UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WAR-SAVING STAMPS. 

THE SUPREME MOMENT! 

PHACH WITH VICTORY IS THR ONLY PRAOH! NOT ALONE FOR THE 
UNITED STATES BUT FOR THE WIDE WORLD! MOLOCH, THE HUN, HAS PASSED 
THE PINNACLE OF HIS SELF-STYLED SUCCESSES - AND DRUNKEN WITH THE 
BLOOD OF INNOCENTS - THE REACTION HASTENS! THIS, THEN MARKS FOR HIM 
THE BEGINNING OF TH& END! FROM NOW ON HE MUST BE BEATEN BACK-- EVEN 
THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE RHINE, FROM MAYENCE TO COLOGNE! ‘THE BIT- 
TER CUP THAT BELGIUM, FRANCE AND SERBIA HAVE DRAINED, MUST BE PRESSED 
ON THE ENEMY MANYFOLD. 
BE ALERT! 
REMEMBER THE ENEMY--- NEVER SLEEPS. 
TO IMPERIL THE INTEGRITY OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE AMBRICAN STATE - 
WOULD BE THE GREATEST CALAMITY THAT COULD BEFALL THE WORLD! 


BOOKS FOR YOUR SOLDIERS AND SATLORS. 
The book receipts from the recent book campaign of the American Library i 
Association have far exceeded all expectations, nearly 4,000,000 volumes having { 
been collected, Some classes of books however are still needed. For example, | 
sets of Baedeker’s guidebooks have been requested to be placed on the transports 
Sailing from this country. These will "help win the war" by giving the men detailed 
information which will enable them to adapt themselves more readily to their new | 
environment. Also books in foreign languages are much needed. These are . 
becoming scarce in this country and it is almost impossible to buy them. Thousands 
of the men in training camps are foreigners with little or no ability to read Eng- 
lish and the camp libraries wish to supply books which they can read, A recent census 1 
at camp Devens, Ayers, Mass., given in the American Leader magazine shows 40 differ- | 
ent languages in use, ranging from French and Italian in the majority, to Maltese, 
Egyptian and Gaelic. There is also special, demand for magazines such as Punch, | 
Judge, Life,- Popular Mechanics, Popular Science Monthly, Scientific American, Atlantic 
Monthly, Harper’s Magazine, Scribner’s, Century, etc. Monthly story magazines of more 
than transient interest are especially desired and the public is urged to forward | 
them through the U. S. Post Office Department, 
» BOOKS GIVEN BY MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY IN WASHINGTON MAY BB 
SRoucar TO THE BUREAU LIBRARY OR TO THE LIBRARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
METHOD OF TAGGING TREES. 
In any rearing work at Falls Church it has been necessary to tag large 
Sections of wood which lie on the ground from one to two years. Under such conditions, 
writing on wooden tags soon becomes illegible, while copper tags are not only expensive 
but not large enough for sufficient data. It is also difficult to write on copper 
“+S The ordinary linen frank has been used very sucessfully. These tags are first 

