42 AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATIOX BILL, 1924. 



MAir.ING LISTS. 



One iiniMiiiani part of the distrihutioii work is tlie luaiiiteuaiice i>f the mail- 

 iiifr lists of the (h'liartiiieiil. As a result of the (llvisimi's efforts in revisiiij: 

 and liiintrini: these lists up to date last year the nunilier of steneils at the 

 Government I'rintinjr Otiice was reduce<l hy i)ri,4U(;, and those maintained in 

 the department hy 20.(KH) names. The diseontinuance in Octoher. 1021. of one 

 li.st to which all farmers" huHetins had lieen sent as issued resulted in savin:.' 

 344,(KK) coi)ies of farmers' hulletins, (»r at least in makinj: that many more 

 availai)le to meet tlie demiinds niaile uiion this division. 



The .sectioi> of illustrations, in addition to performing; a eonsulerahle amount 

 of i)hoto{;raphic field and lai)oratory work f<»r the various hureaus of the 

 department, prepares the illustrations for department publications. 



CONSOLIDATIO.X OF .M)I)HKSSI NO. DIPI.ICATINO. AND XIAII.lN(i WORK. 



As was reported to the connnitteo at the hearings on the ajiricultural api>ro- 

 jtriation hill last year, the addressin?,', duplicatiiifr. and mailing work of tln' 

 department was consoMdated in this division last winter. .Vs a result or the 

 con.solidation, surplus materiiil valued at more than .$2.».0(Hl was turned ovt-r 

 to the General Supply Conniiittee after i»rovision had heen niMde for the needs 

 of this divison as far ahead as could he foreseen. The dufdicatinj; .section is 

 equipped with up-to-date machinery and is prepared to perform duplicatinfi 

 work in lar^e quantities on short notice. Material savinj,'s have l»een effe;.-tiMl 

 hy the application of basic principles of shop manajiement hy which the output 

 per man and per machine has l)een increiused. Careful manajrement has like- 

 w'se rcsv.lted in cuttin.u' the pai)er Vv-iista^e fi'om ai)))ri>xihiately 4 jier cent to 

 about 1 per cent, while the quality of the work has been materially improved. 



At the hefrinnin.ii" of the fiscal year 1921 all the information and pid)licity 

 ■activities of tlie department, inciudin.n exhibits and the i)ress service, were 

 consolidatwl in the division. The motion-picture work hud since its be^iiniinjr 

 been in tlie division. The proi)o.sed reorpinization of the extension and pub- 

 lication work contemi)lates a different line-up. IHirins the i»ast year the office 

 of exhibits and the press service have been detached from the division and 

 placed, respectively, in the otlices of the Assistant Secretary and Secretary. 

 More recently tlie motion-pictui'e work has been attached to the otlict' of tlie 

 Assistant Secretary. The proi)osed i)lan of reorganisation as subnutted in the 

 e.stimates for the hscal year 1924 provides for the complete elimination of the 

 division. The othces of exhibits and motion pictures are included in the pro- 

 posed extension service, and the press .service 'is attached to the office of the 

 Secretary. The other activities now conducted by the division are tti be 

 placed in offices of editorial and distribution wiu'k and attached to the office 

 of the Secretary. The personnel formerly allotted to motion pictures and 

 exhibits have been added to the projiosed appro]n-iation for the extension service 

 and the estimates for the jiroposed offices of editorial and distribution work now 

 includes (mly those places connected with this work and the ch>rical force of 

 the press service. 



A new positicm. at ^.'.((OO. as assistant in charjj;e of the editorial antl distribu- 

 tion work by transfer from a lump fund of the extension s.'rvice is requesteil 

 to i)r()vide someone to take charj;e of these activities. Tiie i)osition of the 

 chief of the Division of Publications is abolisheil. and there is submitted in lieu 

 thereof a position as assistant in charjie of the oflice cd' distribution at the s:inK* 

 salary, $3,r)(X>. The position of chief editor is changed to editor with no chanjie 

 in salary. These other chanf,'es in title are coMtemi»hiled. as «;h<iwii by the 

 detailed estimates. 



OFFKl^: OF KXPFKIMFXT STATIONS. 



STATEMENT OF DR. E. W. ALLEN, CHIEF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT 

 STATIONS, AND DR. W. N. EVANS. CHIEF DIVISION OF INSULAR 

 EXPERIMENT STATIONS, STATES RELATIONS SERVICE. 



m Tii'S. 



Ml'. Andkrson. Doctor, this jippears to he a new item : will yoii tell 

 u.s about it? 



Doctor Ai.i.KN. ""I'he Odice of Ivxperiim-iit Stations has Ween in e.\- 

 istence in the Department of .V^n-icnUnre for many year.s, rei)r«>sent- 





