' AGRICULTURAL liXPERIMENT STATIONS OF HUNGARY. 



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There are in Hungary 5 experiment stations corresponding to those 

 in this country, each containing- departments for agricultural chemistry 

 and seed control, and often others. These stations are located at Alten- 

 burg (Magyar-(3vfir), Debreczen, Kaschau (Kassa), Keszthely, and 

 Klausenburg (Kolozsvar). Besides these there are the Central Chem 

 ical Experiment Station, the Station for Animal Physiology and Feed- 

 ing, the Entomological Station, .and the Seed-Control Station, each 

 having only a single department, and all located at Budapest, the Sta- 

 tion for Vegetable Physiology and Pathology at Altenburg, and the 

 Chemical Station at Pressburg (Pozsony). 



The ditferent departments of the 5 stations mentioned first are each 

 organized as separate institutions and are designated in the Hungarian 

 official publications as individual stations, each with its own director. 

 On this basis there are in Hungary 8 agricultural chemical stations, 6 

 seed-control stations, 1 entomological station, 1 plant-culture station, 

 1 station for vegetable physiology and pathology, 1 for tobacco cul- 

 ture, 1 for animal physiology and feeding, and 2 for agricultural 

 machines, or 21 in all. 



The experiment stations in Hungary are government institutions. 

 Most of them are designed to promote th«^ advancement of the agricul- 

 ture of the country, mainlj" b}' practical experiments but also by orig- 

 inal research, and to give advice to the farmers on various agricultural 

 questions. In addition, the chemical and seed-control stations are 

 called upon to examine agricultural supplies and agricultural products. 

 The Central Commission of Experiment Stations exercises a directing 

 and supervisory power over the individual stations, and acts as the 

 representative of the Minister of Agriculture in matters relating to 

 the organization and work of the stations. The commission consists 

 of a president, secretary, and about a dozen permanent mem])ers, all 

 appointed by the Minister of Agriculture. In this commission each 

 branch of experiment station work is represented by a station director, 

 the remaining members l)eing prominent specialists in particular 

 branches of agriculture. Since its creation in 1898 the commission has 

 published a journal, Kiserletugyi Kozlemenyek, embodying the reports 

 of the work of the various stations. 



CHEMICAL STATIONS. 



All the chemical stations are charged with the examination of agricul- 

 tural and other industrial products, ])othfor theGovernmentand private 



