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main interest centers around the work of the experiment stations at 

 Copenhagen and Albano (near Stockholm). A few other stations are 

 largely engaged in original investigations, notably the Swedish Moor 

 Culture Association at Flahult and the Seed Improvement Society at 

 Svalof, Sweden, and important results have been obtained through 

 their effort s. But as regards at least the former of these, similar work 

 on a larger scale and under more varied conditions is being conducted 

 elsewhere. While experiments on agricultural problems are being 

 conducted in all four countries, the attention of the workers, except at 

 the stations at Copenhagen and Albano,is occupied mainly with either 

 instructional or chemical control work instead of investigation. Hence, 

 the continuity and concentration of efforts so essential in investigation 

 is often lacking. This does not prevent these institutions from occa- 

 sionally publishing, through the persevereuce and enthusiasm of their 

 officers, valuable contributions to our fund of scientific agricultural 

 knowledge, as will b.e apparent from the reports of the institutions 

 reviewed in the Experiment Station Record during the past 5 years. 

 As this work speaks for itself, it will not be necessary to dwell in this 

 article on the results obtained, and attention will be confined to a 

 brief statement of the history of the various stations, their organiza- 

 tion, plan of work, officers, means of support, etc. 



EXPERIMENT STATIONS IX NORWAY. 



The control or experiment stations in Norway are as follows: 



The State Chemical Control Station at Ghristiania was organized as a 

 separate institution in 1891 and began work February 1, 1892. Previous 

 to that time, since 1863, analyses of agricultural products for private 

 parties had been made by the teacher of agricultural chemistry at 

 Aas or his assistant, for which purpose the Society for Norway's 

 Weal or the Government made a small appropriation, except during a 

 few years (1869-'75) when no money was appropriated from either source. 

 The budget of the station is 12,500 crowns ($3,378), of which 5,000 

 crowns ($1,513) goes to pay the salaries of director, assistant, and janitor. 

 The director reports directly to the Secretary of Agriculture, there 

 being no connection between the station ami the agricultural college at 

 Aas. The work of the station is published in the annual report of the 

 secretary and in occasional contributions to the agricultural press. No 

 provisions are made for bringing the results of work done before the 

 public through periodical bulletins or special publications. 



During 1895, 897 samples of feeding stuffs, dairy products, fertilizers, 

 water, etc., were sent to the station for analysis. In addition to the 

 control work a goodly number of original investigations have been made 

 and published, reviews of which have been given in the Record. 1 



Plant Physiological Station at Aas, established in 1895. The work of 

 the station is largely cooperative and includes the testing of varieties 



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