Besides the abstracts of station literature, it is proposed to include 

 in the Experiment Station Record brief accounts of the publications 

 and work of this Department and such information for station workers 

 and others interested in agricultural science as may from time to time 

 be deemed advisable. In this number will be found a list of the publi- 

 cations of the Department from January 1 to August 15, 1889, as well as 

 a list of station bulletins received at this office during the same period. 



The Experiment Station Eecord will, if the present plan is carried 

 out, be issued in numbers to be paged continuously and form a volume 

 of six or more numbers for each year. Indexes of names and subjects 

 will be published for each volume. 



The publications of the Office of Experiment Stations, issued and 

 planned for, are divided into six classes : 



1. Uxperiment Station Record. — A current record of the work of ex- 

 periment stations and the Department of Agriculture, and topics of 

 kindred interest. 



2. Experiment Station Bulletins. — These contain fuller accounts of 

 matters of importance to station workers and others especially inter- 

 ested in agricultural science. 



3. Farmers^ Bulletins — Short, clear, and practical statements of the 

 results of experiments at the stations and elsewhere. These will be 

 issued in large editions for general distribution. 



4. Miscellaneous Bulletins. — These treat of a variety of subjects more 

 or less closely connected with agricultural science. 



5. Monographs. — ThQ^Q are planned to treat of special topics in agri- 

 cultural science, in considerable detail, and are intended for reference 

 and for the use of specialists. 



6. Circulars. — These are brief, frequently intended as letters, and, as 

 a rule, of transient importance. They are issued in very limited num- 

 bers for restricted circulation. 



As most of the publications of the office are printed in comparatively 

 small editions, it is very desirable that persons making requests for 

 them should state specifically wljich publications they desire. While 

 the Department wishes its publications to be widely distributed, it 

 is equally desirous that none of them shall be wasted. Applicants are 

 requested to ash for only what they tcish to use. Except in special cases, 

 the office can not undertake to supply full sets of its publications. Cir- 

 culars, in particular, will be sent only to those for whom they are 

 specially intended. A list of publications already issued is given on 

 page 50. 



