DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 



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The following statement shows the output of Farmers' Bulletins 

 during the last 10 years, and the expenditures therefor: 



Output of Farmers' Bulletins and the cost for the fiscal years, 1907-1916, inclusive. 



The appropriation for Farmers' Bulletins was the same as for last 

 year. $137,500, and the same number of copies (12,500) was allotted 

 to each Senator, Representative, Delegate, and Commissioner in Con- 

 gress, as for the previous year. With the above appropriation, 12,- 

 795,000 copies of Farmers' Bulletins were secured, of which 6,479,178 

 copies were distributed by Senators, Members, Delegates, and Resi- 

 dent Commissioners in Congress. The following statement shows the 

 output of Farmers' Bulletins during the 27 years since the series was 

 naugu rated, with the congressional distribution for each year: 



Output of Farmers' Bulletins during 27 years, vrith congressional distribution. 



WORK OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. 



In addition to the appropriation of $47,000 for printing contained 

 m the general printing bill, the Weather Bureau has "$14,000 for 

 maintenance of a printing office in the city of Washington for the 



{mnting of weather maps, bulletins, circulars, forms, and other pub- 

 ications," and $45,030 for the pay of foremen, lithographers, press- 

 men, compositors, folders, and feeders for the printing of Weather 

 Bureau publications that, in the judgment of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, can not be done at the Government Printing Office without 

 impairing the service of the bureau. None of this work is under the 

 supervision of this division, but under the direction of the chief of 

 printing division of the Weather Bureau. 



