TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION B. 539 



Pakt III. 

 State of Agricultural Education in thefolloiving Countries. 

 There is a most complete system of ag^ricultural education in the following 

 countries: — Austro-Hungary, Belgium, Holland, France, Denmark, Norway, 

 Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, Germany. 



The system of agricultural education in Germany heing more complete than that 

 of the other Continental countries, I shall allude to it only. 



In the German Empire there are 17 High Schools, or Institutes, 31 Mddle, 

 45 Lower, 49 Agrarian, 5 Meadow, 15 Horticultural, besides 1133 others — such as 

 Winter schools — where the scientific principles of agriculture are taught. 



In addition to these schools there were in existence, at the close of 1878, 2,652 

 agricultural societies distributed over the German Empire, engaged in special agri- 

 cultural work, besides supporting agricultural education, All these schools have 

 experimental stations attached to them, where the theoretical principles expounded 

 in the class room and laboratory are verified in the field. They are partly subsi- 

 dized by the Government, and partly bv the provinces in which they are situated. 

 See Table No. 1. 



Part IV. 

 Agricultural Research in this Country. 



1. General view of its position. 



2. Experimental stations. 

 (A). England: — 



(a). The Experimental Station at Rothamsted. Were it not for the great 

 and important work done at this station by Messrs. Lawes and Gilbert, I fear 

 that I shoidd have little to credit research with in this country. From 1847 

 to 1880 inclusive, 51 original memoirs have been published on field experi- 

 ments and experiments on vegetation, and 28 papers and reports on the 

 feeding of animals, utilisation of sewage, &c. 



(&). The experimental station of the Royal Agricultural Society at Woburn, 

 Established in 1877 to test the value of unexhausted manures, &c. 



(c). The experimental station at Wickhurst Frant, Sussex — established by the 

 author in conjunction with the Tuubridge Wells Farmers' Club to inquire into 

 the causes of the failure of the hop crop. 



{d). The experimental station at Oxon-Hoath, Tunbridge — established by W. 

 Nevili Geary, Esq., and the author for a similar purpose, and to check the 

 results of the Aberdeenshire experiments with soluble and insoluble phos- 

 phates. 



(B). Scotland:— 



(a). The experimental stations of the Highland and Agricultural Society at 

 Harelaw and Pumpherston — established in 1877 for the purpose of obtaining 

 an answer to the various questions constantly croppmg up as to the money and 

 other value of the different manures used in raising crops. 



(6). The experimental stations of the Aberdeenshire Agricidtural Association. 

 They are five in number, and were established in 1875 for the piu-pose of 

 ascertaining the best manure for the turnip crop. 



(c). The experimental station at Ardross, Alness, Rosshire — established by 

 K. J. Matheson, Esq., younger, of Ardross, and the author, to test the value 

 of the experiments made by the Aberdeenshire Agricultural Association, 

 under different climatic and sod conditions, and to extend scientific agriculture. 



It being impossible, in a short abstract like this, to give even an idea of the 

 researches now being conducted in agriculture in the several Continental countries 

 above named, I must, therefore, refer persons interested in the subject to my paper 

 about to be published at length. 



Paet V. 

 Concluding Remarks and Suggestions. 



Notwithstanding the apathy of tlie past, progress is certainly being made in 

 agricultiu-al education, and the desire for it is increasing. 



