REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF

PUBLICATIONS.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS,

Washington, D. C., July 12, 1918. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith a report on the operations of the Division of Publications for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918.

The publication work of the department exceeded in magnitude and variety of documents that of any previous year. Including the work charged to a special fund for emergency printing, provided in the food production act, 2,205 publications of all kinds were issued, as follows: 821 bulletins, orders, reports, separates, etc., of which the editions aggregated 36,738,494 copies; 164 periodicals, 11,394,700 copies; 52 leaflets, 22,555,000 copies; 4 pamphlets, 513,000 copies; 21 circulars and folders, 3,347,000 copies; 24 posters, 1,843,500 copies; 1,119 publications, bulletins, maps, etc., of the Weather Bureau, 920,205 copies.

The total editions of new documents of all kinds aggregated 77,311,899 copies. Of the 341 publications reprinted to supply the demand, the editions amounted to 19,947,500 copies. The total number of copies of new publications and reprints for the year, therefore, was 97,259,399.

The number of new Department Bulletins contributed by the various bureaus, divisions, and offices was 133, of which 846,500 copies were ordered.

The 11 Department Bulletins reprinted aggregated 45,000 copies. There were 130 new Farmers' Bulletins as compared with 84 last year, of which the editions ordered amounted to 10,815,000 copies. Reprints were ordered of 236 Farmers' Bulletins heretofore issued, aggregating 10,884,000 copies. Thus the number of Farmers' Bulletins ordered during the year reached the total of 21,699,000 copies.

Of the emergency leaflets, pamphlets, posters, folders, etc., used in connection with the department's campaign to increase food production, 28,258,500 copies were ordered. These in part were shipped

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in bulk directly from the plants in which they were printed to the distributing points. The publications of the Weather Bureau were distributed by that office.

The number of printed documents of all classes distributed by the Division of Publications was 99,222,321.

ALLOTMENTS AND EXPENDITURES.

The regular appropriation for printing and binding was $650,000, from which the expenditures were $649,917.56, leaving a balance of $82.44.

The number of requisitions on the Public Printer was 3,843, as compared with 4,140 for the preceding year.

Of the regular appropriation of $650,000, not exceeding $200,000 was allotted by law for printing Farmers' Bulletins, and not exceeding $47,000 for the use of the Weather Bureau.

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES FROM THE REGULAR FUND FOR PRINTING AND BINDING.

Expenditures chargeable to the regular appropriation for printing and binding aggregated $649,917.56. The following statement shows the amounts expended from this appropriation, arranged by classes of printing and by bureaus.

Expenditures from the regular fund for printing and binding for the fiscal year ended

June 30, 1918.

ARRANGED BY CLASSES OF PRINTING, AND SHOWING FOR EACH CLASS THE PER CENT OF TOTAL.

Expenditures from the regular fund for printing and binding for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918-Continued.

ARRANGED BY BUREAUS, AND SHOWING ESTIMATED COST OF work ordered BUT NOT COMPLETED.

Total (including Farmers' Bulletins). 135,815. 16 315, 261.96 649, 917.56 159, 160.81

$1,710.73 26, 777. 11 6,521.31

25, 319.27 39, 605.89

15, 248.60 7,500. 94 2,375.52 32, 437.44 1,733. 63 13, 548. 45 26,636.53

52,800.05

7,078.02 16, 188.50 125, 590. 48 39, 430.77

711.77 84, 911.69 41,815.39

4,292. 68 4,724.78

576,959.55 232, 118. 82

809,078.37

1 Farmers' Bureaus given in total only, because charged to a special allotment of the regular printing fund, though these bulletins are contributed by various bureaus.

The estimated cost of work not completed, therefore carried forward to the present fiscal year, is shown also. The cost of completing this work carried over is estimated at $159,160.81. This unusually large "carry-over" was due partly to congestion at the Government Printing Office and partly to insufficiency of the printing appropriation to meet the unusual demands for printing under war conditions.

DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES from the REGULAR FUND FOR PRINTING AND BINDING, BY CLASSES OF WORK, FOR EACH BUREAU.

The following statement shows in detail the expenditures for printing and binding for the various bureaus, divisions, and offices, chargeable against the regular appropriation of $650,000. The classes of work and the amount or number of copies are given.

The expenditures include the final charges for work ordered in the fiscal year 1917 but not completed in that year, and the first charges on work ordered in the fiscal year 1918 and completed only in part, the final charges for which will be paid from the appropria

tion for 1919.

The number of copies given does not in every case represent the number actually received. The number actually received and the number distributed are given in connection with the distribution of documents, under the head o. Document Section.