460 ANNUAL KEPOETS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



COMPLETION OF THE WORK OF THE DOMESTIC WOOL SECTION OF THE WAR 



INDUSTRIES BOARD. 



By Executive order dated December 31, 1918, the work of the wool 

 division of the War Industries Board was transferred to the Bureau 

 of Markets and the sum of $10,000 was allotted by that board for 

 the continuation of its work until July 1, 1919. A total force of 3 

 technical men and 14 clerical employees has been engaged in auditing 

 accounts received from dealers and in collecting and distributing the 

 excess profits made by these dealers. In the course of this work, 

 reports have been requested from 3,500 licensed country dealers and 

 from 200 dealers w^ho, it was discovered, had handled 1918 wool 

 without permits. After the publication of Service and Kegulatory 

 Announcements No. 50, entitled " Government Control of the Wool 

 Clip of 1918 Review of Regulations and Interpretations Thereof," 

 reports of the year's transactions were requested from about 180 

 distributing center dealers. An audit of the accounts of country 

 dealers shows that only one out of every six or seven made profits 

 in excess of the amount permitted by Government regulation. All 

 sums collected as excess profits will be returned to the proper parties. 



PUBLICATIONS DURING THE YEAR. 



DEPARTMENT BULLETINS. 



690. Marketing Practices of Wisconsin and Minnesota Creameries. By R. C. 



Potts. 

 709. Reports of Storage Holdings of Certain Foods Products. By J. O. Bell 



and I. C. Franklin. 

 734. Nematode Galls as a Factor in the Marketing and Milling of Wheat. By 



D. A. Coleman and S. A. Regan. 



764. Factors Influencing the Carrying Qualities of American Export Corn. By 



E. G. Boerner. 



770. Motor Transportation for Rural Districts. By J. H. Collins. 

 776. Cold Storage Reports, Season 1917-1918. By John O. Bell. 

 786. Prevailing Plans and Practices of Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 

 panies. By V. N. Valgren. 



788. Moisture in Wheat and Mill Products. By J. H. Shollenberger. 



789. Notes on Grain Pressure in Storage Bins. By W. J. Larkin. (In press.) 

 792. Reports of Storage Holdings of Certain Food Products During 1918. By 



John O. Bell. (In press.) 



801. Construction and Fire Protection of Cotton Warehouses. By J. M, Work- 

 man. (In press.) 



811. A System of Bookkeeping for Grain Elevators. By B. B. Mason, Frank 

 Robota and A. J. Swarthout. (In press.) 



FARMERS BULLETINS. 



1032. Operating a Cooperative Motor Truck Route, By H. S. Yohe. 



1050. Handling and Loading Southern New Potatoes. By A. M. Grimes. 



1055. Country Hides and Skins; Skinning, Curing and Marketing. By C. V. 



Whalin, F. P. Veitch and R. W. Hickman (in cooperation with Bureaus 



of Chemistry and Animal Industry.) (In press.) 



YEARBOOK SEPARATES. 



763. Cotton Warehousing Benefits of an Adequate System. By R. L. Newton 



and J. M. Workman. 



764. Cattle Loans and Their Value to Investors. By C. S. Cole. 



766. The Farmer and the Federal Grain Supervision, By R. H. Brown. 



768. Following the Produce Markets. By G. B. Fiske. 



775. Some Effects of the War Upon the Seed Industry of the United States. By 



W. A. Wheeler and G. C. Edler. 

 788. Government Market Reports on Live Stock and Meats. By James Atkinson. 



