VI CONTENTS. 



Report of the Chief of the Division of Publications Continued. Page. 



Farmers' Bulletins '. 312 



Emergency outside printing 314 



Publication work of the Weather Bureau 315 



Work of the division by branches 315 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Crop Estimates 325 



War organization of the Bureau : 325 



Work accomplished 326 



Cooperation with State departments of agriculture 328 



State assessors' returns 329 



Accuracy of the crop estimates 330 



Demands for improved crop and live-stock reporting service - 331 



Report of the Librarian 337 



Summary , : 337 



Reference and circulation divisions 338 



^ Catalogue and order divisions 339 



Periodical division 341 



Binding division 342 



Bibliography 343 



Publications 345 



Library staff 345 



Bureau, division, and office libraries 347 



Appendices 349 



Report of the Director of the States Relations Ser\dce 353 



Introduction 353 



Office of the Director 355 



Office of Experiment Stations 359 



Office of Extension Work in the South 366 



Office of Extension Work in the North and West 376 



Office of Home Economics 387 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads 391 



War activities 391 



The United States Highways Council 394 



The Federal aid road act 395 



National Forest roads 409 



Distribution of surplus war equipment, supplies, and materials 411 



Road building and maintenance investigation 412 



.Road management and economics 414 



Farm irrigation investigations 414 



Drainage investigations 416 



Rural engineering 417 



Miscellaneous 419 



Road material tests and research 420 



Reorganization of districts 424 



Federal aid advisory committee 424 



Changes in personnel 424 



Death of Director Logan Waller Page 424 



Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Markets 427 



Investigational and demonstrational work 429 



Service work .' 446 



Regulatory work 453 



Publications during the year 460 



