从伦敦开出的电气火车,风驶电掣般地在英格兰平原上疾驶,不到一小时就把我们带到了哈福德郡的哈彭登。闻名世界的英国罗桑姆斯特德试验站,就座落在这座美丽的小城镇的市郊。汽车刚驶出哈彭登镇,沿着阔宽的林荫道走不远,向右拐去,再顺着一条较狭的柏油路朝前望去,在一片幽静的草地和果树园中,矗立着一座古色古香的楼房。这是罗桑姆斯特德试验站的第一座楼房。楼房座北朝南,在它的北面有近五千亩地,星星散散地分布着几十座各式各样的大小楼房。这就是罗桑姆斯特德试验站的全貌。我们中国农业科技情报代表团,从这里开始了对这座古老而先进的农业试验站的访问。 Electric trains leaving London were driving wildly on the English plains and took us to Harpenden, in less than an hour. The world-famous test center in the United Kingdom is located on the outskirts of this beautiful small town. The car has just left the town of Harpenden, not far from the wide boulevard, turning right and looking down a narrow asphalt road, in a secluded meadow and orchard, stands An antique building. This is the first building in the pilot station in the city of Saumonsted. South of the building block seat north, in its north there are nearly five acres of land, scattered scattered with dozens of buildings of various sizes. This is the whole picture of the test station in the city of Saumonsted. Our Chinese delegation of agricultural science and technology intelligence, from here on the visit to this ancient and advanced agricultural experiment station.