DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS. 



PTTBLICATION AND EDUCATION. 



There was received in this section 40 manuscripts, containing, in 

 all, 1,981 typewritten pages. Of these manuscripts 29 were sent to the 

 printer, 3 were returned to the originating offices for forwarding to 

 persons outside the Service, 3 were returned or withdrawn for emen- 

 dation or the addition of further matter, and 5 were found unavaila- 

 able for publication. 



There were also prepared 17 original articles as memoranda for 

 reports, addresses, and similar purposes. 



Proofs of 38 publications, aggregating 892 printed pages, were 

 handled. 



On March 12 this section was assigned the preparation of printing 

 requests and care of the file and record of routine printing, including 

 the review of all forms. During the remainder of the year 255 

 printing requests were made out. The total number of printing 

 requests for the year was 795. 



Nine new publications were issued, with a total of 198,000 copies. 

 BviUetins issued were: Forest Reserves in Idaho; A Working Plan 

 for Forest Lands in Central Alabama; and Grades and Amount of 

 Lumber Sawed from Yellow Poplar, Yellow Birch, Sugar Maple, 

 and Beech. Of circulars of information there were issued: The 

 Forest Service — What It Is, and How It Deals with Forest Prob- 

 lems; Forest Planting in the Sand-Hill Region of Nebraska; In- 

 structions for Use of Instruments in Surveying; Revised Regula- 

 tions and Instructions iii Reference to Grazing; and The Use Book. 

 Four reprints of Yearbook articles were issued: How to Grow 

 Young Trees for Forest Planting ; Waste in Logging Southern Yel- 

 low Pine ; Prolonging the Life of Telephone Poles ; and Progress of 

 Forestry in 1905. Reprints of 24 bulletins, 15 circulars, and 6 Year- 

 book extracts were made, with a total of 191,000 copies. 



On June 30, 1906, 3 bulletins and 2 circulars were in the hands of 

 the printer. 



During the year 58 press bulletins were prepared and issued, with 

 a total circulation of 406,100 copies. 



There were printed, for use in supplementing correspondence, 11 

 forest planting leaflets, with a total circulation of 27,000 copies. 

 Near the close of the year a series of trade bulletins, embodying news 

 of a technical nature, was begun. 



Educational work thru addresses was greatly extended during 

 the year, both in the number of meetings held and in the territory 

 covered. Systematic work was carried on in Kansas, Oklahoma, 

 and Alabama, and 23 individual meetings were addrest upon special 

 request in 14 States and 1 Territory. Many of these addresses were 

 illustrated by lantern slides. On several occasions a representative 

 of the Service accompanied the " corn specials " which were run to 

 carry exhibits of progressive farm methods. 



WORK OF THE C03IING YEAR. 



Besides handling printing requests, reviewing all forms and other 

 work submitted for printing, reading proofs, revising manuscripts, 

 and preparing such occasional articles as may be required, the work 

 of the coming year will spread information concerning our forest 



