882 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The National Institute of Agricailture at Paris has recently issued 

 an illustrated volume of nearly six hiuidred pages living a historical 

 account of this institute, especialh^ during the period from 1870 to 

 lOOl, and a description of its present organization and work." The 

 institute was established at Versailles in 1848, but Avas suppressed in 

 1852 and was reestablished in Paris August 9, 1876. The founder of 

 the institution was Eugene Tisserand. The volume contains lists of 

 the various men who have held professorial chairs in the institution, 

 and also its present organization, together with ])ibliographical lists 

 of the works published by the various professors. M. Tisserand was 

 director from 1876 to 187i>, M. Eisler from 1879 to 1900, and the 

 present incumljent is Paul llegnard. 



The instruction given at the institute is both theoretical and prac- 

 tical, and is intended to turn out expert agricidturists, with the 

 necessary practical and scientific knowledge for managing farms and 

 estates, l)ecoming administrative officers in the agricultural work of 

 the government, instructors in special lines, directors and investiga- 

 tors in experiment stations, agricultural engineers, and similar callings 

 where expert knowledge is required. 



Although primarily an institution for instruction, a number of 

 special experiment stations have been established in connection with 

 the institute, as departments of it or under its general supervision. 

 Among these are the Station for Seed Testing, established in 1884, 

 now under the direction of E. Schribaux; the Station for Testing 

 Agricultural Implements, established in 1887, of which M. Ringel- 

 mann is director; the Laboratory of Fermentations, established in 

 1888, under E. Duclaux; the Station for Vegetable Pathology, estab- 

 lished in 1888, under the direction of M. Delacroix; the Entomolog- 

 ical Station, established in 1894, now in charge of M. Brocchi; the 

 Viticultural and Enological Laboratory, under the direction of M. 

 Viala; and the Experiment Station for Agricultural Hydraulics, with 

 M. Herisson at its head. These various laboratories receive third-year 

 students who serve to some extent as assistants in the lal)oratory 

 work. 



This memoir of the National Institute of Agriculture, which is the 

 capstone of agricultural education in France and one of the foremost 

 institutions of its kind in the world, contains much which is of inter- 

 est and of permanent \alue to the student of agricultural education 

 and investigation. 



aL'Institut National Agronomique de 1876 a 1901. 



