Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-13


name as well as editors in reality are to
be found, and the editorial division of the
Agricultural Department is not only the
pioneer editorial division in the service,
but 1t remains today the only one that is
not subordinated to some bureau chief or
minor official. It's editor-in-chief. George
William Hill. the veteran compiler of the
Year Book. is, responsible only to Secre-
tary Wilson.
Mr.. Hill began his present line of work
In 1850. and he is at the head Of a regu-
larly organized publishing house. which
circulates in the course of year more
than 100000 publications. The Year
Book alone is run Off In an edition Of
100000. and 1t requires 21.S10 reams OF
printing paper and 3.lOO reams OF plate
to fill a train of forty-four care.
1t is not surprising that the circulation
department Of Mr.. Hills division has 14O
employees, and that his entire stan num-
bers about 200 persons. Mr.. Hill is a ma
tive OF Guernsey. England. the island not
ed for fine mich cows; was educated In
France and studied law at McGill College,
Montreal He first took up banking as
an employment. but later Joined the staff
of Montreal newspaper. He removed
to Chicago In 1870 and was employed by
an insurance company. Hts inclinations
were toward literary work along the line
of agriculture and he established a farm
ers' periodical In Chicago in 1879. He
removed TO st. Paul In 1856 and edited
and managed another agricultural paper
published in that city. and then he was
called to apply his executive editorial
ability and broad knowledge Of farming
for the benefit of the government and
placed in charge of the governments aS-
ricultural publications. Two years later
he became the editor Of the Year Book.
Mr.. Hill Is not now as active or as
healthy man as he has been, and much
- no %hn nov ~, mi
of Agrculture's busy publishing house
falls upon Joseph A. Arnold. his assistant,
man who knows the printing busine ss
from setting type in the old-fashiOned
way to managing and editing a news
paper. Before he Joined Mr.. Hill's forces,
in 1891. he published a newspaper In Co
lunbus. Ind. his native state. and he
worked In various capacities on Indianap-
oils newspapers while he was acquiring
an educa ton and afterward.
He was among those mentioned for
appointment as public printer at the time
of Mr.. Leech's appointment. AS the as
sistant of Mr.. Hill. he has performed most
of the duties of the editor-in-chief Of the
Agricultural Department for many months
and this means the superintendent Of a
staff of assistant editors who handle copy
furnished by various bureau editors and
prepare it for the printer.
All Agricultural Department publica-
lions are under the general supervision Of
Mr.. Hill and his assistants. except those
Of the weather bureau. of which Cleveland
Able is the editor. The various bureaus
have specialists as editors Of the numer-
Gus bulletins and periodical publications
that tell of the work Of each bureau and
of the progress of agricultural science
along the lines of each bureaus activity.
but they work In harmony with corps of
expert editors in Mr.. Hills division. Mr..
Arnold, B. D. Stallings, F.. Edwin Thorn
ton, Ephraim Cornman, c. H. Greathouse.
W. F. Harding. Stanley Searles. G. w.
Kennedy and Delos NJ. Carter. and there
is none Of these men who thinks of A
stick as a log of wood or of q galley
as an antiquated variety Of ship.
The Agricultural Department issues sew
eral periodical publications in addition to
various bulletins and reports. and these
include, besides the Monthly Weather Re-
view and other weather bureau publica-
tons. the Experiment Station Record. a
monthly publication. telling of the work
at various experiment stations, edited by
DR.. r. ". Allen; the Crop Reporter.
monthly. edited by c. F. Dougherty OF the
bureau Of statistics; the Field Program.
edited by d. G. Ellis Of the forest service {:
service announcements of the bureau of
animal industry, edited by J. M. Pickens.
and list Of station publications received
by the Office of the experiment stations.
edited by W. II. Beal. the editor-in-chief