602 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



tilizers, agricultural products, etc., for private persons, according to a 

 fixed schedule of prices. 



The experimental fields will be established in regions which are 

 typical in regard to soil, topography, and other conditions. They will 

 have a considerable tract of suitable land (up to 1G0 acres), according 

 to their special purpose, and where necessary to the work being done 

 they will have laboratory facilities for making simple analytical deter- 

 minations. 



The experiment farms will correspond in general character to the 

 farms or estates of the localities in which they are located. There may 

 be affiliated with these farms special departments for horticulture, gar- 

 dening, and agricultural technology, and also for introducing improved 

 breeds of animals, implements and machines, distributing seeds of 

 improved varieties, etc. The experimental fields and farms will conduct 

 meteorological and phenological observations. 



The fields of demonstration are to be established near localities 

 which are most visited by the rural population, and preferably in con- 

 nection with educational institutions. 



The experiment stations will each have a director and at least two 

 assistants. The experimental fields and farms will each have a director 

 and at least one assistant. So far as possible these will be selected 

 from persons who have received an education in agriculture or the 

 natural sciences. The managers of the fields of demonstration will, 

 where practicable, be chosen from the local residents, and will be under 

 the supervision of a specialist. Provision is made for the formation of 

 councils for such experiment stations as have experimental fields and 

 farms, to be composed in each case of the director and his assistants, 

 a representative of the ministry of agriculture, persons who have aided 

 in establishing the station, and other persons selected by the council. 

 The general plans for work for terms of four or five years a.e presented 

 by the director to the council, and later to the minister of agriculture 

 for his approval. The approval of the annual plan of operations is 

 left to the council. Where there is no council the director presents his 

 plan of work, as well as his annual report, directly to the minister of 

 agriculture for approval. 



Arrangements may be made for the holding of public lectures and 

 courses in various branches of agriculture at the experiment stations, 

 under the approval of the minister of agriculture. 



The experiment stations, fields, farms, etc., may be established by 

 the government, b}^ local communities, or by private persons. Those 

 established by communities (zemstvos), organizations, and private per- 

 sons may receive pecuniary or other aid from the ministry. The experi- 

 ment stations proper, owing to the complex nature and comprehensive- 

 ness of their work, will be established chiefly by the government. The 

 establishment of experimental fields will be left mainly to local commu- 

 nities, as also that of fields of demonstration. The ministry of agricul- 



