INSTRUCTIONS. 
Every officer or other employee of the Department of Agriculture conducting 
work while traveling will, so far as practicable, keep a diary in which will be 
recorded, under an appropriate date entry, a concise statement of all important 
matters pertaining to such work and also of any general matters that may be of 
interest to the Department. 
This diary will be retained by the official preparing same, but will be subject 
to call by the administrative officers of the Department, including the disbursing 
officer, at any time. 
When this book is filled another may be secured by application to the chief of 
your Bureau or to the disbursing officer of the Department. 
Secretary of Agriculture, 
