1897.] Editor’s Table. 973 
Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy : Bulletins, Reports, North 
American Fauna. 
Division of Pomology: Bulletins, Circulars, Report of the Pomolo- 
gist, Report of the Assistant Pomologist, Special Reports. 
Division of Publications: Circulars, Reports. 
Division of Records and Editing: Report. 
Division of Statistics: Circulars, Crop Reports, Miscellaneous Re- 
ports, New Series Reports, Special Reports, New Series Miscellaneous 
Reports, Miscellaneous Series Bulletin, Miscellaneous Series Reports, 
Reports of the Statistician. — 
Division of Vegetable Pathology: Bulletin, Circular, Report, Jour- 
nal of Mycology. 
Division of Vegetable Physiology and ce ET i Bulletin. 
Fibre Investigation Series. 
Library (octavos). 
Library Bulletin (quarto). 
Office of Experiment Stations: Circulars, Experiment Station Bul- 
letin, Experiment Station Record, Miscellaneous Bulletin, Bulletin, 
Reports. 
Office of Irrigation Inquiry: Bulletin. 
Office of Road Inquiry: Circular, Bulletin. 
Section of Foreign Markets: Circular, Bulletin. 
Seed Division: Report. 
Silk Section: Circulars, Bulletins, Reports. 
Weather Bureau: Annual Summary of New England Weather Ser- 
vice, Bulletin, Bulletin of New England Weather Service, Lake Storm 
Bulletin, Monthly Weather Review, Report of Ohio Weather and 
Crop Service (octavo), Ohio Section of Weather and Crop Service 
(quarto), Report of the Chief, Weather Crop Bulletin, Report of the 
North Dakota Weather and Crop Service, Circulars of Information. 
This list is, we think, sufficient to support our contention that multi- 
plication of serials in the Department of Agriculture has been carried 
to an absurd extent. It is high time that the Secretary call a halt and 
give the “Division of Records and Editing” a blue pencil and the 
authority to use it. 
