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scientific reader the practical bearing and application of the re- 

 sults of the Station investigations. These bulletins are written by 

 the Station Editor, in all cases in consultation with the member 

 of the staff who is responsible for the complete bulletin under 

 consideration. 



The experience of fifteen years has taught us tha1> the presenta- 

 tion to the public of our work through the popular bulletins is a 

 more efiicient way and financially a more economical way than to 

 issue the complete form to the entire mailing list. We have 

 reason to believe, also, that the public regards our methods as 

 satisfactory. 



A glance at the figures below will show that the complete bulle- 

 tins are desired by a comparatively small proportion of our mail- 

 ing list. 



(4) Circulars are prepared as a means of placing information 

 in the hands of a special class of practitioners, such as cheese- 

 makers or apple growers. These also aid in replying to the 

 numerous requests for information that come to the Station. They 

 are not for distribution to our general mailing list. 



(5) Leaflets^ mostly of such a size as may be enclosed in an 

 ordinary correspondence envelope, are informational briefs that 

 are prepared and used as a means of lessening the immense labor 

 of correspondence that is imposed on the Station, which, at the 

 best, sometimes taxes the energies of the members of the staff to 

 an extent that hampers their more important activities. 



(6) Annual Reports are intended to be complete presentations 

 of the status and work of the Station, each report covering a cal- 

 endar, rather than a fiscal, year. 



They are made up chiefly of the complete bulletins. In ac- 

 cordance with law, they are submitted to the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture and are printed as a part of his annual report, 2,000 

 copies being assigned to the Station. 



The fruit publications of the Station, viz., The Apples of ITew 

 York, The Grapes of New York and The Plums of ISTew York, 

 constituted one part of the annual reports of the Station for the 



