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4 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 
Section of Botany, Horticulture and Entomology. 
DIRECTIONS FOR SENDING SAMPLES OF SEEDS AND SPECIMENS 
OF PLANTS AND INSECTS. 
Sound seed true to name, and free from the germs of 
noxious weeds, is essential to successful agriculture. 
The germinating value of farm and garden seeds is 
determined by the examination and testing of a small 
average sample. 
This the Experiment Station is now prepared to do, 
free of charge, for the farmers and gardeners of the State, 
subject to the following conditions. 
1. Of small seeds, such as grass and clover seed, send 
two ounces; of cabbage, beet or turnip seed, four ounces; 
and of the larger seeds, as of wheat, peas and other leg¬ 
umes, eight ounces. 
2. Samples may be sent by mail or express, pre¬ 
paid, in stout paper bags, with the sender’s name plainly 
written thereon, and should fairly represent the whole 
amount from which it was taken. 
3. A letter of advice should accompany the package, 
giving the name of the variety sent, from whom pur¬ 
chased, by whom, and in what year grown, and whatever 
else may be deemed of value by the sender. 
4. A record will be kept of all examinations made, 
and a report mailed to the sender. 
Seeds should be forwarded some time before needed, 
as it takes time to complete the tests. 
SENDING INSECTS FOR NAME. 
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The larvae (worms, caterpillars, etc.) of insects, 
should be sent in a tight tin or wooden box containing a 
good supply of their appropriate food plant. 
Specimens, if dead, should be packed in cotton or 
wool, inclosed in a stout box. 
The wings of butterflies and moths should be handled 
as little as possible, that their peculiar markings may be 
