DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 285 



Preparation of Farmers' Bulletins $5, 601. 60 



Printing of Farmers' Bulletins 51,798.63 



Total .- 57,400.23 



Grand total.... — 110,358.06 



PUBLICATIONS PRINTED UNDER ACT OR SPECIAL RESOLUTION. 



The following is a list of publications not covered by the appropria- 

 tions for printing, but provided for by act or by special resolution 

 of Congress : 



PROVIDED FOR BY ACT OF CONGRESS. 



Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1900. 



Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture. 



Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ended June 



30, 1900. 

 Operations of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 

 Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, for the year 1899. 



PROVIDED FOR BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS. 



Field Operations of the Division of Soils, 1899. 

 Peach- Leaf Curl: Its Nature and Treatment. 

 Agricultural Resources and Capabilities of Porto Rico. 

 Irrigation Investigations in California. 

 The Agricultural Experiment Stations in the United States. 

 Report on the Agricultural Resources and Capabilities of Hawaii. 

 Fourth Report on the Agricultural Investigations in Alaska, 1900. 

 Report on the Big Trees of California. 

 A Primer of Forestry, Part 1: The Forest. 



Progress of the Beet-Sugar Industry in the United States in 1899, with a Supple- 

 mentary Report on the Cane-Sugar Industry of the Hawaiian Islands. 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



COMPENSATION OF ASSISTANTS. 



In submitting estimates for the expenses of this Division for the 

 ensuing fiscal year, I feel compelled, in justice to my chief assistants, 

 to call attention to the fact that their remuneration is quite inade- 

 quate to the quality and quantity of service rendered by them. The 

 responsibilities of my editorial assistants have greatly increased with 

 the enormous increase of work, and the service exacted of them 

 demands that they should be recognized as assistant editors. In the 

 case of almost every one of them the term editorial clerk is a mis- 

 nomer. I trust, then, that it will be possible before long to secure for 

 them and for the other meritorious clerks and employees the practical 

 recognition which their services deserve. In justice to them I shall 

 also place on record here the fact that it is very seldom that any one 

 of my principal assistants enjoys the full term of his leave, while 

 every one of them frequently contributes extra labor for the purpose 

 of aiding in the prompt and efficient performance of our work. 



What has been said in regard to my principal assistants in the edi- 

 torial division equally applies to the assistant in charge of the docu- 

 ment section, and to several members of our clerical force, especially 

 those having charge of the books and of the supervision of the work 

 of others. In the estimates of next year some transfers have been 

 made from the Farmers' Bulletin roll to the statutory roll, this being, 

 it is understood, in accordance with the wishes of Congress, and some 

 additional clerical force has been included. 



