in mills, elevators, cotton gins, and other industrial plants. Develops an industry for dehydration of foods. Works out methods for chemical analysis.

Bureau of Entomology studies insects in their economic relations to agriculture and agricultural products and to the health of men and animals. Experiments with the introduction of beneficial insects, tests insecticides and insecticide machinery. Identifies insects sent in by inquirers.

Bureau of Markets acquires and gives out information regarding the marketing and distribution of farm and non-manufactured food products. Work is divided into four branches: investigational, demonstrational, service, and regulatory. Through its investigational work it obtains information of fundamental importance regarding marketing methods and conditions; the standardization, transportation and storage of agricultural products and methods used in their grading, handling and packing; methods of accounting and business practice used by agencies engaged in marketing; the organization of rural communities for marketing or purchasing farm products; the milling and baking qualities of grain for which standards have been established under the U. S. Grain Standards Act. Demonstrational work is conducted regarding standardization, grading, packing and shipping of commodities, the use of the accounting systems devised by the Bureau, and other matters. In its service work, the Bureau of Markets issues reports at specified intervals, daily, weekly, and monthly, giving information regarding the supply, commercial movement, disposition, and market prices of fruits and vegetables, live stock and meats, and dairy and poultry products. It also issues a weekly newspaper, The Market Reporter, in which market information is summarized in permanent form. It issues daily a telegraphic marketgram of approximately 1,000 words covering the markets of the country for the week ending on the day of issue, for the benefit of agricultural newspapers and other periodicals. Has inaugurated an experimental wireless news service through which a 500-word market report is broadcasted daily from each of four mail radio stations. Two of these stations also release two livestock reports daily and one report on grain and potatoes. Inspection of fruits and vegetables in certain markets is also included in this service. Regulatory work is performed in the enforcement of the U. S. Cotton Futures, Grain Standards, and Standard Container Acts in connection with the administration of the U. S. Warehouse Act. The chief

of the Bureau represents the Secretary of Agriculture as liquidating officer of the wool section of the War Industries Board."

Bureau of Plant Industry which studies problems relating to..erap production, including the investigation of plant diseases and the development of methods for controlling them, also conducts investigations in the breeding and culture of medicinal plants to develop new and advantageous forms of various plants for medicines. It collects information on the production and use of drug plants, with special references to sources; makes miscellaneous laboratory studies and experimental cultures. It undertakes to determine geographical distribution and localization of poisonous plants with particular attention to their nature and the pharmacological action of their constituents. Carries on investigations looking to the introduction of an industry for the production of certain drug plants and trees in the U. S. Gathers and records information possessed by the American aborigines regarding uses of drug plants.

Bureau of Public Roads administers the Federal Aid Road Act, under which the Government cooperates with the States in improvement of post and national forest roads. Studies systems of road management and methods of road building, improvement, and maintenance. Ascertains the location, properties, and value of road materials; builds experimental roads to test substitutes for natural road materials. Investigates the comparative effects of motor and horse traffic on roads. Conducts experiments and research to effect improvement in methods of highway design and construction. Cooperates with colleges and experiment stations and with State highway officials. Exhibits models showing types of roads, culverts, bridges, and road machines. Conducts irrigation and drainage investigations, and studies other rural engineering problems. Lantern slides accompanied by lectures and photographs covering the work of this bureau are available to State and county officials, county agents, the officers of churches, schools, and community organizations, and may be borrowed from the chief of the Bureau. Those using the service pay transportation charges.

Division of Publications furnishes to newspapers, farm and trade papers, magazines and other publications articles on all the Department's lines of work. Issues and distributes bulletins, circulars, and other publications on matters relating to agriculture; some of these have to do with health subjects. Many of these publications can be obtained

free upon request; others may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.; price list free on request. Publishes a weekly News-Letter and furnishes the public press with agricultural facts taken from publications and official orders, and from oral statements of specialists. Places at the disposal of investigators an index reference list on agriculture in the U. S. This index is not printed, but reference lists on any agricultural subject, made up from it, will be sent on application to the chief of the Division. Through this office, films illustrating the work and results of the work of the Department are made and loaned, free of charge except costs of transportation, for educational purposes. Field agents and cooperators with the Department are given preference, but in so far as the supply of films will permit they are available to the general public. Application for a list of films, for the films themselves, and for any of the Department's publications should also be made to the chief of the Division.

