Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-08

AepOTJeg.
For the FIRST time New Mexico and
Arizona are 10 have the services az
special Held agent OF the bureau of
STATISTICS, department OF Agriculture.
stationed In Albuquerque. ana VIM
VIII travel through the iva south I.
western states gathering data on
FARMING progress which will be sent
out all over the country. This means
not only an added stimulus Ia aRrJ.
culture but much wider publicity for
the farming resources OF New Mexico
ana Arizona. l.. NJ. Harrison has
been assigned to this district ana h
getting busy.
We want all the publicity We can
getl said Mr.. Harrison today. I'M
talking over the plans of his depart.
ment THE department spcnds about
100000 year gathering and circu-
lating farming Statistics and mas inst
completed plans for a more econ.
nomical and effective use of the
money. There are some twenty field
agents at work In the country. and
their expenses and the expenses Of
the rest of the system are very
heavy"
The department n sending out a
circular explaining liz new plan Az
follows:
Washington, Aug s.--rhe sccre-
tary of agriculture announced todny
the new plan of publication work OF
that department There has been
an independent series of bulletins
and circulars In each of the thirteen
publishing bureaus, divisions and Of
ficcE Uf the departments These have
been discontinued and will 3e super-
seeded by the Journal of Research for
printing scientific and technical mat
ter and by "A departmental series ct
bulletins. written la popular Ian
gusEe for selected aud general dis.
tribution. ~ this plan the confus-
ION that has resulted from the mul-
upliCity of series OF publications will
he avoided, and the saving of con-
siderable sum viii annually be eff
fected.
Under the new plan the depart
mont will discontinue the general
distribution Of matter so scientific or
technical AS tO be- OF little or no use
to the lay reader Il viii supply
technical Information only To those
directly Interested and capable OF
using scientific analyses. and 81 UNI
derstanding the results of research
work cOuchcd IN scientific terms A
larger amount of Information IN pop
ular form which the average reader
can Immediately apply "a his own di-
rect advantage. and thereby Increase
the agricultural productiveness and
the health OF the nation. viii here
after be distributed.
Journal Of Rcscar,I.
The highly scientific matter here
tofore published indlscriminntely IN
bulletins aud circulars viii hereafter
be published only IN the newly estab-
lishcd Journal ~ Research. which
viii be issued about once month
Il will be royal octave. OF the sell
cntlilc magazine type, from 80 10
100 pages twelve numbers To- con-
stitute volume. such OF the matter
IN the Journal Hs seems To merit add
ditionnl circulation may be issued In
the form of reprints or separates
The Journal, for the present at least,
Wili be limited 90 the publication of
the results Of research made by the
various bureaus, divisions and Offices,
but u may be extended to include
the scientific research work of the
state agricultural experiment sta
lions, In which event two editors rep
resentlng these stations VIII be added
To the editorial committee. Extern
sive scientific articles. embOdying a
complete report OF research investi-
cations Will be considered as mono
graphs, ard may be- published az sup
plements 60 the journal
Permission will be given 90 spe-
clalists 10 publish technical reports
or even monographs In journals 81