Organization of U. S. Department of Agriculture. Corrected to July 5, 1922. Secretary of Agriculture, HENRY C. WALLACE. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, C. W. PUGSLEY. Director of Scientific Work, E. D. BALL. Director of Regulatory Work, Administrative Assistants, W. A. JUMP, H. M. BAIN. Solicitor, ROBERT W. WILLIAMS. Weather Bureau, CHARLES F. MARVIN, Chief. Bureau of Animal Industry, JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief. Bureau of Plant Industry, WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Plant Pathologist and Physiologist, and Chief. Forest Service, WILLIAM B. GREELEY, Forester and Chief. Bureau of Chemistry, WALTER G. CAMPBELL, Acting Chief. Bureau of Entomology, L. O. HOWARD, Entomologist and Chief. Bureau of Biological Survey, EDWARD W. NELSON, Biologist and Chief. Division of Accounts and Disbursements, A. ZAPPONE, Chief and Disbursing Clerk. · Division of Publications, JOHN L. COBBS, Jr., Chief. States Relations Service, A. C. TRUE, Director. Bureau of Public Roads, THOMAS H. MACDONALD, Chief. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, HENRY C. TAYLOR, Chief. Packers and Stockyards Administration, CHESTER MORRILL, Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture. Administration of Grain Future Trading Act, CHESTER MORRILL, Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture. Insecticide and Fungicide Board, J. K. HAYWOOD, Chairman. Federal Horticultural Board, C. L. MARLATT, Chairman. Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory, RICHARD C. TOLMAN, Director. Librarian, CLARIBEL R. BARNETT. Editor, EDWIN C. POWELL. II FOREWORD. HE Yearbook for 1921 is a departure from previous Yearbooks. It represents an effort to present in a somewhat detailed way the economic situation with respect to four of our principal agricultural products-wheat, corn, beef, and cotton. The subject is treated in four separate chapters. These discussions take the place of the briefer, less comprehensive articles, chiefly on production subjects, presented in previous Yearbooks. A graphic summary of the agricultural census of 1920 is added, and the statistical section has been strengthened by the inclusion of cost of production data and by some new statistics of marketing and production. The Yearbook for 1921, therefore, emphasizes the economic side of our agriculture, because help in their economic problems is now the most urgent need of our farmers. That is not to say that the Department of Agriculture is losing sight of production matters. The farmer needs all the help in his production problems that the department and the agricultural colleges and experiment stations can give him, but the thing of most importance now is the development of an entirely new realm of organized knowledge bearing upon the economic factors of agriculture, looking toward cheaper production, improved methods of distribution, and the enlargement of markets, all to the end that prices the farmer receives shall be more fairly related to his cost of production. While the present volume treats only of four phases of the situation, succeeding volumes will take up other products and conditions, so that in the course of a few years a fairly complete picture of the whole economic situation may be presented. It is hoped that the discussions in this book, which have been prepared with a great deal of attention to accuracy and clearness, will contribute something to a better understanding of the serious economic problems which must be met if our agriculture is to be established on a sound, enduring basis. HENRY C. WALLACE, III |