August, '09] JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 27^ 



A form of publication now becoming deservedly popular is the 

 circular. This may be a brief report of some station experiments or 

 the abstract of a bulletin, or more usualty merely a short account of 

 some pest compiled from other sources. The object of the circular 

 is usually distinctly educational. It should be brief and written in 

 a crisp, readable style. Only necessary illustrations should be used. 

 The circular finds its chief usefulness for answering correspondence, 

 where there are numerous inquiries concerning some one insect not 

 discussed in other station publications. The circulars of the Bureau 

 of Entomology, Colorado, New York and Ohio Experiment Stations 

 may well illustrate a desirable type of circular, though those of the 

 latter station are often of such a length that there seems to be no 

 clear distinction between a circular and a bulletin. 



Both bulletins and circulars are often almost wholly compiled from 

 the writings of others, and such publications are warranted if they 

 are needed by the station's constituents. But be generous with credit 

 in such publications. Where the accounts of life histories and de- 

 scription of remedies are from some particular author and are not 

 matters of general entomological knowledge credit them to that au- 

 thor and do not make it appear as original with you. Give full and 

 generous credit to the work of assistants. No one ever belittled him- 

 self in the eyes of his colleagues by over generosity in this matter, 

 and the man who is free with his credit never fails to receive all 

 the recognition due him for his own w^ork. Furthermore, recom- 

 mendations are often made on the authority of another, whose efficacy 

 is not known to the writer, and accrediting them to the original author 

 tends to protect the W'riter if they do not prove satisfactory. 



The Press Bulletin in one form or another is now a regular feature 

 of some stations. In many stations the idea of the press bulletin and 

 circular seem to have been confused. The press bulletin must be 

 written in newspaper style if it is to command the attention of the 

 editor and reader. It should be not over 1,000 words long, and 

 preferably not over 600 or 700 words. Illustrations are superfluous. 

 If the publication is designed for answering correspondence primarily 

 make it a circular and send it to those papers which are known to 

 desire such matter, but sending numerous so-called "press bulletins'^ 

 of four pages or more to the average editor tends to discourage pub- 

 lication of such matter. The press bulletin may as well be printed 

 with the same size page and type as bulletins and is then in form 

 for binding if preservation is desired. Ordinary type is also pref- 

 erable to the fine newspaper type often used. Where not over one 

 hundred papers are to be reached the press bulletin may as well be 



