DIVISION OF PUBUCATIONS. 



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japer furnished by various bureaus of the department were cut; 

 ooso sheets of waste paper were made into 24,665 pads and distri- 

 Dutcd throughout the department; 2,950,200 circulars were folded 

 on the folding machine. 



Owing to tho increased activities of the various bureaus of the 

 department, incident to gathering and distributing information to 

 stimulate production and conservation of food, the work of addressing 

 envelopes and franks has greatly increased. It has been only by 

 exceptionally hard work and by working many extra hours that it 

 has been possible to keep the work up sulliciently well to execute the 

 H^ost important of the orders. Additional help and equipment will 

 be needed to do the work required of this ofhce if it continues to 

 increase as it has increased during the last three months of this year. 



Not only has this office done work for practically every bureau, 

 division, and office in the department, but it rendered considerable 

 assistance to the Publicity Bureau of the Liberty Loan Division of the 

 Treasury Department, and to the Committee of Public Information by 

 addressing each week envelopes to be used by them, from the mailing 

 lists maintained in this office. 



Following is a summary of the work done in the machine room for 

 the various bureaus, divisions, and offices of the department: 



Summary of multigraph and viimeograph work. 



Bureau, division, or office. 



Office of the Secretary 



Office of the cliief clerk 



Office of the sohcitor 



States Relations Service 



Office of Information 



Bureau of Plant Industry 



Pivision of Publications 



Office of Public Roads 



Federal Horticultiral Board 



Bureau of Chemistrv 



Bureau of Biological Survey 



Office of appointment clerk 



Bureau of Entomology 



Insecticide and Funpicide Board 



Bureau of Crop Estimates 



Bureau of Animal Industry 



Division of Accounts 



Office of Markets and Rural Organization . 



Bureau of Soils 



Forest Service 



Library 



Number of jobs. 



Number of 

 pages. 



450, 715 



29, 020 



68, 730 



318, 000 



3,500,051 



,58.S, 095 



371,025 



6,300 



145, 900 



205, 665 



104,700 



21,000 



141,475 



11, 160 



1,825 



38,200 



6,565 



1,000 



150 



1,500 



5,200 



Number of 

 copies. 



359, 689 



20,060 



67,930 



202, 000 



1,626,431 



524, 525 



357,925 



1,800 



114,9.50 



141,466 



98,750 



20,750 



90,350 



11,090 



1,825 



38,100 



2,330 



1,000 



150 



1,500 



4,250 



Total. 



1,462 



957 



6,016,276 



3,686,871 



Total number pages assembled 656, 892 



Total number pages stapled 147, 232 



Work of the Folding Room. 



The work of the folding room of this section has been increased 

 by reason of the lai-ge number of emergency circular and leaflets 

 mailed direct from the department, as wiU be seen from the figures 

 given below. 



The increase in the number of pamphlets, publications, and leaflets 

 mailed from the f oldmg room over the year previous is approximately 



