38 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Your Commissioner has, however, made three trips to Wash- 

 ington, chiejfly on corn borer work; one to Chicago, to attend 

 meeting of commissioners and secretaries of agriculture; and 

 one trip to Albany, New York, on corn borer work. A good 

 deal of travel inside the State has been necessary, chiefly to 

 attend meetings and for other engagements. 



There should be an adequate sum set aside for this purpose, 

 for the Commissioner should be in a position to attend such 

 agricultural gatherings and make such investigations outside of 

 the State as would assist the work here. 



Work of the Office. 



Although the office work long ago outgrew its quarters, no 

 additional space has as yet been provided. The work of the 

 stenographic and clerical force has increased very materially the 

 past year, and the need for more help is urgent. 



On June 1, 1919, Mr. R. Edwards Annin, Jr., who has been 

 with the department since February, 1914, first as second clerk 

 and since June, 1918, as first clerk, resigned to accept a position 

 with a law firm in New York. ]\Ir. Ralph W. Harwood, Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College, '18, who served with the Twenty- 

 sixth Division in France, was appointed in Mr. Annin's place. 



Since July 1 the titles of first and second clerk have been 

 abandoned in accordance with the standardization act which 

 then went into effect and classed them as executive and senior 

 clerk, respectively. 



Work of the Library. 



During the year 1919 fifty-two new books were added to the 

 library at a cost of $83.92. About $88 has been exjDended for 

 periodicals and $47 for binding. No attempt has been made to 

 include the new books on agriculture, only those being added 

 which were necessary to keep the library up to date on the va- 

 rious branches of the subject. 



The card catalogue has been revised to include all the books 

 in the circulating section of the library, the circulars and bulle- 

 tins of the State Department of Agriculture, and the Farmers' 

 Bulletins and department bulletins of the Federal Department 

 of Agriculture. The Agricultural Lidex, issued by the H. W. 



