AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES. 715 



Kesearch or control work conducted at Swedish chemical stations has 

 been frequently noted in the Record. 1 



A chemical plant-biological station was established at Lulea in 1895, 

 and began work November 1 of that year, with a director and assistant 

 as its officers. No report has yet been issued from this station. 



Variety tests and fertilizer experiments with different crops are made 

 every year at a large number of agricultural schools, and under the 

 auspices of county agricultural societies. So far as known, no regular 

 appropriations are made for this work. The results of the trials are 

 published in the annual report of the Agricultural Department under 

 the summary reports of the various schools. 



Fig. 5.— Chemical Department, Experiment Station at Albano, Sweden. 



Experiment Station of the Royal Agricultural Academy at Albano. — 

 This station (Experimentalfaltet), founded in 1883, is confined to research 

 work. It has 3 distinct departments — chemical (fig. 5), plant-physio- 

 logical, and agricultural-horticultural. The officers are a director 

 (chemist), assistant chemist, botanist, and agriculturist. A number 

 of assistants have also at times been temporarily employed. The 

 annual budget of the chemical department is about 12,000 crowns 

 ($3,243). Special appropriations have been made for buildings, experi- 

 mental glass house, and garden, etc. The physiological department in 

 1889-'91 received a special appropriation of 10,000 crowns ($2,680) for 



1 E. S. R., 4, p. 777 ; 5, pp. 520, 536, 1025 ; 6, pp. 109, 241, 373, 577 ; 7, pp. 247, 520, 669, 701, 

 717, 826, 845; 8, pp. 151, 153, 154, 161, 168, 173. 



