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only to make request of the director of the 

 station in his state, and the bulletins will be 

 forwarded to him free of all charge. Fre- 

 quently, too, bulletins can be obtained from 

 other states by asking for them, and thus in- 

 formation may be secured from more than one 

 source upon allied subjects. Direct communi- 

 cation by personal correspondence is also a 

 source of much valuable information and aid. 

 The directors are too busy in their great work 

 to answer questions which have already been 

 answered in their bulletins or which have no 

 practical bearing, but they are ready at all 

 times to give personal aid upon any topic 

 needing further illumination. The work of 

 experimentation is allotted to the specialists in 

 the various lines, and these specialists are ready 

 with their information on call. Thousands, 

 indeed, tens of thousands of dollars may be 

 saved to farmers in a few weeks' time in a 

 given region by the station, simply by means 

 of the information which is needed at once. 

 Some difficulty arises in the region, something 

 threatens, it may be the raid of an insect pest, 

 as the grasshopper, or a sudden and malignant 

 disease among hogs or cattle, or, it may be, an 



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