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Show Getting the 4Low Down' on Crops One of the most valuable departments o) the V. S. Department of Agriculture is the crop report service. It gives a complete picture pic-ture in acreages, yield, production, utilization, sales, prices, and value of more than one hundred crops. Figures are submitted by forty-one field offices. The information is carefully guarded until the crop report is released, to prevent speculative use of advance information. These photos show how data is gathered. i ' ' " v ' - Si ' y s 'b jr r c . ' a ?1V3 TV' Above, left: Farmer W. F. Hunter Hun-ter of Beallsvdle, Md., completes his schedule, tie is one of a large number of volunteers. (Oval): A poultry farmer checks up on part of the new generation of chicks. , - , Above, left: Farmer W. F. Hun- 1 ter of Beallsvdle, Md., completes ) 3 '"s schedule. He is one of a large dr$ a ' number of volunteers. ( Oval) : A i poultry farmer checks up on part f A Jri'Tf - ( X i Ilka - .- :Sj i pJ-r J 111 ' " "f ''li'OPffrf 1 Top: Statistician C. E. Burkhead i " wij a " 1 o the Maryland office interviews a Lwf H C x 1 J farmer. Below: Field reports on l, , V V. 1 speculative crops being removed f ! 6i'ir,j from tie double-locked box in the I Jji''itw offices of the Secretary of Agricul- lf i f M ture. Right: Armed guard at en- VJ; J, I . f f-O rl trance of crop reporting rooms. jfaal.l.f Top: Statistician C. E. Burkhead of the Maryland office interviews a farmer. Below: Field reports on speculative crops being removed from the double-locked box in the offices of the Secretary of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. Right: Armed guard at entrance en-trance of crop reporting rooms. U'K ft s- - v ?s Behind locked doors, sealed windows, win-dows, and with all communication with the outside world cut off, members of the crop reporting board review and prepare estimates, by states, from reports re-ports submitted by the field offices. This secrecy is designed to pre-vent pre-vent possible leaks. Their work X presents a complete picture of agricul- , . tural America. - " y s, sealed win- f '' J nunication with t , yff, members of rt ird review and yf r ; states, from re- ' ie held offices. A ; , d to pre- Jf' ' j leir work A:?: - ' x A i , - - ' : ' - - Right: Former Secretary Sec-retary of Agriculture, Henry A. Wallace, signing crop report in the presence of W . J. Callendcr, chairman chair-man of the crop reporting re-porting board. ' -i J ! - T x I On the stroke of three the crop report is released to the world. |