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the force and funds employed in the cooperative extension work, 

 owing to the complicated relations with the contributing State col- 

 leges and county organizations, has increased many fold the clerical 

 work involved in appointments and other papers affecting personnel 

 and in the accounting work of the Service. The work in handling 

 property and supplies has at least doubled. As far as possible con- 

 solidation and coordination of work in these lines have been effected 

 in the central offices with a view to preventing duplication of work 

 in the different branches of the Service. The location of our Wash- 

 ington force in different buildings necessarily prevents the most com- 

 plete economy in the management of the routine business. 



Library and bibliographical work in connection with Experiment 

 Station Record on the literature of agricultural science and experi- 

 mentation has been continued and similar work on the literature of 

 extension work in agriculture and home economics has been in- 

 augurated. For general agricultural and scientific literature the 

 Service depends entirely on the Library of the Department, with 

 which it works in close cooperation. Until a year ago the only 

 publications permanently located in the Service were those of the 

 State agricultural experiment stations, the collection of which was 

 begun by the Office of Experiment Stations soon after the passage 

 of the Hatch Act. A similar collection of extension publications 

 issued by the institutions receiving the benefits of the Smith-Lever 

 Act is now being made. Every effort has been made to make and 

 keep these collections as complete as possible and beginning with 

 January 1, 1916. a subject index to these extension publications has 

 been kept on cards for the use of the extension offices of the States 

 Relations Service located in Washington. Books and periodicals of 

 interest to their work have been brought to the attention of these 

 offices and some work has been done at their request in preparing 

 bibliographical lists on specific subjects. Similar service is given 

 to the editors of the Experiment Station Record in calling to their 

 attention or procuring for them on request books and periodicals 

 giving the result of agricultural experimentation and scientific inves- 

 tigation in agriculture and related subjects. Progress has been made 

 in bringing up to date a manuscript revision of the list of publica- 

 tions of the State experiment stations originally issued as Bulletin 

 180 of the Office of Experiment Stations. This list, even in manu- 

 script form, is invaluable in answering inquiries that come to this 

 Service, is much used by workers in other bureaus of this Depart- 

 ment, and portions of it have occasionally been lent to institutions 

 outside of Washington. 



EDITORIAL DIVISION. 



W. H. Beal, Chief. 



This division deals in an editorial capacity with all the publica- 

 tions of the States Relations Service, except the Experiment Sta- 

 tion Record. It represents the Director in his relations with the 

 Division of Publications and the Committee on Examination of 

 Manuscripts and has charge of the mailing lists, lantern slides, 

 charts, and other illustrative material of the Service. 

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