The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-10-22
HOW To Use THE
DEPT. OF Agriculture
Very Simple Method Of Getting
Valuable Informa-
ton.

The farmer who wishes to secure
forthcoming publications of the De-
partment of Agriculture upon par
ticular subjects and avail himself in
this way of the results of its investi-
cations should send a post card to
, the Editor and Chief of the Division
of Publications. United States De-
partment of Agriculture, Washington
| ID. c.. asking that his name be placed
upon the list 10 receive the Monthly
List of Publications. This list con-
I tains the titles OF all bulletins and
I reports issued during the preceding
month. with brief descriptions OF
each publication and statement of
I its object and the region OF the
/ United States to which it is adapted.
The number of copies of many OF
the publications is limited Ivy law.
and farmers who receive the monthly
List should therefore apply only for
those which will be directly helpful
to them. As long as the supply
available for distribution lasts, cop
les of the bulletins may be obtained
free. When the available supply is
exhausted, copies may be obtained
from the Superintendent of Docu-
meuts. Government Printing Ouice,
az price ranging from > cents up
ward This official is not attached
to the Department Of Agriculture
but to the Government Printing Oh
fee, and is authorized by law to sell
all Government documents. He does
not accept stamps, and payment
should be made in postal orders, cur
rency, or certified checks.
As rule. however, the publica-
tions of more general interest, and
in particular the series known as
Farmers Bulletins, in which there
are now more than 600 titles, may be
obtained free from the Division of
Publications. Applications may al
so be made for them to Senators,
Representatives, and Delegates in
Congress. to whom the law allots
four-fifths of the copies printed each
year. The Yearbook of the depart
ment is also distributed by Mem
bers of Congress from the allotments
assigned to them.
The Division of Publications is not
permitted to issue publications to
! persons not connected with the de-
par,ment to he redistributed by
them. There is, moreover. no list of
persons to whom all publications are
sent as issued. The Monthly List
will be sent to anyone who asks for
| il. and from this each individual
/ can select what he wishes. To ask
J for a publication that is not really
! wanted, however. is to run the risk
of depriving some one else to whom
! il may be more useful.
In addition to distributing the
publications of the department. the
Division of Publications is a con-
venient source of information in re
gard to other agricultural literature.
The division welcomes requests for
publications issued by any branch OF
the Government. by the agricultural
colleges. and by the experiment sta
tions. These requests are answered
fully. the correspondent being ad-
vised as to where and to whom he
j should apply. A complete subject
index. which records even single
mention of a subject in a publication
dealing principally with other topics
of all the publications of the depart
ment is maintained by the division
and should be found useful by au-
thors and investigators.