Editorial Policy of Journal of Agricultural Research 



future ur<rent requests a small reserve supi)ly of each number of the 

 JouRx.M. and of each separate is kept in the Office of Information of 

 the department. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS 



TEXT 



When an article is being prepared for the Journal of A(;ricul- 

 TtiJAL Rksearcii it is su<r<re8ted that the author consult a recent copy 

 of the Journal and follow its style, especially in tables, illustrations, 

 and literature citations. 



To «iuard a<rainst deficiencies in scientific content, interpretation, 

 or conclusions, authors are requested to have the paper critically read 

 by coworkers in the field covered. Prepublication criticism should 

 be welcomed by the author and duly considered, thus possibly 

 avoidinjr mistakes which nii<rht be made the subject of justifiable 

 criticism after publication. 



Manuscripts should be on letter-size i)aper, about 8 by IQi/j or 

 8V2 by 11 inches, typewritten either triple or double space. tSlnyle 

 space )<}iould not he used. If triple space is used for the body of the 

 text, double space may be used for quotations, le<zen(ls, footnotes, and 

 tables. 



The title should be brief but as indicative of the content of the 

 article as possible. • 



F(jllowin^f the author's name thei'e should be <riven his official title, 

 and the office, bureau, or station departnu'nt in which the work was 

 done. 



Althou<rh exceptions are justified in many cases, the standardized 

 outline of Journal papers includes the followin<jf in the order <;iven: 

 Introduction, review of literature, methods of experimentation, ex- 

 perimental data, inteipretation and discussion of results, conclusions, 

 sununary. and literature cited. 



Every pajze of a manuscript, including:: tables, should be numbered 

 consecutively. Each table should ai)pt'ar on a .separate l>a<^e. Each 

 table should also be definitely referred to or discussed in the text. 



For convenience in handlinjr at the print in^^ office each paj^e of the 

 manuscript should begin a new paragrajjh; that is, no paragiaph 

 should carry over from one page to the next. 



A table of contents showing the proj)er relation (d' the headings 

 -hould always accomj)any the manusciipt. 



For orthography, capitalization, and hyphenation the accepti'd 

 standards are tho-e authorized by the Government Printing Office, 

 which are W'ebstei's New Inteinat ional Dictionary an<l the Stvlo 

 M.iiiual of the (io\('rnment Printing ( )Hice. The latter may be pur- 

 chased from the Superintendent of Docinnents. 



For the sjx'lling of geographic names the authoi-ities named below 

 are followed in the order given: 



1. Correct Orthography of (Jeogi-aphic Names (decisions of 



the (nitetl States ( leographic Hoard). 



2. United States Postal (luide. 



3. Lijijtincott's (Jazelteer of the A\'oilil. 



4. Rand. McXidly .^ Go.'s .\tlas. 



5. Iiilci iiat ioii;iI Po>~l:iI (iiiidc. 



