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DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY* 
bution. All applications for seeds should be addressed 
to the Secretary, and the name and post office address of 
applicant plainly written. All persons receiving seeds 
from the College are expected to comply explicitly with 
the conditions under which they are sent, and make the 
report on the form furnished by the Secretary. 
The College has a large collection of different varie¬ 
ties of potatoes, a few pounds of each variety, which can 
be had upon application to the Secretary. The potatoes 
will not be distributed until early spring, on account of 
danger of being frozen in transit at this season of the year. 
Applications will be received for shrubs and trees, 
and if the College has them to spare, they will be fur¬ 
nished under the same conditions as seeds. 
It must be distinctly understood that this is not a 
bureau organized for the distribution of seeds and plants 
upon a charitable basis. 
Considerable labor and much time and patient attention 
to details, will be required of those who undertake to ex¬ 
periment with the seeds and plants sent from the College. 
The keeping of the record and the faithful and honest 
return thereof to this office, will constitute the principal 
consideration for the favors extended by the College and 
the people of this State. 
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It is expected that from the correct and substantial 
information obtained concerning the utility and adapta¬ 
bility of these seeds and vegetables, throughout the 
different parts of the State, something will be added to 
the material growth of the farm and garden industries of 
the commonwealth. 
Bulletins are being published, under the direction of 
the Board, of experiments conducted at the State Agri¬ 
cultural College, copies of which may be had on applica¬ 
tion to the Secretary. 
Frank J. Annis, 
Secretary. 
The State Agricultural College. ) 
Ft. Collins, Colo.,Dec. 10,1887. / 
