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present affords. The working of these results into the practice of 

 wheat growing is not altogether a matter of bulletins and propa- 

 ganda. The Ohio Station recognizes this in its call to farmers to 

 attend its "wheat field meetings." and join in the slogan "Sixty 

 million bushels of wheat for Ohio in lOlS." Its circular says: " For 

 a third of a centur}' the Ohio Experiment Station has been prepar- 

 ing for this emergency, and its wheat fields, scattered over the State 

 as they are. are in condition to show both what to avoid and what to 

 do in order to produce a maximum crop of wheat on Ohio soil." 



Another station has just completed an extensive study of the rice 

 weevil and the method of preventing the immense injury it does to 

 corn stored on farms. This control is based on simple, practicable 

 methods of harvesting and storing the crop, which it is confidently 

 asserted would save some three million dollars' worth of corn in 

 Alabama alone. The ensiling of the fodder would help to keep down 

 the weevil and at the same time add further to the value of the crop. 



Illustrations could be multiplied without end. The important 

 thing is that the results should be put out promptly, and preferably 

 summarized so that they will be more readily available to extension 

 workers and farmers over a wide area. 



With a view to stimulating experiment and investigation along 

 the lines of the present need, the Agriculture Committee of the 

 National Research Council has undertaken to formulate suggestions 

 and serve as an agency in arranging for cooperation or coordinated 

 effort. This conmiittoe is a representative one. covering in a general 

 way the whole field of agricultural investigation, and will be assisted 

 by the Office of Experiment Stations in inaugurating its plans. 



From the relation of the National Research Council to the Council 

 of National Defense, it is in position to view broadly the special needs 

 of investigation and offer suggestions for work which will be timely. 

 Through this Office the cooperation of the experiment stations in 

 this undertaking has been invited, and they will be asked to partici- 

 pate in conducting specific inquiries. 



It will be clear that the occasion offers unusual opportunity for 

 cooperation among the experiment stations, which will be one of the 

 chief agencies in providing new information at this time. The situ- 

 ation also makes extremely desirable a larger measure of coordina- 

 tion of effort than ordinarily exists. Concerted action on topics 

 which are urgent will be more effective and yield quicker returns 

 than isolated individual effort conducted without knowledge of a 

 general plan. 



Information as to emergency investigations already in progress at 

 different stations will prevent an unnecessary amount of duplication 

 and thus serve to conserve effort ; and on the other hand, suggestions 



