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nation: Norway's Agricultural Delegate for America, with residence 

 in Washington. 



The task of the agricultural delegates is to obtain all such information 

 and experiences from abroad as may be of importance for Norwegian 

 agriculture and to work for the best possible disposal of Norwegeian 

 agricultural products in foreign countries. 



Public agricultural officials coming under the Director of Agriculture 

 and whose salary and travelling expenses are paid entirely by the state: 



1. 6 Agricultural Engineers with 4 assistants, 

 whose business is to afford advice and guidance in technical agricultural 

 questions and to work out plans for same. 



2. 8 State Advisers in live-stock rearing, 



who direct the official measures for the advancement of live-stock rea- 

 ring. They are thus in charge of the state exhibitions of live-stock, af- 

 ford assistance in the selection of animals etc. Each of them has a spe- 

 cially defined district as his field of activity, except the adviser in the 

 breeding of sheep and goats and the adviser in heredity-research, who 

 have the whole of the country as their sphere of action. 



3. 5 Advisers in Dairying, I Butte r-m a k i n g Ad- 

 viser, i Chees e-m aking Adviser, i Adviser in the 

 keeping of accounts regarding cattle-raising and 

 in making tests, and i. adviser in matters concerning small- 

 holders. 



4. i Adviser in Seed-culture, who gives guidance espe- 

 cially in the culture of grass-seeds and root-crop seeds for agricultural 

 purposes. 



5. i State Entomologist and i State Mycologist, 

 having the whole country as their sphere of action, who give advice and 

 guidance regarding the enemies of cultural plants, insect pests and 

 fungous diseases respectively, both in farming and in horticulture and 

 forestry. 



There is also an expert in the work of combating weeds: He is at 

 the same time extraordinary professor at the Norwegian High School 

 for Agriculture. 



Public institutions carried on entirely for the account of the State 

 and coming under the jurisdiction of the Director of Agriculture. 



i. Experimental Stations in Plant-culture. Of 

 these there are 6 experimental stations for agricultural plants and 2 for 

 horticultural. The object of the experimental operations is partly 

 to promote the improvement of plants and partly by means of comparative 

 experiments to throw light on the questions which are of especial in- 

 terest for the culture of plants in the various districts. 



