Appendix 475 



month. It contains a list by numbers and titles of the publications 

 issued during the preceding month. It gives the title, author, and 

 number of pages of each publication, and the price at which it may be 

 obtained from the Superintendent of Documents after the Department's 

 supply is exhausted, together with a short sketch describing the char- 

 acter of the bulletin and the section of the country to which it is particu- 

 larly applicable. It is sent free to all who apply for it. (/) The 

 Monthly Weather Review. This is a quarto-sized publication, con- 

 sisting of 12 numbers to the volume, and is for sale by the Superintend- 

 ent of Documents, the subscription price being $2.50 a year. 

 Congressional Publications : 



These publications are required by law to be printed, and comprise 

 for the Department of Agriculture (a) The Annual Report of the Secre- 

 tary, which is for free distribution as long as the supply lasts. (6) An- 

 nual Reports of the various Bureaus, Divisions, and Offices, printed 

 primarily for the information of Congress, the edition being small, and 

 there is little miscellaneous distribution, (c) The Yearbook. This 

 is an octavo publication, containing articles of the magazine type, 

 describing some feature of the work of the Department ; it comprises 

 from 600 to 800 pages ; the edition is 500,000 copies, of which 470,000 

 are for distribution by Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in 

 Congress ; 30,000 copies being allotted to the Department, which are 

 distributed principally to its correspondents and collaborators. It 

 is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, at from $.75 to $1.00 

 a copy, the price varying different years, (d) Reports of Experiment 

 Stations. Comprises a review of the work of the Experiment Stations. 

 It is octavo in size and the number of pages varies from 300 to 500. 

 The principal distribution is to Stations and libraries, (e) Report on 

 Field Operations of the Bureau of Soils. An octavo volume, compris- 

 ing from '1500 to 1800 pages. It is made up of reports of soil surveys 

 of different localities, issued as soon as prepared, which are afterward 

 included in the full report. The full report is distributed only to li- 

 braries, while the advance sheets of these soil surveys are distributed 

 free as long as the supply lasts, the Department's edition being only 

 1000 of each. 

 Farmers' Bulletin : 



This series consists of practical, concise, and specific information 

 on matters relating to country life, the average size being 16 pages, al- 

 though when occasion requires, the number of pages is increased or 

 decreased. The subjects discussed in these bulletins are handled in 

 such a way that the statements are practically in the nature of formulas, 

 and they are prepared as far as possible to apply to specific sections of 



