684 ANNUAL, REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



(3) The borrower is responsible for the safe return of the boolts and is ex- 

 pected to make good any losses or injuries which may occur. Books must be 

 carefully wrapped when returned so that there will be no danger of injury to 

 book or binding. 



(4) Cost of carriage must be borne by the borrower. Books will be forwarded 

 by express (charges collect) whenever it is deemed necessary on account of their 

 size or value. Certain books, however, may be sent by registered mail if the 

 cost of postage and registration be remitted in advance. In the case of books 

 lent for use in the oflicial work of the State agricultural colleges and experi- 

 ment stations, those which it is considered safe to send by mail will be for- 

 warded under the department frank, and a frank will be sent for their return. 

 The cost of registration for the return of the book must, however, be paid by 

 the borrower. 



(5) It is preferred that requests from agricultural colleges and experiment 

 stations be made through the college or station library, if the library is so 

 organized as to be able to attend to such loans. 



(6) Borrowers are urged to give as full a reference as possible when request- 

 ing loans, including author, title, and page of articles in periodicals. This is 

 desirable for the following reasons: The article can sometimes be supplied in 

 separate form ; the volume of the periodical may be unbound, in which case only 

 a single number need be sent ; references are sometimes incorrect, and informa- 

 tion as to the author and title of the article may prevent the sending of the 

 wrong volume; if the article is short and the volume large, it may be more 

 economical to have the article copied. 



