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bj the members of the staff, to be called the Complete Bulletins, 

 should be full in detail and as scientific in discussion as appeared 

 desirable to the writers. It was also suggested that instead of 

 issuing these bulletins to the entire number of persons whose 

 names are on our mailing list, popular bulletins should be written 

 on the basis of the more complete form which should convey to 

 the agricultural public the results of our work in more simple and 

 less technical language. This plan has been put into execution, 

 and if we may judge from the expressions of approval which 

 have come to us from farmers and from those engaged in work 

 at other Stations, this departure is likely to prove both popular 

 and successful. It is decided, in addition, that the annual re- 

 ports shall consist only of such matter as is published in the com- 

 plete bulletins. There seems to be no good reason for printing 

 any great amount of matter in the annual report which does not 

 appear in the bulletins. If any fact or conclusion is worth pub- 

 lishing at all it is prqper to give to it the fullest possible circu- 

 lation among those for whom it has special value. 



The Station editor also prepares press reviews, which are sent 

 with the bulletins to all newspapers on our mailing list. It is a 

 matter of gratification that these reviews are very fully and 

 widely printed. This plan not only secures a more widespread 

 attention to our bulletins but also insures accuracy of statement 

 in regard to our conclusions. 



Mailing List. 



The mailing list of this Station includes several divisions: 

 (1) The officers of the United States Department of Agriculture 

 and of all other experiment stations; (2) the newspapers of this 

 State and a few outside; (3) those persons who desire to receive 

 our complete bulletins; (4) the main list, or those who receive 

 the popular bulletins. The latter list now numbers about thirty 

 thousand names. In two years our mailing list has increased 

 about ten thousand names. 



