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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The care of the lists is an important feature, as is shown by the 

 fact that 51,392 stencils were cut for the Monthly List during the past 

 year, 60,395 for the miscellaneous list, and 17,889 for the list to wliich 

 Ls sent the Crop Reporter. Addresses numbering 343,134 were 

 removed during the year from the stencil lists, 97,075 of which were 

 from the list to which is sent the Monthly List of Publications — this 

 list being constantly in the course of revision^and 246,059 from 

 various other stencil lists. 



During the fiscal year 5,537,000 circulars and pamphlets were 

 folded on the folding machines, 2,658,000 of which were Monthly 

 List of Publications, 2,065,000 Crop Reporter, and 814,000 miscella- 

 neous circulars and pamphlets. 



In addition, 908,264 congressional franks and 113,625 sheets of 

 paper were cut on the paper cutter set up in the machine room. 



A very important work which is steadily increasing is the duplicat- 

 ing work done on the Flexotype machine. The rapidity and neat- 

 ness of the work of this machine has commended it to the other 

 bureaus, oflices, and divisions, with the result that 16,077 pages of 

 matter were set up and 664,890 copies made therefrom during the 

 fiscal year just ended, being an increase of nearly 300 per cent over 

 the amount reported for the previous year. In order to handle this 

 additional work the entire force worked many extra hours, including 

 work at night. The summary of the work of this class done for the 

 various bureaus and offices, together with a detailed statement of the 

 character and number of copies of each piece or job is herewith 

 appended : 



Number of Monthly List envelopes addressed 2, 833, 492 



Number of addresses furnished for Crop Reporter 1, 689, 142 



Number of addresses furnished for miscellaneous list 2, 150, 644 



Number of stencils cut for Monthly List 51, 392 



Number of stencils cut for miscellaneous list 50, 395 



Number of stencils cut for Crop Reporter list 17, 889 



Number of stencils removed from Monthly List 97, 075 



Number of stencils removed from miscellaneous list 246, 059 



Number of Monthly List folded 2, 658, 000 



Number of Crop Reporter folded 2, 065, 000 



Number of miscellaneous circulars folded 814, 000 



Number of confi;ressional franks cut 908, 264 



Number of sheets of paper cut 113, 625 



Summary of Flexotype work during fiscal year ending June SO, 1912. 



