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of the stiition is made more effective b}' tlie .services of permanent 

 correspondents located in different parts of the country who report all 

 cases of injuries coming under their notice, and also assist in dissemi- 

 natino- practical information regarding their control. These corre- 

 spondents are mostly farmers or agriculturists interested in economic 

 entomolog}^ who serve voluntarily and without compensation. In the 

 case of the govertmient forest agents, however, the duties of perma- 

 nent correspondents are obligatory. 



STATION FOR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY AT ALTENBURG. 



This station was organized in 1897 b}^ the chief of the Seed Control 

 Station at Altenburg, and the two stations together have received the 

 official name of Public Station for Seed Control and Plant Physiology 

 and Pathology. Both stations are under the management of Prof. 

 G. Linhart, as director, who is professor of botany in the agricul- 

 tural academy. 



The chief object of the Station for Plant Physiology and Pathology 

 is the study of all questions relating to nutrition, growth, and propa- 

 gation of cultivated plants, the breeding of high-grade sugar beets, 

 the effect of unfavorable conditions of life on plants, the origin of 

 parasitic fungi and the injuries which they cause to cultivated plants, 

 the control of outbreaks of these injurious diseases, and the measures 

 likely to prevent their attacks. Lastly, it is the dut}' of the station 

 to suppl}^ to parties interested full information on this subject free of 

 charge. 



The station examines diseased plants sent in by agriculturists, hor- 

 ticulturists, viticulturists, and sylviculturists, furnishes a description 

 of the disease and gives instructions for defense against it. The sta- 

 tion also conducts investigations on the nature and cause of plant 

 diseases, its researches on the Ijacterial disease of sugar beets being 

 worthy of special mention. 



The l)uildings of the station are situated in a garden occupying 7,500 

 square meters (nearly 2 acres), of which 1,800 meters are available 

 for experiments. The main building includes, besides a working office 

 of the director and a large room for the examination of seeds, etc., 

 mycological and ])acteriological laboratories. The station has a green- 

 house for germination experiments, collections of diseased plants and 

 seeds, photographic apparatus, etc. 



The staff consists of the director and one assistant, temporary helpers 

 being employed as necessar3\ 



STATION FOR ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND FEEDING AT BUDAPEST. 



This station, which was established in 1896, pursues the study of 

 the rational feeding of domestic animals, giving special attention to 



