714 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



crowns ($257 to $1,257) for the different stations. The income from 

 analysis Ices ranged from 1,216.50 to 3,188.60 crowns ($329 to $862). In 

 case of 2 stations the director receives all analysis fees and in return 

 pays for chemicals and other materials used. The personnel of the sta- 

 tions generally consists of a director and one or two assistants. The 

 stations publish an annual report giving in more or less detail the 

 results of the work of the year. A summary for each station is also 

 published annually in the report of the Agricultural Department. 



The summary of work done by the various stations during 1895 is 

 given in the following table: 



Number of samples analyzed or examined by chemical stations in Sweden during 1895. 



Jonko- 



ping. 



Soils 



Soil "amendments" 



Fertilizers 



Feeding stuffs 



Water 



Dairy products 



Human food articles 



Poisoning cases 



Technical and sundry prod- 

 ucts 



213 



117 

 127 

 72 

 64 

 12 

 117 

 4G0 



Total 



Kalmar. 



51 



6 



233 



72 



52 



1,582 



23 



78 



92 



Halm- 

 stad. 



2 



20 



373 



46 



31 



6, 632 



59 



2,095 



27 



Skara. 



14 



19 



103 



27 



144 



2.209 



7 



168 



31 



2,189 9,285 2,722 



Orebro. 



21 



5 



91 



76 



35 



,508 



25 



812 



3,707 



^^•^nff- 



21 

 16 

 51 

 42 

 17 

 16, 645 

 13 

 278 



28 



28 

 3 



26 

 67 

 109 

 56 

 34 

 82 



17,111 



486 



Total. 



350 

 186 



1,004 



402 



452 



29,644 



278 



3,973 



443 



36, 732 



The sum total of samples examined during the year, as will be seen, 

 is 36,732. It is natural, with this amount of control work to be done, 

 that but little can be accomplished in the line of original investigations 

 of agricultural problems. During the 3 preceding years (1892-'94) 

 22,161, 26,355, and 35,740 samples, respectively, were examined, show- 

 ing that the public make use of the stations in an increasing ratio from 

 year to year. 



In addition to the preceding stations a number of county agricultural 

 societies have for a number of* years past made arrangements with the 

 chemical departments of certain agricultural schools to have chemical 

 analyses made for farmers in their respective counties at a special low 

 rate, and have set apart a certain sum of money annually for this pur- 

 pose. The number of samples analyzed by such chemical stations dur- 

 ing 1895 is shown below: 



Number of samples examined by county chemical stations in Sweden during 1895. 



