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from one generation to another, to send details to 

 the Editor of this Journal. Such contributions will 

 be treated in the strictest confidence, they need not 

 necessarily be published, and will not be published 

 without the consent of all who are concerned, and 

 then only in a form approved by them. While it is 

 clear that medical men have many unique opportu- 

 nities for acquiring knowledge of pedigrees of this 

 kind, it is hoped that contributions from laymen will 

 also be forthcoming. 



In future numbers of this Journal, prominence 

 will be given to matters pertaining to agricultural 

 and horticultural practices and problems. It is 

 also contemplated to make it a medium by which 

 authoritative advice and direction may be given 

 in the form of answers to questions upon matters 

 of general interest, relating to problems of cattle, 

 cereal, and plant breeding. In this way, it is 

 hoped that the Journal may become a medium of 

 great value to all who are engaged in the breeding of 

 live stock of all kinds, and to those who are concerned 

 in the production and fixing of new varieties of flowers, 

 or of leguminous and cereal stocks. It is certain 

 that much money and time have been wasted in the 

 past, owing to the haphazard methods and erroneous 

 ideas which were employed in agricultural and horti- 

 cultural practices. 



It is perhaps not too much to anticipate that this 

 Journal may at least be more valuable than a Royal 

 Commission and as competent as a Government 

 Department, to advance the scientific treatment of 



