No. 4.] GERjVIAN EXPEEBIENT STATIONS. 369 



THE AGEICULTUEAL EXPEEIMENT STATIONS OF 



GEEMANY. 



BY DR. J. B. LINDSEY OF AMHERST. 



It is my purpose to ask your attention (I.) to some general 

 information relative to tiie German experiment stations, and 

 (II.) to a consideration of some of the work in which the 

 stations are now engaged, and to the methods employed in 

 its execution. 



I. 



Gen:eral Ixformation."^ 



The stations of the German empire may be divided into 

 two classes : first, those belonging to what is known as the 

 Union of Agricultural Experiment Stations of Germany; 

 and second, those outside the union. Many of the stations 

 withm the union are largely engaged in control work, some 

 do only control work, while others are investigating special 

 problems in plant and animal nutrition, plant disease, soil 

 physics, etc. The Union of stations was estal)lished in 

 1888, and had for its ol)ject the furthering of the mutual 

 interests of the stations, both in scientific and practical 

 ways, and especially in enabling them to secure uniformity 

 m methods of analysis and inspection of fertilizers, fod- 

 ders, seeds and other important agricultural materials. The 

 methods now in use for control and inspection work are 

 very similar to those employed by the American Association 

 of Agricultural Chemists of the United States. 



The stations outside the Union are more generally in con- 

 nection with the German universities, and "are officered by 



.Ph.S? r"v 'f °f '^' ^'""'"' ''''''°"' ^" ^'^^'^^^ ^"^ ^o" Lengerke-s Landwirth- 

 schafthcher Kalender for 1893, compiled by Professor Nobbe. 



