28 REPORT OF THE SCOTTISH COMMISSION 



The Lyngby Agricultural Experiment Station 



This Experiment Station was founded by one of the lecturers in the 

 Agricultural School, who commenced on a small scale by comparing 

 different varieties of seeds and plants. Subsequently Government 

 recognition and support were obtained, and the station extended 

 its area and its operations until at present a large number of 

 experiments are being conducted on it. The land under ex- 

 periment is divided into small plots of 1 -500th part of an acre in 

 extent, but to ensure accuracy in the results each experiment is 

 repeated ten times on plots in different parts of the field. The 

 chief experiments being carried out at the date of the visit of the 

 Scottish Agricultural Commission were : — 



1. Comparisons of varieties of oats. 



2. „ „ „ „ barley (250 varieties). 



3. „ „ „ „ wheat. 



4. „ „ „ „ mangel. 



5. „ „ swede with mangel as a root crop. 



6. „ ,, clovers grown from seeds obtained from 

 different countries. 



7. Tests of varieties of oats, barley and tares, suitable for 



winter sowing. 



8. Tests of methods of destroying weeds. 



Many results of great importance to Danish farmers have 

 already been got at the station. Thus it has been found that 

 English red clover seed produces plants too delicate to stand the 

 Danish winter, and that Russian and Bohemian seed is preferable. 

 It was also in evidence this summer that barley sown in the previous 

 September was going to be ready for harvest at least a month earlier 

 than the crop sown with the same seed in April. Much informa- 

 tion of value has also been obtained as to the relative merits of the 

 numerous varieties of the crops in general cultivation. 



Royal Agricultural and Veterinary Institute (Copenhagen) 



The Royal Agricultural and Veterinary Institute in Copenhagen 

 is the supreme teaching body. This magnificent institution, which 

 alike on account of its size, its revenue, its staff, its equipment, and 

 the valuable contributions to agricultural and dairy science that 

 have emanated from its research laboratories, forms one of the 

 finest and most important colleges in the world, was established at 

 the expense of the State for the purpose of training veterinary 

 surgeons, teachers of agricultural science, agricultural experts and 

 advisers, students qualifying for appointments as land agents or 

 land stewards, and the sons of the larger farmers who desire to add 

 to their knowledge of practical farming a complete course of train- 

 ing in the sciences related to it. The college buildings occupy a 

 convenient situation in their own grounds at the outskirts of the 

 city. They afford very ample and suitable accommodation. The 

 main building forms three sides of a large quadrangle, and it con- 



