GENETICS AND EUGENICS 



"Genetics is the science which seeks to account for the resem- 

 blances and the differences which are exhibited among organisms re- 

 lated by descent." 



Eugenics is the study of agencies under social control that may 

 improve or impair the social qualities of future generations, either 

 physically or mentally." 



"An exact determination of the laws of heredity will probably 

 work more change in man's outlook on the world, and in his power 

 over nature, than any other advance in natural knowledge that can be 

 clearly foreseen. 



"To gain this knowledge is the object of the science of genetics, 

 which proceeds in practice, largely by means of plant breeding and 

 animal breeding for the reason that heredity is less complicated in 

 these organisms than in man, and its operation can be more easily 

 made out. The knowledge so gained finds its application in methods 

 for the improvement of cultivated plants and domesticated animals 

 and, most important of all, in the improvement of the human race, 

 through the science of eugenics." 



GENETICS LITERATURE 



The annual reports of the American Breeders' Association, pub- 

 lished in seven volumes, form one of the most valuable collections of 

 material for students of genetics which has been published in the 

 United States. Volumes I to V are no longer available, but the Asso- 

 ciation still has on hand a few copies of Vol. VI for sale at $1.00 and 

 Vol. VII-VIII at $1.50. 



The Association desires to purchase copies of Volumes I to V 

 of the Proceedings A. B. A., and will be glad to hear from anyone 

 having copies for sale. 



Former issues of the Journal of Heredity, so far as they are 

 available, are for sale at 25 cents each, postpaid. 



Address 



THE AMERICAN GENETIC ASSOCIATION 



Box 472, Eleventh Street Station Washington, D. C. 



