Show CROP REPORTERS nearly volunteer crop reporters and special correspondents pon dents are now aiding the bureau of crop Es estimates i ima tes of the united states department of agriculture in the preparation of its eti estimates mates of crops and live stock production of the country according to the annual report of the bureau which has just been issued the actual number of these volunteer assistants is in addition there are paid employees i in the service of the bureau the total appropriation for the work for the fiscal year ending june 30 1915 was the report also calls attention to the fact that the crop figures formerly published in the agricultural outlook are now printed in the monthly crop report this change was made beginning w with ith may 1915 in order to expedite the publication of these rop crop statistics and at the same time to separate the them in from other material published in the agricultural ri outlook and designed ta bo he be put to a somewhat different use the bureau has enlarged its work during the fiscal year by assigning one of its employees to the work of investigating truck crops the crops for which acreage estimates were undertaken by this specialist include watermelons water melons cayita cantaloupes loupes cabbages onions early potatoes tomatoes and strawberries other crops are to be added as the work progresses 0 |