308 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
The Cuarrman. The article states what the report contains, and also 
that it is to be illustrated with plates, and carefully revised, etc. 
Mr. Hitz. I would like permission to look at it. [Takes paper.] 
This is not a monthly list. This is a,press report. We sent that to 
the papers to correct some of the most extraordinary misstatements 
which were causing us an enormous amount of correspondence, and 
we concluded it would be better to send out this; but we at that time 
anticipated, and had every reason to anticipate, that the book would 
be out in about three weeks, and were getting such an enormous num- 
ber of applications and letters based upon this information, some of 
the most ridiculous character, that we thought we had better send out 
a slip giving the exact facts. If we had had an idea that the Horse 
Book would not have been out in three weeks we would not have done 
it. It saved us an immense amount of correspondence. 
The Cuarrman. Why would not a copy to the effect that they had 
been provided for answer? 
Mr. Hirx. The sequel proves that that would have been better, but 
we had every reason to believe they would be out. The fact was, at 
that time, it was not expected the new members would have any, 
because it was expected to be out before the next Congress met. 
Mr. Bowrz. How many of these announcements of the publication 
do you send out? 
My. Hitt. We aim to send out the announcement of our new pub- 
lication when the last page proof goes back to the printer, and we 
have reason to suppose that in the course of ten days or a fortnight 
that they will be ready. : 
Mr. Burieson. How many did you send out? 
Mr. Hitz. Every newspaper on our list. Every newspaper that 
asks to be put on our list, we put on our list. 
Mr. Scorr. Do you send to private individuals who ask to be put 
on your list? 
Mr. Hix. No, sir; we send them a monthly list, giving the details 
of the publications issued—a monthly publication—and we send that 
to everybody that asks for them. We send out 120,000 of those every 
month, and the demand is increasing constantly. 
Mr. Apams. Is there to be another edition of the Cattle Book? 
Mr. Hitz. Yes, sir; it is under revision now. 
Mr. Apams. When will that be published? 
Mr. Hit, It will not reach my hands for a long time yet. 
The Cuatrman. Your general answer to these questions concerning 
increases of salary, then, and increases of force on the statutory roll, 
is increase of work? 
My. Hix. It is increase of work, Mr. Chairman, and—I will be 
perfectly frank—an earnest desire on my part to relieve myself, and to 
relieve my assistant, of a lot of extra work that we have been very 
cheerfully performing. I do not expect to get rid of it all, but I 
would like to get rid of the constant night work that I have for five 
or six months of the year. 
Mr. Haskins. Is it not true that the Department. is increasing in 
all its branches every year as the country increases in size? 
Mr. Hitt. Exactly; and perhaps a little faster, because we have not 
caught up to the country yet. There are 6,000,000 farmers in the 
United States, but I do not believe we reach a million of them. 
The Cuarrman. You reach all that want to be reached? 
