Editorial Policy of Journal of Agricultural Research 3 



APPROVAL OF MANUSCRIPTS AND EDITORIAL SUPERVISION 



The approval of manuscripts submitted for publication in the 

 Journal and the supervision of its (reneral jiolicy and management 

 are vested in a Joint Committee on Policy and Manuscripts composed 

 of six members. Tliis conuuittee is divided into two subconunittees 

 of three members each, one appointed by the Secretary of A^'ricidture 

 and the other by tlie Association of Land-Grant Collejies and Univer- 

 sities. The ciiairman of the de[)artment subconuuittee acts as cliair- 

 man of the joint conmiittee. 



The subconuuittee representinfr the departmi'ut has jurisdiction 

 over the manuscripts oriirinatin<r in the departuient. The subcom- 

 mittee representinir the land-jzrant colleires and universities has juris- 

 diction over the nuinuscripts ori<j:inatin<r at the State ex[jeriment 

 stations. The supervision of a manuscript represent in*:; cooperative 

 investigations between the department and an experiment station 

 is determined bv tiie atiiiiation of the senior autlior. 



Every article intended for publication in the .Iournal should bear 

 the formal approval of the cliief of the department bureau or of the 

 director of the experiment station from which the paper emanates. 

 The letter of transuiittal accomjianyin<r each manuscript should state 

 that the manuscript has been read and ajiproved by one or more 

 persons (named) selected because of their fauiiliarity with the sub- 

 ject. Evidence shr)uld also be supjilied that the (hita as lepresented 

 by the tables, irraphs. suuunaries, and conchisious have been ajiproved 

 from the statistical viewpoint by some one (named) who is couijx'tent 

 to judtre. and that the computations have been verified. ^lanuscripts 

 ori<rinatin*r in the Department of A«rriculture should be edited by the 

 bureau editor before being submitted for publication. 



Under tlie' general direction of tlie joint conuuittee, the editorial 

 chief of puijlicatious ui the de])artuient has imuiediate editorial suik'i-- 

 vision of all uiauuscripts published in the ,I<»ii;n.\i,. He superintends 

 the checking of data and literature citations, the final editing of the 

 manuscrii)t, the preiuiration of the illustrations for the printer, the 

 marking for type and arrangement of headings, text, and tables, the 

 checking of the proofs, the keeping of the oflice records of all nuinu- 

 scripts, and the distribution of the Joi hxal and the separates. 



jNIanuscripts oi-iginating in the Department of Agriculture should 

 be sent to the Olliic of InforuKil ion. where ai)ju'opi-iate records of 

 the recei])t of manuM-i-ipts and notifications regai'ding them are nuule 

 by the editorial cliief of |)ublications. Each manuscript is then s(>nt 

 to the membci's of the siibcoinmil te(^ for examination. If the manu- 

 script is disapproved by a nuijoi'ity of the subcommittee it is i-eturned 

 to the chief of the originating bureau by the chairman with a nicmo- 

 I'andum exjdaining the reasons for its rejection. 



Manuscripts emanating fi'om the State exjieiiment stations should 

 be sent to the cliaii man of the subcf)mmitt<'e in charge of station man- 

 uscripts. If a mainiscrij)t is appioNcd by a majority of his subcom- 

 mittee, the chairman then forwards it to th(> editorial chief of jjubli- 

 cations for linal editing and preparation foi' the |)rinter. 



If the final editorial work reveals seiMous deliciencies in a paper it 

 is retiiined to the iiufhoi- for ron-icl ion aiul re\ ision. 



