EDITORIAL. 807 



more than a (rained printer. The critical examination of material 

 merely for clearness and accuracy is an important service, but the 

 editing may be made of much greater value if it can be extended 

 to questions of fact. A bulletin conforming to all the rules of 

 rhetoric and gotten out in most attractive form is of doubtful worth 

 if scientifically at fault. Editing which will prevent this calls for 

 sound judgment, great tact, and broad culture, but discreetly per- 

 formed may lead to nmch improvement, especially where it takes the 

 form of joint effort of editor and author. 



Slowlj^ but surely we are coming to realize that in the experi- 

 ment stations, as in most other agencies of progress, the services of 

 the specialist must be enlisted in every possible way. With the en- 

 largement of resources and personnel and the broadening scope and 

 extent of our research, the employment of trained editors will be- 

 come increasingly necessary. To meet this need will be to do much 

 to maintain the standing of the stations as scientific institutions and 

 to add much to their usefulness in the world's work. 



