The Washington herald., 1921-12-08
THE ENTRAyAGANCE OF
PUBLICATION ECONOMY.

A group Of the most Import
ant scientific periodicals in
America have suspended publ
cation. Uncle sam j. the pub
fisher. The Department OF
Agriculture is editor. Uncle
Sam, through his Congress said
not long ago: quit publish
ing all periodicals on Deem
Der i unless ! tell you In each
case specifically to continue"
Then Congress adjourned without
giving anyone or any commit
tee authority 20 determine
which periodicals should keep
on appearing. As a result some
forty-one publications Issued
by the government departments
have suspended publication. in
most cases without even the
customary obituary notice
From a scientific s'sndr. -
OF those that are susuc de-
four Department of ACric1''--7
publications are the most TIM
portant
The Experiment Station rna-
ord, with its conciSely w-.'rr-
abstracts % Agricultural r..--
ature. knitted together tIy poe
search activities ~ the un.va--
stiles and agricultural eNpsr.-
ment stations.
The Journal Of Agrtcu'turai
Research was the medium 'a-
making public those researches
that as vet would hardly be -
general Interest u the T-ar-I-
cal farmer Tut in this journal
have been announced som -
the most important phases NJ
the experimental work a. -
department and affiliated eN-
pertinent stations.
Meteorolory in al its phases wss
the field ~ the Monthly Wee'he-
Review edited from the Weather
Bureau.
Public Roads rad cirrg'a-
tion ~ anon copies = mont
and carried details and &C.
search results NJ the Ted1ra'
aid program 20 engineers and
road builders
-Four other Department ~
Agricultural periodicals were
doing real service r."
Weekly News Letter. circula-
tIon 1ee. oN0. kept tho 1861 con
collaborators and employees -
the department IN touch with
its activities and served 20 ta'-o
current Information q tho~s
especially interested IN acrl.g'-
ture. weather data was -a--
ried promptly N 2.2N0 ~ -hN
weekly National Weather and
Cror Eulletin.
Ry suspendinr the forty-o-'
government periodicals. II has
been estimated that from son
non to sI.non.oro will be ssved
each year
This is false and mistaken
economy. So fas as scien0r IS
concerned Science or research
OF any kind that is allowed -
rest in the notebooks ~ the 70
searcher Will not travel ve-v
far. Only when scientific facts
arc sown h-oa 5csst on the
printed pace. only when thev
reach the fertile minds % o'Nr-
scientists. will they eventual"
bring about tho maximum NJ
improvements IN methods arH
culture that allow the farmer
To grow more and better crops
and livestock. Il Is not inr0~-
celva hle that the suspension -
the quartet ~ periodicals rUo--
toned will cause a w-~0N
greater loss % the country rr" RI
tho supposed saving On ~
forty-one periodicals
Governmental science mods
not more suppression hut
greater expression. Masses -
invaluable data arc allowed %
remain unpublished hocsuS" ~
lack Of printing funds '0'N-'-
cal publications are ofton =
year or two old WHOM issT01
Inability 10 publish rcsu'rs -
becoming a serious si'Gaf'0U IN
the scientific and technical hui
resus Of the government
The idea that tho earth Is
LIQUID globe with a solid crust on
about 80 miles in thickness. r.
put forth by DescartCs. prevail.
until a generation or SO ago. In
Kelvin was the FIRST 70 prove ~
.idal phenomena that tho earth
-eally solid.
Papyrus. on which tho an0ir
Egyptians wrote books Is nj
again used as a paper making mi
.erial.
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