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experiment stations to be found at these two centres, as well a:s 

 of the experimental stations at Newhaven in Connecticut, and 

 at Geneva in New York State where special characteristics are 

 notable. - ^ 



Attention is drawn to the great variety of topics handled at the 

 institutions named, and in the second appendix there is further 

 exhibited in a condensed form a complete list, extracted from 

 the official publication of the Central Experiment Station 

 Office at Washington, of the subjects dealt with, according to 

 the titles of all the bulletins, by the local experiment stations 

 throughout the Union during 1892 and 1893, thus enabling a 

 general idea to be obtained of the very wide scope of the in- 

 quiries on which the scientific staff of more than ' half a hundred 

 stations have embarked. 



The "lines of work" thus indicated include many matters 

 which would probably not be within the scope of similar 

 institutions in older countries, but selecting only the first of the 

 two years quoted, it is not without interest to observe that the 

 largest number of inquiries in any single group of subjects related 

 to horticulture or fruit and vegetable growing. These numbered 

 183 in that year. Inquiries into the varieties, and manuring, of 

 the larger farm crops took the second place, reaching 146 in the 

 season. Experiments on the feeding of animals for milk, for 

 beef, for mutton, and for pork, separately made up a total of 

 81 independent inquiries. Chemical investigations, fertilisers and 

 field experiments, and special inquiries relating to forms of dairy 

 produce ranked next in order, and were followed by a very 

 long and miscellaneous series. 



Statistics are added from the official records of the year 1892, 

 which give details of the stafi*, the number of students, and the 

 number of past graduates of the American agricultural colleges, 

 with the length of the several courses of study prescribed. 

 Similarly, official accounts are included of the revenue from 

 various sources of each of the teaching institutions, and of the 

 Experimental Stations. 



h^icultural RetiLrtw for Great Britain, 1894, showing the 

 to Jf:]^creage and Produce of Cro]}s, Prices of Corn, and Number 

 - ^'of Live Stock, together with Summary of Agricultural 

 . Statistics for the United Kingdom, British Possessions, and 

 Foreign Countries. [C.-7698.] Price Is. 4^d. 



xi This annual publication of the Board of Agriculture has on 

 |he present occasion been enlarged so as to comprise in a single 

 YiSlume the final and complete tables suppl3^ing not only the 

 customary details respecting the crop areas and live stock on. the 

 farms of Great Britain, together with various incidental and 



