278 



DEPAETMENTAL REPORTS. 



Farmers' Bulletins contributed by Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices, 1W1. 



Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices. 



New bul- 

 letins 

 and re- 

 prints. 



Number 

 of copies. 



Cost. 



Secretary's Office 



Agrostology , 



Animal Industry 



Biological Survey - 



Botany 



Chemistry - 



Entomology 



Experiment Stations.- - 



Forestry 



Plant Industry 



Pomology 



Publications 



Public Road Inquiries 



Soils 



Vegetable Physiology and Pathology 

 Weather Bureau 



Total 



27 

 1 

 8 

 5 

 13 

 74 

 2 

 1 

 6 

 8 

 4 

 2 

 8 

 3 



171 



30,000 

 165, 000 

 515,000 

 • 20,000 

 155. 000 

 KJO.OOO 

 235, 0(X) 

 1,355,000 



30,000 



30,000 

 150, 000 

 210, 0(X) 

 100,000 



45,000 

 150,000 



65,000 



3,345,000 



$4-50. 99 

 2,319.94 

 8, 598. 88 



404.19 



1,994.24 



1,576.70 



3,775.33 



30,173.88 



601.27 



641.08 

 2,209.93 

 3, .555. 36 

 2,137.07 



587.04 

 1,833.35 



947.54 



51,796.68 



Number of copies of Farmers' Bulletins issued (Nos. 1 to 132) and number distrib- 

 uted to Members of Congress, 1304-1901. 



Date. 



Prior to 1894 



In 1894 , 



In 1895 , 



In 1896 



In 1897 



In 1898 



In 1899 



In 1900 



In 1901 



Total - 



Total 



number 



of copies 



issued. 



540,000 

 278, .500 

 1,.567,(X)0 

 1,891,000 

 2,387,000 

 2,170,000 

 2,437,000 

 2,360,000 

 3,345,000 



16,975,500 



Congres- 

 sional dis- 

 tribution. 



885, 770 

 316,695 

 9()7,2;37 

 ,580, 065 

 101,985 

 666,909 

 195,010 



10,713,671 



New Farmers' Bidletins issued in each year from 1S95 to 1901, inclusive. 



THE YEARBOOK FOR 1900. 



Thanks to the nntiriiii? olTovts of my assistants and to the energy of 

 the Pul)lic Priiit(M-, tlu; iii-st delivery of the Yearbook for 1000 was on 

 May 27, 1901. This volume seems to liave been, jiidginii- by press 

 comment, as well received as any of its i^redecessors, the only criticism 

 of it, and that a Jnst one, being the extreme bulkiness which the book 

 has assumed. This is lai'gely due to the tendency of contributors to 

 furuisli lengthy articles, a tendency which every elfort will be made 



