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from the station, whether in bulletin or journal form, but the inves- 

 tigator is credited with being the real author of the work and is so 

 recognized by the reading public. In that sense it is his work. In a 

 large degree the investigators comprise the station, and the organi- 

 zation exists to give them support and opportunity and in numerous 

 ways to represent thorn before the public. 



* These principles are quite generally recognized in the Federal 

 Department of Agriculture where outside publication has greatly in- 

 creased in recent years, both as a means of relief from congestion of 

 material and as a more effectual means of recording certain types 

 of scientific work. While considerable latitude is followed in the 

 matter, permission for outside publication is required and proper 

 credit to the Department insured. Copies of such manuscripts are 

 retained in the Department and a permanent record is kept of all 

 publications of this nature as they appear. 



Such Department papers, like those of the stations, are widely 

 disseminated in the literature and easily lost sight of. To avoid the 

 latter difficulty, an effort is now being made, beginning with the pres- 

 ent volume of the Record^ to include references to all Department 

 papers reporting scientific or technical work. The range of the De- 

 partment's work, including as it does extensive police and supervisory 

 functions, is somewhat broader than that of the Record^ and papers 

 which do not relate rather definitely to agricultural subjects v/ill be 

 listed by title only. The lists will be combined in the index number 

 of the Record^ and it is hoped that they may prove of service, both as 

 a convenient means of reference and, by assembling the material in 

 a comprehensive way, to convey more adequately a conception of the 

 full scope and importance of the researches of the Department. 

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