506 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



A rather unusual feature of the station is the provision for reeeiv- 

 ing- pupils for instruction in theoretical and practical agriculture, gen- 

 eral and agricultural chemistry, and other branches of agricultural 

 science, making it a farm school as well as a station. As the announce- 

 ment states, this is the first station to throw its doors open to pupils in 

 scientific and practical agriculture; and it must be said that there is an 

 element of doubt as to the wisdom of the combination of effort in this 

 case. Usuall}^ the case is reversed, the institution for instruction 

 having a department for experimentation. Whether the institution at 

 Aynsome shall ultimately become an experiment station in the true 

 sense or largely an agricultural school will depend upon the manage- 

 ment and the conditions which develop. 



