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sowing seed question.
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among other things, by the many visitors from distant parts of the globe
who inspect the establishment every year.
This success, which was somewhat unexpected in a land lying so far to the
north and so little favoured by climate, is explained in the first place by the
fact that it is really the first time that an establishment, fully equipped with
scientific resources, has been exclusively employed for the purpose of improving
cultivated agricultural plants. The independence enjoyed by the establishment,
its direct connection with practical farming and farmers, and the consequent
practical arrangement of the place, have clearly contributed to its success
as well.
Svalöv.
Respecting the method of work adopted at Svalöv — an account of which
can be had from the publications issued by the Association — no more need
be said than that the fundamental principle is simply applied botany, and that
it has adopted the laws for the creation of forms and heredity, the existence of
which has been proved by the scientific researches of the last few years. The
discovery of valuable forms, wherever they are to be found, but above all in
native material, and the cross-breeding of these again, therefore, form the
chief feature of the method employed.
The work of the Svalöv establishment is supported, however, by another
institution, too, the General Swedish Seed Co. Ltd (Allmänna svenska
utsädesaktiebolaget), which began its operations in 1891. The Company has
undertaken the practical utilization of the results obtained by the more
scientific labours of the Association, and, consequently, it has the charge of the
increase, maintenance, and sale of the new varieties of seed, on their appearance.
All this is carried out under the direct and thorough control of the Association, as
regards the cultivation of the new varieties in fields in various parts of the
country — at present amounting to about 8 000 hectares — and the treatment
of the harvested seed in the magazines, until it is sent in officially sealed
sacks to the purchasers. This very effective arrangement has, very naturally,
also contributed to the success of the Svalöv seed varieties all over the world.
In other respects, the Company is entirely independent of the Association, having
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