WHAT ONE MAN IS DOING

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8291, 21 September 1903, Page 1

WHAT ONE MAN IS DOING

In spite of the fact that Belgium has iimo stations, Austria-11 Hilary ncai:ly a scow, and Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Denmark, all have at least ono each, the British Government has not taken any action in the matter of establishing; similar stations. Something tangible, lias, however, been done by private, enterprise. At Aynsome, Grange-ovor-Sands, Lancashire, near the. Lake district, an experiment.*? station has been formed by Mr •)■ S. Remknrton, a graduate of the Royal Agricultural College at Gii-enc. filer. Mr Remington is a large landowner, and has set'aside a portion ol one of liis farms for cultural experiments. Hew he has built laboratories in a convenient position, and fitted them up in a comprehensive fashion for dealing with c.liemie.-w analysis, milk-testing, dairy work, and sc-H----testing. 'There is an experimental malt kiln, a plant for experimt'iil« in paint and color makim;, and another for the manufacture of bricks. The seed-testing and gcrmination establishment, already contains nearly every known description of seedtesting apparatus. When a sample of seed comes in the first process is to mix it up thoroughly. While this is being done small samples are abstracted, great care, bemgt taken that the wimples thus abstracted ami as representative as possible. There aro also ingenious appliances for sampling .with mechanical accuracy. For tho purpose of germination . poroii6 tiles, sterilised sand, asbestos cloth, and b!otting-paper,are used. The best-known testing station in tho world have been drawn upon for apparatus, and there is a complete representation of tho different systems. The Aynsome station, during last session, tested between eight and nine hundred samples of seeds, and when the new building is completed, it will bo capable of dealing with about 6000 samples during the sc-vni, which extends from, September Ist to May 30th. Besides merely testing seeds, the director of the station supplies farmers with valuable meteorological l [ reports. Last season, out of eighty forecasts, only four were falsified by the vagaries | of tits weather.