SERIES XXXVIH NO. i 



JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY STUDIES 



IN 



Historical and Political Science 



Under the Direction of the 



Departments of History, Political Economy, and 

 Political Science 



THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE 



A STUDY IN ADMINISTRATION 



BY 



WILLIAM L. WANLASS, PH.D. 

 Assistant Professor of Economics and Politics in Union College 



BALTIMORE 



THE JOHNS HOPKINS PRESS 



1920 



