PUBLICATIONS. 47 



results of the work of the experiment stations ; and a monthly list of 

 experiment station publications, which is now regular^ published by 

 the Office. (2) Publications relating to the food and nutrition of 

 man, reporting or based upon the results of nutrition investigations 

 conducted under the auspices of the Office. (3) Publications relat- 

 ing to irrigation and drainage, giving the results of the irrigation 

 and drainage investigations of the Office. (4) Miscellaneous pub- 

 lications, including those relating to agricultural education in gen- 

 eral, as well as farmers' institutes, proceedings of the Association of 

 American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations and of the 

 American Association of Farmers' Institute Workers, annual reports 

 of the Director of the Office of Experiment Stations, the Card Index 

 of Experiment Station Literature, and similar publications. 



During the past fiscal year the Office published 71 documents, not 

 including revised reprints, separates, etc., aggregating 5,128 pages. 

 These documents include 11 numbers of the Experiment Station 

 Record, 1 bulletin of the Alaska Experiment Stations, 14 technical 

 bulletins, 3 bulletins of the Porto Rico Experiment Station (English 

 and Spanish editions), 5 bulletins of the Hawaii Station, 2 reports, 

 10 Farmers' Bulletins (including 6 numbers of the subseries Experi- 

 ment Station Work), 5 circulars, and 5 articles for the Yearbook of 

 the Department. Two other numbers of the Experiment Station 

 Record, 6 technical bulletins, 1 report, 1 bulletin each of the Alaska 

 and Hawaii stations, 2 Porto Rico Station bulletins, 1 Farmers' 

 Bulletin, 1 circular, and several miscellaneous documents containing 

 about 1,500 pages were prepared and submitted for publication before 

 the close of the fiscal year. Copy for 1,200 cards of the index of 

 experiment station literature was prepared during the year. The 

 number of index cards distributed has reached 26,900. The amount 

 received from the sale of index cards during the year was $195.97. 

 The policy of reprinting separates of individual articles contained in 

 larger reports has been continued with satisfactory results. Thirty- 

 three such separates, aggregating 1,269 pages, have been reprinted in 

 editions of varying size to meet the actual demands for the articles. 

 Several of the earlier technical and Farmers' Bulletins of the Office 

 were exhausted during the year and were reprinted, in many cases 

 with complete revision or more or less additions and corrections. 

 Eleven of the earlier numbers of the Experiment Station Record were 

 reprinted in limited editions to complete sets. 



The report of the Department Editor for 1906 shows that 2,304,750 

 copies of the publications of this Office were issued during the past 

 fiscal year, of which 2,025,000 were Farmers' Bulletins. 



