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tion; rotation and fertilizer experiments, etc. (E. S. B., 7, p. 203). The 

 station at Tystofte has an area of about 54 acres, and the branch sta- 

 tions from 19 to 45 acres. The latter are located in different parts of 

 Denmark and represent marked differences as to character of soil, etc. 

 Investigational work done under the auspices of the State or county 

 agricultural societies or at agricultural schools has largely been limited 

 to analytical work and variety and fertilizer trials, and can only be 

 referred to here. 1 



EXPERIMENT STATIONS IN FINLAND. 



For a number of years past (since 1881) the Mustiala Agricultural 

 and Dahy Institute has conducted experiments in plant culture, 

 acclimatization and fertilizer tests, feeding experiments with dairy 

 cows, tests of dairy apparatus, tuberculosis investigations, etc., under 

 the direction of the professors at the institute. Only a small sum of 

 money (2,000 marks=$386) is, however, set apart annually for this 

 work, and what is done is done incidentally, the primary work of the 

 officers being that of instruction. The investigations conducted at the 

 institute are published as reports (Medd eland 'en) of the Agricultural 

 Department, of which 18 have been issued up to date. 



An agricultural botanical experiment station was established in 

 Herrenas in 1889, the special object of which is to make culture experi- 

 ments with wild grasses and legumes in order to learn their adaptability 

 for permanent pastures. Trials with such plants are also made at a 

 number of private farms, under the direction of the superintendent of 

 the station. The station has an appropriation of 3,500 marks ($075) 

 per year from the county agricultural society. Only one report has 

 been published, viz, for the years 1889-'93. 



Finland has 2 "chemical stations," one at Helsingfors and the other 

 at Aabo. The former was established in 1880 and the latter in 1882. 

 Only control work is done at these stations. The number of samples 

 examined at the Helsingfors station in 1895 was 2,028, and at Aabo in 

 1894, 905. The budget of the chemical station at Helsingfors is about 

 15,000 marks ($2,715). The station staff consists of a director and 2 

 assistant chemists. Several of its published articles have been noted 

 in the liecord.- 



SEED CONTROL STATIONS. 



The seed control stations of the Scandinavian countries, of which 

 there are a considerable number, have not been included in the preced- 

 ing sketch. It is planned to treat these in a separate article later. 



1 E. S. R., 5, p. 813 ; 6, pp. 455, 936 ; 7, pp, 206, 224, 491 ; 8, pp. 153, 161, 173. 

 2 E. S. R., 6, pp. 394, 410, 453, 457, 477, 519, 524, 534, 575. 



