JOINT COMMITTEE ON POLICY AND MANUSCRIPTS 
FOR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 
OF AGRICULTURE 
E. W. ALLEN, Chairman 
Chief, Office of Experiment Stations 
C. L. MARLATT 
Chairman, Federal Horticultural Boards and 
Associate Chief, Bureau of Entomology 
C. L. SHEAR 
Senior Pathologist m Charge, Plant Disease 
Survey and Pathological Collections 
FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF LAND-GRANT 
COLLEGES 
J. G. LIPMAN 
Dean, New Jersey College of Agriculture, and 
Director of Exferhnent Station 
H. W. MUMFORD 
Dean, Illinois College of Agriculture, and 
Director of Experiment Station 
S. B. HASKELL 
Director, Massachusetts Experiment Station 
EDITORIAL SUPERVISION 
M. C. MERRILL 
Assistant Director of Publications, in Charge of Scientific and Technical Manuscriptt 
U, S. Department of Agriculture 
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