EDITORIAL POLICY REGARDING THE 



JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL 



RESEARCH 



CONTENTS 



Gfneral statPinent 1 



Nature and scope of the Journal 1 



Approval of luanu-seripts and editorial supervision . 3 



Distributiou 4 



Journal 4 



Separates 4 



Suggestions for the preparation of manuscripts ."> 



Text .". 



Illustrations <> 



Literature citations 6 



Examples of " Literature cited" 8 



Book citations 8 



reriodical citations S 



Examples of footnotes 8 



Example of svnonomv S 



Proofs H 



GENERAL STATEMENT 



NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE JOURNAL 



The J(tii{NAL OF A(;Hi<iLTri;AL Ki:skai;<ii is an oi<rini for the ])ub- 

 ]iciition of orifrinal paj^eis ie])ortin^ the results or pro<rres« of new 

 invest i^Mt ions in the Held of a^ricultnrf wjiich are primarily of 

 technical interest. It is restricted to contributions from th(> I'niteci 

 States Department of AjTricultiire ami the State a«rricnltural experi- 

 ment stations, and is conducted cooperatively by the Vnite<l States 

 Dejiartment of .Vfrriculture and the Association of Land-(jrant 

 (V)lle«res and rniversities. 'J'he financial and strictly editorial 

 i-esponsibility for (he JornxAL is borne by the Department of 

 A<rriciiltui-e. 



.fornNAii i^apers may repoit the re-iilts of complete invcyti^ra- 

 tions oi- delinite lesults in only one phas*' of an investi<ration. The 

 aim is to record in concise form the results of investijrations which 

 mark advances and have permanent value. The .Ioihnai. is dosi<rned 

 to lecord current pro«rress in research, not in the whole field of 

 science, but in that which bears rather directly on ajiriculture or 

 which applies dcfinilely (o a;;ri<ul(ural |>i(»blems. AN'hile the apj)li- 

 cability of an article directly oi* indirectly to ajrricultuie shoidd 

 not be construed too narrowly, the special field of the .Foiunai, 

 deserves to be borne in niind as im|)lyin«; certain limitations. Papers 

 reportin<r work which lies j)iiiMarily in the lield of ])ure or ;;eneral 

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