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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



THE FEDEEAL SEED CONTROL STATION. 



The extraordiuary eucouragemenn ILiy station received from the 

 farmers and tlie dealers of Switzerland and foreign countries caused a 

 rapid growth of the institution and made enlargement of accommoda- 

 tions and working force necessary. At present there are in the station 

 the director (Dr. G-. Stehler), 1 male assistant, 6 female assistants, and 

 1 clerk. Tlie seed control station is now located in the chemical build- 

 ing of the Polytechnic Institute -nnd is well supplied with all apparatus 

 and other material necessary. It possesses besides a greenhouse for 

 the carrying on of germination exi^eriments, a small experiment field 

 near by for culture tests, and two more distant exiieriment fields, one 

 near Pfiiffikon, for the culture of litter plants, and the other on the 

 Fiirstenalp at Graubiinden, for Ali)ine culture. 



The following table shows the work of the years 1879-'93: 



Work of Siviss Seed Control Station. 



Tears. 



1879 



1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 



The annual reports of the seed control station appear in ScMceizer- 

 ische landicirtscliaftliche Zcifschrift. 



The scientific work of the station is directed principally to the inves- 

 tigation of forage plants and to culture tests on the experiment fields. 



The following articles, for the most part jointly prepared by Dr. 

 Stebler and Prof Dr. Schroter, have appeared in Landwirtsehaftliches 

 Jahrhuch der ^cluceiz: 



Contributions to the knowledge of meadows and pastures of Switzer- 

 land: Method and object of the investigation of meadows and pastures 

 of Switzerland (1887) ; Investigation concerning the influence of manure 

 on the structure of the stigmas of meadow grasses (1887); Concerning 

 the influence of irrigation on the structure of the stigmas of meadow 

 grasses (1887); Influence of grazing on the structure of turf (1887); A 

 heavy yielding form of French rye grass (1888) ; Influence of the size of 

 the seed kei'nel on the yield of green fodder by white horse tooth corn 

 (1888); Borst grass {Nardtis stricta), a bad enemy of our Alpine agri- 

 culture (1888) ; aud The Fiirstenalps and the culture of forage plants on 

 the Alpine experiment field of the same (1889). 



