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11 ance as will best promote the purposes of this act[; but nothing]
12 [herein contained shall be construed to authorize said Commissioner]
13 [to control or direct the work or management of any]
14 [such station except as to the standard of valuation of commercial]
15 [fertilizers]. It shall be the duty of each of said stations,
16 annually, on or before the first day of February, to make to
17 the governor of the State or Territory in which it is located
18 a full and detailed report of its operations, including a statement
19 of receipts and expendituros, a copy of which report
20 shall be sent to each of said stations, to the said Commissioner
21 of Agriculture, and to the Secretary of the Treasury of the
22 United States.

1 Sec. 5. That [in order to make the results of the work]
2 [of said stations immediately useful,] they shall publish at least
3 once in every three months bulletins or reports of progress, one
4 copy of which shall be sent to each newspaper in the States
5 or Territories in which they are respectively located, and to
6 such individuals actually engaged in farming as may request
7 the same, and as far as the means of the station will permit.
8 Such bulletins or reports and the annual reports of said stations
9 shall be transmitted in the mails of the United States
10 free of charge for postage, under such regulations as the Postmaster-
11 General may from time to time prescribe.

1 Sec. 6. That for the purpose of paying the salaries and
2 wages of the director and other employees of said stations,