REPORT OF THE EDITOR. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Publications, 

 Washington, D. C, September 1, 1912. 

 Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report of the operations 

 of the Division of Publications for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1912. 

 Respectfully, 



Jos. A. Arnold, 



Editor and Chief. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



SUMMARY. 



The work consisted, as usual, in editing, indexing, illustrating, and 

 distributing the 2,110 different bulletbis, circulars, reports, documents, 

 and all kinds of publications of the department, of which 34,678,557 

 copies were issued. This is an increase of nearly 25 per cent over 

 the number of publications printed and distributed during the pre- 

 ceding year. Of these, 33,888,075 were issued through this division 

 and 790,482 were issued through the Weather Bureau. Of the total 

 number of publications, 24,900,557 were new and 9,778,000 copies 

 were reprints of earlier bulletins and reports. Of publications issued, 

 10,409,000 were Farmers' Bulletins and 24,269,557 were miscellaneous 

 publications. Of the miscellaneous publications, 22,350,557 were 

 new and 1,919,000 were reprints of earlier publications. Of the 

 Farmers' Bulletins, 2,550,000 were new and 7,859,000 were reprints. 



The average number of employees in the division was 197. Of 

 these, 10 were employed in the office of the chief in connection with 

 the administrative work of the division, 12 in the editorial section, 

 10 in the indexing section, 19 in the drafting and photographic 

 laboratory, and 140 in the document section. 



The actual expenditures by the division were as follows: 



Printing and binding $422, 981. 97 



Salaries of employefjs. all of whom are on the statutory roll 176, 889. 00 



Rents, materials, supplies, etc 27, 351. 94 



The following is a statement of the appropriations expended under 

 the supervision of this division for the nscal years 1909, 1910, 1911. 

 and 1912: 



769 



