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NOTES REGARDING DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS. 
The publications of the U. S. Department of Agriculture are mainly of three 
general classes: 
I. Publications issued annually, comprising the Yearbooks, the Annual Reports 
of the Department, the Annual Reports of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and the 
Annual Reports of the Weather Bureau. 
II. Other departmental reports, divisional bulletins, ete. Of these, each Bureau, 
Division, and Office has its separate series, in which the publications are numbered 
consecutively as issued. They comprise reports and discussions of a scientific or 
technical character. 
III. Farmers’ bulletins, divisional circulars, reprinted Yearbook articles, and other 
popular papers. 
The publications in Class I are distributed by the Department and by Senators, 
Representatives and Delegates in Congress. For instance, of the 500,000 copies of the 
Yearbook usually issued, the Department is allotted only 30,000, while the remaining 
470,000 copies are distributed by Members of Congress. The Department’s supply 
of the publications of this class is, therefore, limited, and consequently has to be 
reserved almost exclusively for distribution to its own special correspondents, and 
in return for services rendered. 
The publications of Class IT are not for distribution by Members of Congress, 
and they are not issued in editions large enough to warrant free general distribution 
by the Department. The supply is used mainly for distribution to those who 
cooperate with the Department or render it some service, and to educational and 
other public institutions. A sample copy of this class of publications can usually 
be sent on application, but, aside from this, the Department generally finds it 
necessary to refer applicants to the Superintendent of Documents, of whom further 
mention is made below. 
The publications of Class III treat in a practical way of subjects of particular 
interest to farmers. They are usually issued in large editions, and are for free gen- 
eral distribution by the Department. The Farmers’ Bulletins are also for distribu- 
tion by Senators, Representatives and Delegates in Congress, to each of whom is fur- 
nished annually, according to law, a quota of several thousand copies for distribution 
among his constituents. 
A limited supply of nearly all the publications in Classes I and II is, in com- 
pliance with the law, placed in the hands of the Superintendent of Documents for 
sale at cost of printing. Application for these should be addressed to the Superin- 
tendent of Documents, Union Building, Washington, D. €., and should be 
accompanied by postal money order, payable to him for the amount of the price. 
No postage stamps or private checks should be sent. The Superintendent of Docu- 
ments is not permitted to sell more than ono copy of any public document to the 
same person. The Public Printer may sell to one person any number not to exceed 
250 copies if ordered before the publication goes to press. 
The Secretary of Agriculture has no voice in designating the public libraries which 
shall be depositories of public documents. Of the distribution of documents to such 
depositories, including the publications of this and all other Departments of the Goy- 
ernment, the Superintendent of Documents has full charge. 
For publications of the Weather Bureau, requests and remittances should be 
directed to the Chief of the Weather Bureau. 
The Department has no list of persons to whom all publications are sent. The 
Monthly List, issued on the first day of each month, will be mailed regularly to all 
who apply for it. The Department also issues and sends out to all who apply for 
them a complete list of all publications of which the Department has a supply for 
free distribution, and a similar list of all the Department’s publications for sale by 
the Superintendent of Documents. 
