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nient will provide considerably more space for the publication of 

 reviews of work in agricultural science. The amount of this material 

 is increasing, and in the space formerly available it was found 

 impossible to keep the reviews published up to date. The editorial 

 statl' was reorganized and strengthened during the year. 



T4ie requests for the Record from private individuals have greatly 

 increased in recent years, and, as might be expected, an increased 

 demand has resulted from the opening of new agricultural schools 

 and courses. A larger call has likewise come from department men 

 and from branches of the Department located away from Washing- 

 ton. This gain has made it necessary to scrutinize very carefully 

 the requests which have come, especially those from individuals, and 

 to adhere strictly to the limitations of the free distribution of this 

 journal. All requests from individuals not directly connected with 

 agricultural investigation in this country or collaborating with the 

 Department are referred to the Superintendent of Documents, through 

 whom subscription may be arranged for. 



A large call for back numbers of the Record has come from 

 libraries and station workers who are attempting to complete their 

 files for binding. The supply of these earlier issues is very limited 

 and quite fragmentary, but it has been materially increased by dupli- 

 cates returned by libraries and individuals who appreciate their 

 scarcity and value. In this way the numbers have been put into the 

 hands of persons who especially prize them, and who could not 

 procure them otherwise. The Record is yearly increasing in popu- 

 larity and in value as a source of information on the progress of 

 agricultural experiment and research, and its files now furnish a 

 record of such work not to be found elsewhere, which is of great 

 importance to investigators who are looking wp a subject and plan- 

 ning their work. 



The demand for the Record from abroad increases steadily, and 

 many warm expressions of appreciation of it come from that quarter. 

 Request has come from the Annales de ITnstitut National Agro- 

 nomi(|ue, the organ of the French experiment stations and laborato- 

 ries, for permission to translate from the Record articles of special in- 

 terest to that country. This request was granted, and the journal has 

 reprinted large portions of the Record entire. By reason of this 

 new source of material, as the editor of the Annales explains, it is now 

 being issued montlily instead of bimonthl^^ Its connnents on the 

 character of the Record have been most appreciative. A scientific 

 society in Hungary has lately requested an exchange of the Record 

 with its journal, and has offered to translate for the Record articles 

 on agricultural chemistry and similar matters. The De[)artment now 

 receives over 180 periodicals in exchange for the Record, many of 

 which are foreign. These exchanges aid materially in keeping the 



