40 DEPABTMENTALi REPORTS. 



to rapid decay, the supplies of which are drawn from National For- 

 ests, will be sought. Success will enhance the value of the National 

 Forests by openiijg up uses for dead timber and timber of in- 

 ferior species. In cooperation with the agricultural departments 

 of several Southern and Middle Western States experiments and 

 demonstrations will be conducted in preserving for fence posts and 

 other farm purposes such easily decaying species as loblolly pine, Cot- 

 tonwood, and willow, which are plentiful where the more durable 

 woods have been exhausted or never grew. Preservation by an 

 adaptation of the open-tank method is so simple and inexpensive as 

 to permit every farmer to erect a tank and treat his own timber. 



PUBLICATION. 



The office received for review 102 manuscripts, aggregating 3,712 

 typewritten pages. Of these, 66 were submitted for publication, 2 

 were returned to the authors for revision, 3 were unavailable for publi- 

 cation, and 31 are in the office. There were printed 61 new publica- 

 tions, with a total of 2,109,000 copies, reprints of 48 circulars, 11 Year- 

 book extracts, 10 bulletins, 1 annual report, and 1 manual, with a total 

 of 497,100 copies, and revisions of 4 circulars, with a total of 342,000 

 copies. 



The office prepared 25 original articles, 16 press bulletins. With 

 a total of 130,000 copies printed, and 14 trade bulletins, of which 

 about 3,000 copies were printed. 



Schemes for the distribution of all publications are now prepared 

 in this office. Copies of all publications issued, except bulletins, of 

 which the editions authorized by law were so small as to prohibit it, 

 were sent to a special mailing list of 5,187 names. By the use of a 

 general classified mailing list of over 693,000 names, descriptive 

 notices of bulletins, circulars of information, and other publications 

 of general interest were sent to those concerned in the subject-matter 

 of the publications. 



Educational work, which is in charge of the Office of Publication, 

 was further extended through addresses made before 158 meetings in 

 32 States. 



WOBK OF THE COMING YEAR. 



Besides continuing th.e lines of work of the past j'ear, cooperation 

 will be sought with school-teachers and officers of public instruction 

 to broaden the work in education. Publications for the use of 

 teachers will be prepared. 







