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cations. The last two volumes of the Record^ corresponding to a 

 year's work, contain titles of over five hundred such contributions. 

 The fact that these various channels of publication are now avail- 

 able is obviously of much advantage. It permits of a selection of 

 the medium most suitable for a given purpose, and it relieves the 

 congestion so rapidh'^ replacing the scarcity of material complained 

 of in the earlier days. It is, therefore, a matter of congratulation 

 that the topical journals of agricultural science, which are render- 

 ing so useful a service, should have apparently passed the experi- 

 mental stage and have established themselves among the recognized 

 agencies for the dissemination of results of agricultural research. 



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