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merited by reports from the field service, form the basis of the 

 monthly and special crop reports of the bureau. 



Eighty-eight maps and charts were prepared in this division for 

 use in the Monthly Crop Report and for other purposes. 



DIVISION OF CROP RECORDS. 



This division, under the direct supervision of Mr. Frank Andrews, 

 chief of division, has charge of the official records of crop estimates 

 concerning the United States from Federal, State, and private 

 sources, and agricultural statistics of foreign countries. The records 

 have l3een compiled from published and unpublished reports in such 

 a way as to show in concise and convenient form information that is 

 given in the original reports in a more or less scattered way, usually 

 in a long series of reports and frequently in foreign units of weight 

 and measure. In every completed office record these units of for- 

 eign weight and measure have been converted to the equivalent 

 American units. Statistical records relating to agriculture have been 

 completed for 13 principal foreign countries, and show acreage and 

 production of crops, numbers of different classes of live stock, etc., 

 from the earliest to the latest years for wdiich figures are available. 

 In addition to the regular compilation of records the foreign crop 

 work has included a large amount of special compilations and cor- 

 respondence. When the compilation of agricultural statistics for 

 the remaining countries is finished — probably within the next year or 

 two — ^the Bureau of Crop Estimates will have one of the most com- 

 plete records of estimates and statistics relating to world crops and 

 live stock in existence, all expressed in terms of American units and 

 in such convenient form as to be immediately available for reference. 

 Estimates of United States crop production, as made by State officials 

 and private parties, have been segregated and entered on record prac- 

 tically as soon as received in the division. 



The special investigations of this division included a comprehensive 

 inquiry as to production compared with supply of principal farm 

 products : also an inquiry as to geographic variations in prices paid to 

 farmers. Manuscript reports on parts of these two investigations 

 were submitted for publication within the fiscal year. 



Eeports on the sugar crops of the United States and Hawaii are 

 compiled in this division. These reports are based upon actual enu- 

 merations, and in this respect are an exception to the general crop- 

 reporting S3^stem of the bureau. During the year three reports were 

 made relating to beets and beet sugar ; namely, acreage planted, pre- 

 liminary estimate of beets produced and sugar made, and after the 

 close of the season a final estimate of beet and sugar production. 

 There was also made, in December, the first estimate of this bureau on 

 the acreage and production of sugar-beet seed. Three reports were 

 made on the Louisiana sugar industry ; one in December, giving the 

 estimated tonnage of cane to be used for sugar; one in January, giving 

 a preliminary estimate of the sugar made ; and a final report in May, 

 giving the annual production of sugar, as well as the tonnage and 

 acreage of cane used. One report was made for the Hawaiian indus- 

 try, giving the final figures for acreage and production of cane and 

 the production of cane sugar. The second annual report on maple 

 sugar was planned and completed in this division. 



