682 ExrjaiTMENT station record. 



au attempt was again made to combine with the agricultural experime 

 station an animal industry station with the addition of the necess? 

 land, principally for the carrying out of feeding experiments, and ro 

 establish an Alpine agricultural experiment station. The last proj* ts 

 are still far from realization, but a division for dairy investigate 'Ds 

 established in connection with the Agricultural Institute at Lausri'^io 

 (Dr. S. Bieler, director) in 18S9 has made notable progress. 



By the decree of August 23, ISSS, a dairy experiment station was estab- 

 lished at the Lausanne Agricultural Institute in connection with the 

 existing Wine Experiment Station (Dr. J. Dufour, director), and in 

 September, 1888, an order issued by the Council of State of the Can- 

 ton of Vaud x)rovided that this station should consist of (1) a bureau for 

 information, investigation, and technical expert opinion in the dairy 

 industry; (2) a collection of apparatus and necessary utensils for dairy- 

 ing; (3) a chemical laboratory for investigations and experiments in 

 dairying; and (4) a laboratory for experiments in the technology of 

 dairying. Provision was made for an exi^ert to direct the technical work 

 in dairying, at a salary of from -fOOO to $1,000 per year; a chemist, at 

 1600 to $1,000; a chemist's assistant, at $300 to $400; and a laboratory 

 assistant, at $120 to $200. 



This order further provided that the appliances of the station and its 

 experiments and collections should be utilized for the purpose of agri- 

 cultural instruction; and that i)ractical cheese schools should be estab- 

 lished in the cantons after consultation with the community or the 

 society of cheese manufacturers. 



The Department of Commerce and Agriculture was charged with the 

 enforcement of this order, and with general supervision of the station, 

 although the Council of State is responsible for its personnel. 



The position of director was filled in April, 1889, and in JStovember, 

 1889, the Dairy Experiment Station (Dr. G. Martinet, director) in con- 

 nection with the Agricultural Institute of Lausanne was opened. 

 Later an agricultural station (Dr. E. Chuard, director) was added to it. 



The official journal for the Dairy Experiment Station was Chroiiique 

 Agricole et Viticole, a monthly publication dating from the latter part 

 of 1888. In 1891, however, there was added to this station a forestry 

 experiment station, cooperating with the forestry experiment station at 

 Zurich, and the name of the official organ was changed to Chronique 

 Agricole du Canton de Vaud. 



As regards viticulture, west Switzerland has had for a long time a 

 school of instruction in the Viticultural Station of Lausanne, but not 

 until 1891 did east Switzerland obtain such in the Experiment Station 

 and School for Fruit, Wine, and Garden Culture, in WJidensweil, on 

 the Lake of Zurich, conducted by Prof. Dr. Miiller-Thurgau, both of 

 these being cantonal institutions. During its short existence this 

 exi)eriment station has already done good service for native fruit and 

 vine culture, especially in regard to vine and fruit tree management, 



