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feeding experiments of the Director, made the name of the 
Station and their investigations well and favorably known 
before Dr. Sturtevant’s administration ceased. The work 
of these men was the foundation upon which has been 
erected the splendid station of to-day at Geneva. 
In 1887, Dr. Sturtevant resigned his Directorship of the 
New York station, and returned to South Framingham to 
reside in the old home. Here, however, conditions were 
greatly changed. During his absence at Geneva, the 
growth of South Framingham had caused the brothers to 
plat off the farm into streets and building lots, where at 
the present time are many comfortable dwellings. And 
then Waushakum Farm passed out of existence. Here in 
the old home, however, he resided, devoted to his family 
and books. Near by the house he erected a small building 
for a library, which he designated as his ‘* Den,’’ and in 
which he wrote. In 1893, he became quite ill with la 
grippe, which finally assumed the phase of tuberculosis. 
Unable to secure relief in the Massachusetts climate, he 
spent three winters in southern California, part of the time 
entirely absent from his family and intimate friends. This 
absence while greatly beneficial, chafed him, so that he did 
not return after his third visit, preferring to remain at 
home and accept conditions as they were. But his hold 
upon life was not thereby strengthened, and he gradually 
failed until July 30, 1898, when he quietly dropped asleep 
forever. 
On the back leaves of a volume of his Agricultural 
Essays, that he had bound in for annotation, are a number 
of definitions, aphorisms, or sayings in his own unique and 
characteristic handwriting, undoubtedly the product of his 
own thought. Some of these are worthy of record here, 
as for example : — 
*¢ Agriculture is a complex art. To be a good farmer requires varied 
abilities and a sound judgment.’’ 
“‘ The farmer who deals so exclusively with nature in her varied moods, 
