Con2:res international d'essais de semences. 



International Seed Testing Internationale Konferenz 



Conference. fiir Samenprufung. 



Copenhague, Danemark, 6.-10. VI. 1921. 



On Monday, June 6, 1921 at Montag, den 6. Juni 1921, um 



10 : 00 A. M. the Third International 10 Uhr vormittags, trat die Dritte 

 Seed Testing Conference assembled Internationale Konferenz fur Samen- 

 ih the library of the Danish State pi-iifung in der Bibliothek von „ Stats- 

 Seed Testing Station, Fjords A116 15. frekontroUen" (der danischen Staats- 



SamenkontroUanstalt), Fjords AU^ 15, 



zusammen. 

 Professeur a I'uriiversite de Copenhague, Dr. W. Joh an nsen. President 

 de la Commission de controle des semences, 



opened the meeting and bade all erOffnete die Konferenz und hiefi die 

 those present welcome in the following Anwesenden mit folgenden Worten 

 words : willkommen : 



Ladies and Gentlemen! 



On behalf of the Royal Ministry of Agriculture and the Danish Seed Control Com- 

 mission, I have the honour of bidding you a hearty welcome here. 



In this country we of course use the Danish language; the most natural thing for 

 me would be to address you in Danish — but only the delegates from the other Scandi- 

 navian countries would be able to understand me. In countries where the language does 

 not belong to those that are wide spread, it is necessary on an occasion like this to use 

 one of the great languages. 



La langue frangaise a 6te depuis bien lohgtemps la langue des diplomates qui a 

 remplac6 le latin maintenant hors d'usage, chose bien regrettable; Tido, I'esperanto ou 

 m€me le fameux volapuk n'ont pas encore pu remplacer le latin bien aimfr, supprim6 par 

 le zfele nationaliste de tons pays. Si j'avais une mission diplomatique, je ferais de mon mieux 

 pour m'adresser a vous en un frangais pas trop barbare — mais cette conference n'a rien a 

 faire avec la diplomatie — au contraire nous sommes r^unis dans rint6r§t de nos buts communs. 



Deutschland hat das Verdienst, die erste SamenkontroUstation vor 52 Jahren er- 

 richtet zu haben. Insofern ware es mir sehr naheliegend, die deutsche Sprache bier zu 

 benutzen, eine Sprache, mit welcher man in den skandinavischen Landem, sowie in Holland, 

 recht vertraut ist. , 



But the same may be said about the English language; when I have the honour 

 of addressing you in English, it is not only because English is the language of very great 

 populations, or because of ita relation both to the French, the Scandinavian and German 

 language, but especially because the idea of this conference emanated from English circles. 

 Sir Lawrence Weaver, accompanied by sevel-al English gentlemen interested in agri- 

 cultural questions, visited Denmark the twq past summers. Having inspected our Seed 

 Testing Station, Sir Lawrence Weaver proposed to Mr. Dorph-Petersen, the director 



