DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 

 PubKcations of all kinds issued by the department, 1890-1912. 



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SALE OF THE DEPARTMENT S PUBLICATIONS, 



The superintendent of docuraeiits of the Government Printmg 

 Office sold 171,866 copies of this department's publications during the 

 fiscal year, for which he received $16,428.07. 



The sales of the department's publications within the last seven 

 years is shown in the following table : 



Sales of agricultural publications by the Superintendent of Documents during the fiscal 



years 1906-1912. 



It will be observed that the number of copies sold during this 

 fiscal year was about 7 per cent less than the number sold in 1911. 



AUTHORITY TO REPRINT. 



Under the operation of a provision of the law, the superintendent 

 of documents can reprint and sell any publication, so long as there is 

 a demand for it, thus enabling his office to operate on a strictly busi- 

 ness basis, paying for the reprints out of the receipts from previous 

 sales, and making no drafts on the department's printing fund. 

 Under this law apphcants desiring or needing publications of the 

 department can secure the same when the department's limited 

 editions are exhausted and it is not possible for it to order additional 

 copies. 



Classes of agricultural publications reissued by the superintendent of documents during 



the fiscal year 1911-12. 



Class of publication. 



Reports 



Bulletins 



Circulars 



Unnumbered publications.. 

 Experiment Station Record 

 Farmers' Bulletins 



Total 



Number. 



MO 



Copies. 



120,450 



