REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF CROP 



ESTIMATES. 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Crop Estimates, 

 Washington, D. C, September 15, 1916. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit herewith the report of the Bureau 

 of Crop Estimates for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916. 

 Respectfully, 



Leon M. Estabrook, 



Chief of Bureau. 



Hon. D. F. Houston, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



PERSONNEL. 



During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, the total number of 

 permanent salaried employees in the Bureau of Crop Estimates was 

 149, of whom 105 were stationed in Washington, D. C, and 44 were 

 stationed in the field. In addition to the regular force in the 

 Washington office it was found necessary to employ from three 

 to nine temporary clerks ard skilled laborers for from three to 

 six months, near the close of the year, in order to handle the greatly 

 increased volume of work, the number of schedules mailed and sorted 

 having increased from 1,264,154 for the fiscal year 1915 to 1,989,718 

 for the fiscal year 1916, or an increase of 57.4 per cent. 



The total number of voluntary crop reporters and special corre- 

 spondents who served without compensation was approximately as 

 follows : 



Township 30, 220 



County 2, 777 



County aids (estimated) 5,554 



Field aids 15, 639 



Special price 5. 932 



Apple 8, 764 



Cotton crop specialist 520 



Individual farm, cotton 8, 086 



Special cotton 5, 226 



Sheep 6, 453 



Bee 2, 775 



Cranberry 335 



Potato 4, 766 



Peanut 3, 882 



Comparative price 796 



Broom corn 1, 029 



Live stock 6, 284 



Mills and elevators 9. 104 



Individual farm 32, 486 



Maple sirup 1, 200 



Truck crop specialist 6, 500 



Total 15S, 310 



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