Expenditures from the regular fund for printing and binding, with the number of copies (arranged by classes of printing and by bureaus, divisions, and offices), for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918-Continued. Regular appropriation for department, exclusive of Farmers' Bulletins. Transferred from Farmers' Bulletin fund. Regular appropriation for Farmers' Bulletins... Expenditures for Farmers' Bulletins from the regular fund. Not expended for Farmers' Bulletins... Total of the regular appropriation for the department. Total expenditures from the regular appropriation. Balance. 63.19 Bureau. STATISTICS OF THE PUBLICATION WORK For general information and as a matter of record the following statistics are given with regard to the publication work of the year: Contributions by the various bureaus to the Department series of bulletins and to the Farmers' Bulletin series issued during the year. Total. 842 2,837,000 133 4,643 846, 500 11 571 45,000 130 3,190 10,815,000 236 5, 252 10, 884,000 New publications and reprints issued during the year ended June 30, 1918. PUBLICATIONS OF ALL CLASSES, EXCEPT PERIODICALS. 176 5,000 1,325,000 27 1 23 10,000 1 32 40,000 Copies. New publications and reprints issued during the year ended June 30, 1918-Continued. Copies of publications of all kinds, new and reprints, issued by the department, 1890–1918, inclusive. 1 Includes publications charged to the emergency fund for "stimulating agriculture.” FARMERS' BULLETINS. All previous records with regard to Farmers' Bulletins were broken, 130 new bulletins in this series having been issued during the year. The number contributed by each bureau is shown in the table on page 7. The first editions of these bulletins aggregated 6,045,000 copies. The reprints ordered of these and of 236 earlier bulletins totaled 15,654,000 copies, making an aggregate of 21,699,000 copies of Farmers' Bulletins ordered during the year. The following is a list of new Farmers' Bulletins issued during the year, showing the initial editions ordered: New Farmers' Bulletins issued during the year ended June 30, 1918, with the size of the first editions. 819. The Tobacco Budworm and Its Control in the Southern Tobacco Districts. 824. How to Select Foods: III. Foods Rich in Protein. 20,000 50,000 825. Pit Silos.. 30,000 826. Eradicating Tall Larkspur on Cattle Ranges in the National Forests. 20,000 10,000 833. Methods of Controlling or Eradicating the Wild Oat in the Hard Spring Wheat Area. 30.000 834. Hog Cholera: Prevention and Treatment 30.000 836. Sweet Clover: Harvesting and Thrashing the Seed Crop. 30,000 837. The Asparagus Beetles and Their Control. 20,000 840. Farm Sheep Raising for Beginners. 50,000 842. Modern Methods of Protection Against Lightning. 20.000 843. Important Pecan Insects and Their Control.. 844. How to Attract Birds in the Middle Atlantic States 20,000 15,000 New Farmers' Bulletins issued during the year ended June 30, 1918, with the size of the first editions-Continued. 856. Control of Diseases and Insect Enemies of the Home Vegetable Garden 857. Screw-Worms and Other Maggots Affecting Animals 50,000 15,000 867. Tobacco Hornworm Insecticide: Use of Powdered Arsenate of Lead in Dark-Tobacco Districts. 15,000 871. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables as Conservers of Other Staple Foods. 50,000 878. Grains for Western North and South Dakota and Eastern Montana. 20,000 879. Home Storage of Vegetables. 250,000 880. Fumigation of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants with Hydrocyanic-Acid Gas. 20,000 881. Preservation of Vegetables by Fermentation and Salting.. 150,000 882. Irrigation of Orchards 30,000 889. Back-Yard Poultry Keeping... 50,000 890. How Insects Affect the Cotton Plant and Means of Combating Them 898. Standard Varieties of Chickens. II. The Mediterranean and Continental Classes 907. Bean Growing in Eastern Washington and Oregon and Northern Idaho 30,000 908. Information for Fruit Growers about Insecticides, Spraying Apparatus, and Important Insect Pests 937. The Farm Garden in the North 938. Apple Bitter-Rot and Its Control. New Farmers' Bulletins issued during the year ended June 30, 1918, with the size of the first editions-Continued. 931. Soy Beans in Systems of Farming in the Cotton Belt 933. Spraying for the Control of Insects and Mites Attacking Citrus Trees in Florida 934. Home Gardening in the South. 935. The Sheep-Killing Dog.. 936. The City and Suburban Vegetable Garden 939. Cereal Smuts and the Disinfection of Seed Grain Copies. 20,000 20,000 100,000 30,000 150,000 250,000 30,000 50,000 946. Care and Repair of Farm Implements. III. Plows and Harrows 50,000 947. Care and Repair of Farm Implements. IV. Mowers, Reapers, and Binders 948. The Rag-Doll Seed Tester. 50,000 75,000 949. Dehorning and Castrating Cattle. 30,000 950. The Southern Corn Rootworm and Farm Practices to Control It 20,000 953. Potato Culture Under Irrigation 30,000 955. Use of Wheat-Flour Substitutes in Baking 275,000 956. Curing Hay on Trucks.. 958. Standard Broom Corn 966. A Simple Hog-Breeding Crate. 970. Sweet-Potato Storage. 979. Preparation of Strawberries for Market 987. Labor-Saving Practices in Haymaking. 989. Better Use of Man Labor on the Farm 991. The Efficient Operation of Thrashing Machines. 994. Commercial Bordeaux Mixtures: How to Calculate Their Values. Total of first editions of Farmers' Bulletins..... Manuscripts for 40 new Farmers' Bulletins were sent to the Government Printing Office during the latter part of the fiscal year 1917, but were not published until the fiscal year 1918, and 86 reprints of Farmers' Bulletins likewise were carried over from the fiscal year 1917. The appropriation for Farmers' Bulletins was $200,000, and approximately 25,000 copies were allotted to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress. The congressional distribution during the year aggregated 9,098,482 copies, and 14,039,047 copies were distributed by the department. The following statement shows the number of Farmers' Bulletins issued during the 29 years since the series was inaugurated, with the congressional distribution for each year: Output of Farmers' Bulletins during 29 years, with congressional distribution. 30,000 30,000 200,000 30,000 50,000 150,000 200,000 200,000 30,000 6,045,000 A notable improvement in the character and form of these popular publications was accomplished during the year. Many of the old Farmers' Bulletins were revised, reduced in number of pages, and reprinted with attractive cover designs and text illustrations. |