REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF CROP 



ESTIMATES. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Crop Estimates, 

 Washington^ D. C.^ Seytemher 10, 1917. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit herewith the report of the Bureau 

 of Crop Estimates for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917. 

 Respectfully, 



Leon M. Estabrook, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. D. F. Houston, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



PERSONNEL. 



During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, the total number of 

 permanent salaried employees in the Bureau of Crop Estimates was 

 1G5, of whom 112 were stationed in Washington, D. C, and 53 sta- 

 tioned in the field. In addition to the regular force in the Wash- 

 ington office it was found necessary to employ from 7 to 14 tempo- 

 rary clerks and skilled laborers for all or a portion of the year in 

 order to handle the greatly increased volume of work, the number 

 of schedules mailed and sorted having increased from 1,405,274 for 

 the fiscal year 1916 to 2,056,420 for the fiscal year 1917, or an increase 

 of 46.3 per cent. Correspondence and other clerical work increased 

 in about the same proportion. 



The total number of voluntary crop reporters and special corre- 

 spondents who served without compensation was approximately as 

 follows : 



Township 31, 338 



County 2, 793 



County aids (estimated) 5,586 



Field aids 15,843 



Special price 6, 051 



Apple 8, 238 



Cotton crop specialist 857 



Individual farm, cotton 8, 653 



Special cotton 5, 464 



Sheep 6, 445 



Bee 3, 995 



Cranberry 365 



Potato 4, 067 



Peanut 4, 351 



Comparative price 79G 



Broom corn 1,040 



Live stock 10. 860 



Mills and elevators 13, 351 



Individual farm 33. 548 



Maple sirup 1. 716 



Truck crop specialist 8, 746 



Total 174. 103 



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