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or loft dried, 100 per cent rag, No. 16, 8 by 10 inches in size. Letterheads and second sheets of this paper will be furnished by the Public Printer on order, so far as may be practicable.

The printing will be arranged in three lines, as follows:

United States Department of Agriculture

Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington

The type to be used should be Gothic, 8-point for the first line, 6-point for the second line, and 5-point for the third line.

When authorized by the chief of bureau, the official designation of a subordinate office may appear in the upper left-hand corner, as follows:

United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry

Pathological Division

Washington

Letterheads of half size (8 by 5 inches) or twothirds (8 by 7 inches) may be used for brief informal and intradepartmental correspondence, but should not be used for formal or important correspondence.

147. Names on Letterheads.-No individual's name shall appear on the letterheads of any bureau.

148. Use of Penalty Envelopes, Labels, etc.-The use of penalty envelopes to avoid the payment of postage on other than strictly business is absolutely prohibited. Penalty envelopes, labels, etc., containing official mail matter must bear the words "Official business."

Under the provisions of section 496 of the Postal Laws and Regulations penalty envelopes, labels, etc., containing or attached to official mail matter shall

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When an employee of the department writes to a private party on official business for information of value to the department he may inclose with his letter an official envelope properly addressed to himself to cover the reply.

Penalty envelopes or penalty labels must not be furnished merchants or others from whom articles are purchased for the delivery of such articles by mail. Penalty envelopes must not be furnished by any employee of the department to persons not in the employ thereof, or who are not employees of the Government, for transmission through the mails, free of postage, of any matter other than official information and indorsements relating thereto. Penalty envelopes addressed to the department, however, may be furnished to publishers to be used by them in transmitting copies of their publications for which no charge is made when such publications contain official information of value to the department. Penalty envelopes bearing a return address may also be supplied to persons in possession of public documents for use by them in returning such documents to the department.

149. Forwarding of Mail to Employees Outside of the District of Columbia.-All mail matter of second, third, and fourth classes addressed to employees of the department whose addresses have been changed by reason of official orders may be forwarded without payment of additional postage if marked Change of address caused by official orders."

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PUBLICATION AND INFORMATIONAL WORKDEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS.

GENERAL.

150. Serial Publications.-All formal publications of the department shall be issued in the series as provided in these regulations (i. e., the department series of bulletins and reports, circulars of the Office of the Secretary, the Farmers' Bulletins series, the Yearbook, and the Journal of Agricultural Research), with the following exceptions:

(a) The annual reports and other publications and reports required by statute.

(b) The Experiment Station Record, Monthly Weather Review, North American Fauna of the Bureau of Biological Survey, Seed and Plant Introduction Inventory of the Bureau of Plant Industry, and the "Lists" of the Division of Publications, which are specialized serial publications.

(c) The Weekly News Letter, the Monthly Crop Report, the Service and Regulatory Announcements, the Seed Reporter, and Food Surveys.

(d) Office circulars and any special circulars, whether printed or mimeographed. These should differ in makeup, either in size or color of paper, from the regular publications of the department, should be numbered in inconspicuous type, and at least two copies forwarded to the document collection of the main library at the time of issue.

151. Character of Papers Submitted for Publication.-Bureau chiefs should submit for publication from their bureaus only such papers as are in accordance with the general policy that papers issued by the department, whether of a propaganda, a descriptive, or an investigational character, shall possess

a definite constructive value in relation to the essential problems of agriculture.

152. Style and Size of Editions of Department Bulletins. The fullest consideration must be given to economy in determining the style of department bulletins, including typography, paper, illustrations, number of copies issued, binding, etc. Editions must be limited in size to a small number in excess of what is required for immediate distribution.

153. Corrections and Alterations in Proof.-Every effort must be made to reduce to a minimum the charge against the printing fund due to authors' corrections and alterations in galley and page proofs. The necessity for alteration in proof would be practically avoided if all manuscripts or copy were carefully edited, revised, and otherwise perfected before submission for printing. Only such changes as are absolutely necessary should be made in the proof. When a manuscript has advanced to galley or page proof, ordinarily it is too late to undertake to improve the language, form of expression, capitalization, paragraphing, etc.

The Style Book of the Government Printing Office is the standard for all branches of the Government and should be followed in the department. Aside from the saving that would be effected by the elimination of alterations in proof, the work could and would be handled more expeditiously at the Government Printing Office.

154. Illustrations.-To prevent duplication of work, authors of contemplated illustrated articles should, so far as practicable, submit the outlines of proposed illustrations to the section of illustrations of the Division of Publications, which will prepare the drawings and photographs necessary to meet the requirements of reproduction.

Only illustrations which elucidate the text will be used, the number in each publication being subject to the approval of the Chief of the Division of Publications.

155. Covers for Publications.-Excepting such publications as may be considered to be ephemeral in nature, department bulletins and circulars of 32 pages or over shall carry covers of rope manila No. 420. If, in the opinion of the chief of the bureau, any bulletin of less than 32 pages deserves a cover for some special reason, the matter should be presented to the Chief of the Division of Publications for decision.

156. Reference to Commercial Institutions or Private Enterprises in Department Publications. It is contrary to the policy of the department to refer by name in any of its publications to commercial institutions or private enterprises. The purpose of this policy is to avoid the use of the department as a medium for advertising. To this end, and in order to avoid any complications which later might arise, when any branch of the department enters into cooperation with such an institution or enterprise it should be explicitly understood at the time the work is commenced that no reference will be made by name to the cooperating institution or enterprise, or to any individual connected therewith, in anything published by the department.

PREPARATION AND EXAMINATION.

157. Annual Report of the Secretary.-(See par. 191.)

158. Annual Reports of Chiefs of Bureaus.-(See par. 192.)

159. Yearbook of the Department.-The Yearbook of the department will contain the annual report of the Secretary, a short epitomization of the fiscal year's

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