of Iiisecls and Save tlie riraiii Crops 



Harvesting Hav with the Sweep-Rake: A Means by Which Eastern Hay-Growers 



May Save Labor 



Home Canning by the One-Period Cold- Tack Method 



Home and Community Drying of Fruits and Vegetables 



Management of Common-Storage Houses for Apples in the Pacific Northwest 



Total 



30,000 

 30,000 

 20,000 



30,000 

 300,000 

 250,000 



30,000 



4,515,000 



Manuscripts for the first 1 4 new Farmers' Bulletins were sent to the 

 Government Printing Office in the fiscal year 1916 but were not pub- 

 lished until the year 1917, and requisitions for 22 reprints of Farmers' 

 Bulletins sent to the Government Printing Office in the fiscal year 

 1916 were not executed until 1917. 



During the fiscal year requisitions for 54 reprints of Farmers' Bul- 

 letins were not executed, and the work upon 9 new Farmers' Bulletins 

 was not undertaken by the Government Printing Office. 



The appropriation for Farmers' Bulletins was $177,500, and 20,000 

 copies were allotted to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate 

 in Congress. The congressional distribution during the year aggre- 

 gated 8,811,150 copies and 6,621,110 copies were distributed by the 

 department, largely in connection with its food-production work. 

 The following statement shows the number of Farmers' Bulletins 

 printed dm-ing the 28 years since the series was inaugurated, with 

 the congressional distribution for each year: 



Output of Farmers^ Bulletins during 28 years, with congressional distribution. 



PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO FOOD PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION. 



During the last three months of the year an intensive campaign 

 was conducted to increase the production of foods and to conserve 

 the food supply of the country. The regular publications utilized in 



