716 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



conducting investigations on the grain rusts, which Prof. Dr. Jakob 

 Eriksson has made the subject of a special life study. The sum of 7,700 

 crowns ($2,080) was at the same time appropriated for the publication 

 of the results obtained. 



The work of the experiment station has been, besides the study of the 

 grain rusts, investigations of Swedish forage plants and soils, fertilizer 

 experiments (pot, plat, and field trials) with different crops, cooperative 

 variety tests, dairy experiments, feeding experiments with milch cows, 

 etc. The reports of the work done are published in the Transactions 

 of the Royal Agricultural Academy (Kongl. LandtbruTcs-ATcademiens 

 Handlingar och TidsJcrift), which appear bimonthly, and also in the 

 periodical press. 1 



The Swedish Seed Corn Association (Sveriges Utsiidcsforening) has an 

 experiment station at Svalof, Sweden, established in 1886 for the pur- 

 pose of improving the cereals and other agricultural plants by system- 

 atic breeding and selection, so called pedigree culture. The station 

 receives an annual appropriation from the State of 15,000 crowns 

 ($4,054), also grants from the various county agricultural societies, 

 amounting in 1895 to 10,900 crowns ($4,568). In addition the State 

 gives 3,000 crowns ($811) to defray the expenses of distributing the 

 pure-bred seed in trial lots to farmers. In 1895, 41,200 kg. of oats was 

 distributed to 412 farmers. The association has 5 substations in differ- 

 ent parts of Sweden, at which improved seed corn is grown on large 

 plats for supplying the material to be distributed during the succeed- 

 ing year. 



The work of the station, under the able direction of Dr. N. Hjalmar 

 Mlsson, has been most successful. A number of new varieties have 

 been propagated, and standard varieties of oats, wheat, barley, peas, 

 and vetches greatly improved. Of the apparatus designed, special 

 mention may be made of the " Svalof Seed Preparer" (seed coat crusher) 

 for destroying the hard seed coat of leguminous seeds, thus increasing 

 their germinative ability. The new apparatus has a capacity of 1 to 

 2 bags of clover seed per hour. 



The results of the work of the station are published in a quarterly 

 publication, Svenska Utsadesforenings TidsTcrift (E. S. E., 5, p. 521). 



The Swedish JSIoor Culture Association at Jonkoping was established 

 in 1886. Sweden has between 12 million and 18 million acres of marsh 

 land still largely uncultivated. The work of the Moor Culture Associa- 

 tion, through its investigations and demonstrations at Jonkoping (pot 

 and plat experiments) and at Flahult (field experiments), as well as 

 through the publication of its magazine, Svenska Mosskultur-foreningens 

 TidsTcrift, has largely increased the knowledge of the capabilities of 

 Swedish marshes. The experimental work is planned along similar 

 lines as the experiment station for moor culture at Bremen, Germany. 



1 E. S. R., 4, pp. 768, 963, 965, 971 ; 5, pp. 808, 1017 ; 6, pp. 200, 389, 407, 432, 669, 890; 7, 

 pp. 714, 746; 8, pp. 152, 203, 209, 248. 



