JOURNAL OF. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 5 
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Any number of reprints up to 300 (exclusive of the authors' copies) will 
be furnished a State Experiment Station upon its order. (A printed 
form will be supplied for this purpose.) Any request for an additional 
number should be accompanied by a detailed statement of the reasons 
underlying the request. 
Experiment Stations desiring reprints in excess of 300 may obtain them 
in any desired number at the cost of their production. It is impossible to 
make any general statement as to what this cost would be. Station-paid 
reprints should be ordered direct from the Superintendent of Documents, 
Government Printing Office, Washington, D. G. A bill will be rendered 
by the Superintendent of Documents to the State Experiment Station 
when the reprints are forwarded. Payment should be made as soon as 
the account is audited. 
Authors' free reprints will be sent to the senior author, and the dis¬ 
tribution to the other authors should be made by him. 
Authors desiring reprints in excess of their free allotment may obtain 
them at cost by writing direct to the Superintendent of Documents, 
Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Remittance (in cash or 
postal money order) should be made at time of ordering. 
RULES FOR THE PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS 
When preparing an article for the Journal of Agricultural Research, 
consult a copy frequently and follow its style, especially in tables, illus¬ 
trations, and citations. 
Every page of a manuscript, including tables and illustrations, should 
be numbered consecutively, and the total number of pages should be 
written at the top of the first page of the manuscript. 
Manuscripts should be of letter-size paper, about 8 by ioj^ inches, 
typewritten either triple or double space. Single space should never be 
used. If triple space is used for the body of the text, double space may 
be used for quotations, legends, illustrations, footnotes, and tables. 
Title of paper should be written at the top of the first page of the 
manuscript. 
Author. —The name of the author should be written on the next line 
after the title of the article. The title of author, Office, and Department 
Bureau or State Experiment Station should be given on separate line. 
A table of contents showing the proper relation of the headings 
should be furnished. 
A list of illustrations should accompany every manuscript for aid 
in editing. 
A brief summary of the principal points or important conclusions of 
the article should form the concluding section of every paper. 
Orthography. —Webster's New International Dictionary (1913) is the 
standard authority of the Government Printing Office. 
