350 ANNUAL HECOKD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



6, the exact dates -of whose founding it is not easy to find, 

 making 133 in all. Of these, 14 have been discontinued or 

 replaced by others, leaving 119 in actual operation. 



These stations are distributed among the countries of Eu- 

 rope as follows : 



Prussia 20 



Bavaria 12 



Saxony (> 



Baden. 3 



"Wiirtemberg 2 



Brunswick 2 



Other German states 12 



Total in Germany 6(i 



Austro-IIungarv 



Italy * 



Sweden 



Russia 



Belgium 



Switzerland 



Other European countries.. 



Total in Europe 



13 



10 

 7 

 3 

 5 



Q 

 O 



iiy 



Besides these 119 regularly organized stations, there are 

 not far from 50 laboratories and other institutions, mostly 

 connected with universities and agricultural schools, and 

 devoted to agricultural researches. There are, for instance, 

 some 20 such establishments in France, as many more in Ger- 

 many, a number in Russia, and so on. 



Resources, Appliances, and Work of the Experiment Stations. 



The work of the stations is varied. Each one has usually 

 a specialty, though in many, indeed, the majority of cases, 

 one will follow several lines of investigation. Of the branches 

 of mere purely scientific experimenting, 16 European stations 

 are engaged in investigations of soils, 24 in experiments on 

 culture and manuring, 13 in grape-growing and wine-making, 

 3 in orchard-culture, 1 in olive-culture, 9 in forestry, and 2 

 in reclaiming marshes and moors. Researches upon vege- 

 table physiology are carried on in 28 ; upon diseases of plants 

 in 11; upon animal physiology, feeding of domestic animals, 

 etc., in 20; upon questions connected with dairying in 11; 

 silk production in C ; agricultural technology in 4 ; sugar 

 industry in 3; manufacture of alcoholic liquors in 4; and 

 chemical technology in 22. Among the exclusively practi- 

 cal forms of work 54 exercise a control over the sale of fer- 

 tilizers, 3S over the sale of feeding-materials, and 44 over the 

 sale of seeds. 



For appliances each station has, first of all, a chemical lab- 

 oratory. In addition, a few have farms, experimental fields, 

 or gardens. More have stables for cattle, or greenhouses for 



