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Whenever regional information is desired 

 by the government, on its part, there will be 

 no difficulty in arranging for the securing of 

 it through the regular federal agents in the 

 states, that is, through the agricultural col- 

 leges and experiment stations, either from 

 jfficers of the stations themselves or by federal 

 >fficers delegated for the time being to the 

 :olleges or stations to work in the states, 

 'he college and experiment station will be 

 ;lad to put their laboratories and facilities at 

 ic disposal of any investigator who wishes to 

 une and make use of them. They would not 

 link it right, however, to have independent 

 iboratories or fields developed alongside, 

 'en though requested by persons in their 

 >wn state or by the state department of agri- 

 ilture, not because of jealousy (for jealousy 

 lould be unknown to scientific men) but 

 Because such action would tend to diminish 

 ie confidence of its own people in the local 

 istitution, depriving the institution of the 

 ipport it needs for the work for which it 

 is created, and encouraging in the people a 



