DIVISION OP PUBLICATIONS. 



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Contributions by the various bureaus to the department series of bulletins and to the 

 Farmers' Bulletin series issued during the year. 



Bureau or office. 



Animal Industry 



Biological Survey 



Chemistry 



Entomology 



Farm Management 



Forest Service 



Plant Industry 



Public Roads 



Soils 



Crop Estimates 



Markets 



The Secretary 



Assistant Secretary 



States Relations Service. 

 Weather Bureau 



Total. 



New 

 bulletins. 



11 



4 



3 



21 



5 



13 



12 



11 



2 



2 



16 



It 



20 

 1 



Number of ! Farmers' 

 copies. bulletins. 



136, 000 



14,000 



17,000 



82,500 



31,000 



118, 500 



407, 500 



79,500 



6,000 



16,000 



282, 500 



374,500 



21 

 2 

 2 



20 

 1 



145,500 

 5,200 



Number 

 of copies. 



415,000 

 205,000 



875,000 

 80,000 

 60,000 



895,000 

 50,000 



280,000 



455,000 

 325,000 



168 



1,715,700 



62 



3,640,000 



The following statement shows the total number of publications 

 issued during the last 27 years: 



Publications of all hinds issued by the department, 1890-1916, inclusive. 



THE COMMITTEE ON MANUSCRIPTS. 



The committee on examination of manuscripts met twice a week 

 or oftener during the year and made recommendations with regard to 

 manuscripts submitted for publication and considered and reported 

 upon such matters as were referred to it by the Secretary direct or 

 through the assistant in charge of manuscripts in the office of the 

 Secretary. Where the subjects were of sufficient importance chiefs 

 of bureaus and authors met with the committee. As a result of such 

 conferences better understanding was reached and more satisfactory 

 publications were secured. Mr. G. W. Wharton, of the Office of 

 Information, was added to the committee during the year. 



The assistant in charge of manuscripts met regularly with the com- 

 mittee for the consideration of such matters as came before it. All 

 manuscripts submitted for publication were read by him for con- 

 structive criticism and suggestions for their improvement before they 

 were sent for printing. 



FARMERS' BULLETINS. 



The Farmers' Bulletins continue to be in great demand. Since the 

 series was established in 1890, 736 bulletins have been issued, of which 

 number 62 were issued during the year. Of earlier Farmers' Bulle- 

 tins, 284 were reprinted, of which 9,155,000 copies were issued, while 



