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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE 



August, 1922 



a vital relation to marketing problems and in 

 turn that marketing conditions were deter- 

 mining factors in guiding production, the 

 movement was made to consolidate the 

 divisions of the department dealing with 

 these economic questions into one bureau 

 in order that these allied questions might be 

 handled more efficiently. 



The broader scope of the combined bureaus 

 represented in the new group called for a 

 more comprehensive name and the title, 

 "Bureau of Agricultural Economics" was 

 chosen. It is a broad term which covers all 

 the work formerly done by the several 

 bureaus and is also in line with the growing 

 demand from farmers and those dealing in 

 farm products, for world-wide surveys and 

 studies of all the economic factors influ- 

 encing prices and the movements of products 

 from producer to consumer. 



For administrative purposes the work of 

 the economic phases of agriculture, produc- 

 tion, and distribution are placed in three 

 general groups of divisions : First, those 

 dealing with production; second, those de- 

 voted primilarly to marketing; and, third 

 those dealing with general production and 

 distribution statistics and the other related 

 questions of finance, cooperative organiza- 

 tion, land problems, and the larger problems 

 involved in population and rural-life studies. 



Divisions of the Bureau of Agricultural 

 . Economics 



Administrative Divisions 



Office of Chief: Associate Chief and As- 

 sistants. 

 Personnel — Accounts — Supplies — Mails 



and Files — Photographic, 

 Telegraphic, Technological and Stenogra- 

 phic Services. 

 Division of Information : Publication — 

 News Service — Periodicals. 

 Marketgrams — Radiograms — Exhibits 

 — Motion Pictures. 

 The Economic Library. 



Production Divisions 

 Farm Management: 



Farm Business analysis. 

 Farm organization. 

 Choice of farms. 

 Choice of crops. 

 Farm labor. 

 Farm power. 

 Farm practice. 



Cost of Production : 

 Crop costs. 

 Live-stock costs. 

 Costs and management. 

 Cost and prices. 

 Cost methods. 



Crop and Live-stock Estimates. 



Estimates of crop production, stocks, and ' 

 disposition. 

 . Estimates of live-stock numbers, sales, and 

 losses. 

 Farm prices. 

 Prices farmers pay. 

 Hours and wages, farm labor. 

 Farm statistics. 



Cotton : 



Administration Cotton Futures Act. 



Cotton standards. 



Cotton testing. 



Classification. 



Demonstration of classes. 



Handling and warehousing. 



Markets and prices. 



Grain: 



Administration Grain Standards Act. 



Standardization. 



Demonstration of standards. 



Milling and baking investigations. 



Grain cleaning. 



Bulk handling and marketing methods. 



Markets and prices. 

 Fruits and Vegetables: 



Inspection of perishables and containers. 



Administration Standard Container Act. 



Standardization of fruits and vegetables, 

 and containers. 



Market news service. 



Marketing nietliods and prices. 



Hay. Feed and Seeds: 



Standardization of hay and seeds. 



Trade practices. 



Market methods. 



Market news service. 



Seed trade studies. 

 Dairy and Poultry Products: 



Inspection of dairy and poultry products. 



Standardization. 



Market news service. 



Marketing methods and pricfes. 

 Live stock. Meats, and Wool. 



Standardization. 



Market news service. 



Market methods and practices. 



Movements, receipts, and prices. 



Wool statistics. 



