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  deal 
  to 
  keep 
  members 
  in 
  touch 
  with 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  to 
  advance 
  the 
  

   interests 
  of 
  the 
  industry. 
  Organization, 
  of 
  course, 
  is 
  essential; 
  but 
  

   without 
  a 
  periodical 
  exponent 
  there 
  is 
  lacking 
  the 
  advantage 
  to 
  all 
  

   readers 
  of 
  general 
  timely 
  discussion, 
  questions 
  asked 
  and 
  answered, 
  

   special 
  articles, 
  illustrations 
  and 
  the 
  news 
  relating 
  exclusively 
  to 
  

   the 
  industry 
  — 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  makes 
  the 
  periodical 
  a 
  working 
  tool, 
  and 
  

   its 
  bound 
  and 
  indexed 
  files 
  an 
  almost 
  indispensable 
  adjunct 
  to 
  the 
  

   literature 
  and 
  reference 
  storehouse 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  covered. 
  

  

  Not 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  individual, 
  but 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  class 
  association 
  do 
  

   these 
  characteristics 
  appeal 
  with 
  special 
  force. 
  For, 
  unlike 
  the 
  

   trade 
  journal, 
  it 
  goes 
  out 
  among 
  the 
  general 
  public 
  as 
  a 
  factor 
  in 
  

   the 
  education 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  seek 
  information 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  kind. 
  

   In 
  this 
  way 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  means 
  for 
  extending 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  the 
  industry, 
  

   and 
  consequently 
  of 
  increasing 
  the 
  membership 
  and 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  

   association. 
  And 
  right 
  here 
  is 
  a 
  point 
  which 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  

   operating 
  in 
  the 
  industry 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  should 
  consider. 
  If 
  any 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  public 
  is 
  to 
  receive 
  through 
  the 
  class 
  journal 
  

   the 
  information 
  desired, 
  there 
  must 
  of 
  necessity 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  

   journal 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  statistical 
  or 
  other 
  matter 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  

   experienced 
  nut 
  grower 
  is 
  familiar. 
  To 
  a 
  considerable 
  extent 
  the 
  

   novice 
  may 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  existing 
  literature 
  on 
  a 
  special 
  subject; 
  

   but 
  not 
  all 
  of 
  such 
  literature 
  is 
  readily 
  available. 
  For 
  instance, 
  

   the 
  American 
  Nut 
  Journal 
  has 
  been 
  carrying 
  in 
  each 
  issue 
  a 
  summary 
  

   of 
  the 
  figures 
  showing 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  nut 
  industry. 
  

   These 
  figures 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  repeatedly 
  by 
  experienced 
  growers, 
  but 
  

   even 
  for 
  them 
  they 
  may 
  prove 
  convenient 
  for 
  reference; 
  and 
  certainly 
  

   to 
  the 
  newcomer 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  interesting 
  and 
  valuable. 
  Original 
  

   matter, 
  of 
  course, 
  must 
  be 
  the 
  basis 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  a 
  

   class 
  publication 
  are 
  built. 
  But 
  an 
  article, 
  or 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  an 
  article, 
  

   which 
  has 
  an 
  important 
  bearing 
  on 
  the 
  specialty 
  under 
  considera- 
  

   tion 
  may 
  often 
  be 
  reproduced 
  in 
  the 
  class 
  publication, 
  even 
  though 
  

   it 
  may 
  have 
  appeared 
  elsewhere; 
  for 
  we 
  are 
  all 
  too 
  busy 
  to 
  read 
  many 
  

   publications, 
  and 
  the 
  chief 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  class 
  publication 
  is 
  to 
  

   assemble 
  from 
  all 
  sources 
  that 
  which 
  particularly 
  relates 
  to 
  the 
  

   subject. 
  In 
  theory 
  at 
  least 
  the 
  class 
  journal 
  should 
  be 
  the 
  store- 
  

   house 
  to 
  which 
  in 
  its 
  bound 
  and 
  indexed 
  form 
  the 
  subscriber 
  may 
  

   go 
  for 
  information 
  on 
  any 
  phase 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  subject. 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  

   high 
  and 
  not 
  altogether 
  attainable 
  ideal, 
  but 
  the 
  nearer 
  the 
  journal 
  

   approaches 
  to 
  that 
  aim 
  the 
  more 
  valuable 
  will 
  it 
  be 
  to 
  its 
  subscribers. 
  

   It 
  should 
  at 
  least 
  record 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  all 
  information 
  on 
  its 
  special 
  

   subject, 
  even 
  if 
  it 
  cannot 
  present 
  it 
  all. 
  

  

  What 
  has 
  here 
  been 
  said 
  in 
  outline 
  regarding 
  the 
  function 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  