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As time passes there will doubtless be a steady increase in the 

 number of those who will receive the Record without having anything 

 like a complete collection of the publications on which the Record is 

 based. It is the desire of this Department, as well as of the stations, 

 to do all in its power to render available to students of agriculture 

 whatever information can be furnished by the Department or the sta- 

 tions. Already a very considerable correspondence has been had with 

 individual readers of the Record who have desired to obtain particular 

 publications of the stations or the Department, or to gain information 

 supplementary to that furnished in such publications. It is hoped that 

 the purpose of the Department and the stations to render such aid in this 

 direction as it may be practicable to give may be clearly understood. 



From an account of the agricultural experiment stations in Holland 

 by Professor Adolf Mayer, director of the station at Wageuingen,* we 

 learn that there are now four stations in that country. The oldest is 

 that at Wageuingen, established in 1877. The others were organized in 

 1889 at Groningen, Hoorn, and Breda. The station at Wageningen is in 

 connection with the national agricultural school, and has of late devoted 

 itself more especially to scientific inquiries. 



The four stations have one common board of control which is composed 

 of from five to seven members. The members of this board are appointed 

 by the Government for a term of 5 years, but may be reappointed at 

 the end of that time. Each station has a director, one or more assist- 

 ants, and a helper, all of whom are appointed and may be removed by 

 the minister of commerce (Randelsminister). In addition to a regular 

 salary, the director receives 5 per cent, each assistant 3 per cent, and 

 each helper 1 per cent of the receipts for analyses made at the station. 

 The stations all use the same methods of analysis, this being required 

 by the statute under which they are organized. Certain analyses are 

 made free of charge; others are paid for according to a fixed tariff. 

 In case an analysis is not satisfactory to the sender of the material, 

 appeal can be made to the central station at Wageningen. 



The directors of the four stations form a counseling board, over 

 which the director of the station at Wageningen presides. This board 

 meets at least twice a year at the different stations in turn, at which 

 meetings, among other things, a report is read of the condition and pro- 

 gress at each station since the last meeting, and the oflQcial methods of 

 analyses are decided upon. None of these methods can be adopted for a 

 longer time than one year at any meeting. This board also submits to 

 the Government an annual report of all the stations. 



The directors of the stations are at present as follows: Wageningen, 

 Professor Adolf Mayer; Breda, Dr. A. J. Swaving; Groningen, Dr, A. 

 F. Holleman ; Hoorn, 0. J. v. Lookeren-Campagne. Professor Mayer 

 has three assistants ; the others, one each. 



*Landw. Versucha-Stationen, 38, pp. 441-446. 



