"A newspaper mat service now in its third year of use by the Missouri Agricultural Extension Service is believed by the author to be one of the best informational mediums used by the state."
Reports the views of S.W. Mendum, statistician of the editorial office of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding the size of tables in publications. He believes that a table, no matter how many columns of figures it contains, is simple if the box headings are intelligible.
Report based on a nationwide survey to learn about sources of photographs,uses of photographs, who takes photographs, usefulness of photo training for extension agents and specialists, staffing, filing systems. "As nearly as could be determined, four states (Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado) employ what might be termed staff photographers in the sense that they seemed to be at the command of the editor, and not just college or university photographers working occasionally for the editor."
