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and Cheese four paj'-es each. It is estiniatc^d that there are not far 

 from one hundred and twenty-tive tliousiind entries, arranged under 

 fully tifty thousand headings and subdivisions. 



The first edition of a thousand (•()pi(\s hardly more than sufficed to 

 supply the college and station libraries and the heads of departments 

 in the stations. As far as possi))le the t-hief assistants were also 

 included, l)ut a large number of regular recipients of the Record had 

 to l)e left to be supplied from a second edition. As the latter under 

 the present laws can not exceed one thousand copies, owing to the size 

 of the volume, those who are as 3^et unsupplied and who especiall}' 

 desire it should have their names listed, as the further distrilmtion 

 will be upon application onl}'. Many, doubtless, will not care par- 

 ticularly for this index, as they lack complete files or do not preserve 

 the volumes in bound form. 



The index is obviously of little value except to those who have com- 

 plete sets of the Record, and one effect of its issue will doubtless be to 

 stimulate attempts to complete broken files. No duplicates of the 

 earlier volumes are now in stock at the Department, and very few of 

 the later volumes. Occasional numbers can sometimes be supplied to 

 help in completing volumes, but our abilit}^ to do this is dependent 

 upon duplicates or discarded files which are returned to us. The 

 attention of those who have incomplete sets or duplicates which the}' 

 do not care especially to preserve is called to the fact that there is a 

 constant call for back numbers from libraries, institutions, scientific 

 workers and writers, and the like, which it is desirable to meet, and 

 that such files or duplicates would be highly appreciated. We will be 

 glad to send franks for the forwarding of such back numbers at any 

 time, and will place them where the}' will do the most good and have 

 a permanent value. 



Two recent departures in the editorial line are worthy of notice on 

 account of their novel character and the enterprise which they evi- 

 dence. While totaly unlike, the}' are both typical of the thought 

 which is given by American stations to the publication of their work 

 and of the various efforts which are made to appeal to the farmer. 



The Wisconsin Station has varied the usual form of the annual 

 report this year, as it did ten years ago on the completion of its first 

 decade. The present report is the twentieth. It summarizes the work 

 of the station in its various lines from 1893 to VMS, the sunmiaries 

 being in the form of separate articles, each treating of a particidar 

 phase of the work. How concisely these summaries are made may be 

 judged from the fact that the report does not exceed its usual size. 

 In addition to them, the director contributes a brief history of the 

 college of agriculture and the experiment station, and a description of 

 the new agricultural building. 