Forest Service administers 147 National Forests, having a total area of 156,032,053 acres, located in 27 States, and in Alaska and Porto Rico. Maintains service for the suppression of forest fires in and adjacent to National Forests. Provides means whereby the public may secure use of the timber, water, pasture, recreational facilities, and other resources of the forests. These efforts result in the production of material for industrial enterprises, in the protection of watersheds furnishing pure and abundant water to many towns and cities, in securing pasturage for cattle and sheep, and by the building and improvement of roads and trails, in furnishing for recreation seekers playgrounds otherwise inaccessible. Studies conditions and methods of forest utilization, eradication of poisonous plants from grazing lands, and the relation of forests to the public welfare generally. Issues publications on forestry and related problems; these may be obtained on application to the Forester, Washington, D. C. Photographs, lantern slides, lectures, and motion pictures on forestry and related subjects are available for educational purposes to anyone who will pay transportation charges and be responsible for breakage loss. Samples of commercial woods, mags illustrating forest regions, and charts containing information about forest products and the lumber industry may also be borrowed.

Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics studies farming from the standpoint of economics and efficiency of operation; has sections devoted to farm organization, cost of production, land utilization,

farm financial relations, agricultural geography, and farm life studies. Gathers material by surveys or through questionnaires. Service is rendered through bulletins, correspondence, and personal advice, for the betterment of agriculture and rural life conditions. Bulletins on farm management and farm economics are issued at intervals; sent free upon application as long as the supply lasts. Issues "Directory of American Agricultural Organizations"; free to officers of farm organizations, libraries, and others interested. Maintains a file of photographic negatives of agricultural subjects, prints of which are available to the press, free on application. Field work is practically all research.

States Relations Service promotes agricultural research through agricultural experiment stations; aids agricultural education in schools; seeks to improve farming and home life through extension work in agriculture and home economics and through investigations in home economics. The extension service carries directly to the farms and homes of the country and endeavors to secure the adoption in practice of the best available information regarding agriculture and all phases of home economics, including nutrition work for undernourished children and others through (1) county agents, who deal with farm problems; (2) home demonstration agents, who deal with problems of the home; (3) club leaders, who carry on extension work with young people; (4) specialists in various branches of agriculture and home economics. Extension service may be secured through the county agricultural or home demonstration agent, or the director of extension at the State agricultural college. Information and data of various kinds relating to the local extension work can be obtained from the local agents, and information relating to the extension work in general through the director of extension at the State agricultural college. The Service publishes Experiment Station Record, a periodical in two volumes of 10 numbers each annually, which gives abstracts of publications reporting investigations in agricultural science in the U. S. and other countries and contains editorials and notes bearing on agricultural research. This periodical may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.; annual subscription, $2. Service also issues other publications relating to its work which may be obtained free, as long as the supply lasts, upon application to the chief of the Division of Publications of the Department of Agriculture or which may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.

Weather Bureau issues weather forecasts, and storm, cold wave, frost, and flood warnings. Gauges and reports river stages. Maintains and operates the U. S. Weather Bureau telegraph and telephone lines. Collects and transmits marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and navigation. Reports temperature and rainfall conditions for agricultural interests. Records climatic conditions of the U. S. Many periodical publications are available upon application to the Chief. Department of Christian Social Service. See Protestant Episcopal Church in the U. S. A., Department of Christian Social Service.

Department of Commerce, U. S., Washington, D. C. The Secretary of Commerce is charged with the work of promoting the commerce of the U. S. and its mining, manufacturing, shipping, fishery, and transportation interests. His duties also comprise the administration of the Lighthouse Service and the aid and protection to shipping thereby; the taking of the census, and the collection and publication of statistical information connected therewith; the making of coast and geodetic surveys; the collecting of statistics relating to foreign and domestic commerce; the inspection of steamboats, and the enforcement of laws relating thereto for the protection of life and property; the supervision of the fisheries as administered by the Federal Government; the supervision and control of the Alaskan fur-seal, salmon, and other fisheries; the jurisdiction over merchant vessels, their registry, licensing, measurement, entry, clearance, transfers, movement of their cargoes and passengers, and laws relating thereto, and to seamen of the U. S.; the regulation of the enforcement and execution of the act of Congress relating to the equipment of ocean steamers with apparatus and operators for wireless communication; the custody, construction, maintenance, and application of standards of weights and measurements; the gathering and supplying of information regarding industries and markets for the fostering of manufacturing; the formulation (in conjunction with the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Treasury) of regulations for the enforcement of the Food and Drugs Act of 1906 and the Insecticide Act of 1910. He has power to call upon other departments for statistical data obtained by them. The free distribution of many of the publications of the Department is confined to libraries, educational institutions, the press, and commercial organizations. "Coast Pilots", "Inside Route Pilots", "Tide Tables", and "Charts" are sold by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and remittances for copies should be addressed to that bureau. Remittances for other