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the bacteriologist's laboratory, bacteriological culture and incuba- 

 tor room and a storage and work room. A portion of the 

 incubator and culture room is to be shut off from the rest by a 

 glass partition and its temperature held where desired by a cold- 

 air flue and radiator automatically controlled, as a convenience 

 for summer work with gelatin cultures. 



The attic has been finished off only in the east half and here 

 are located the rooms devoted to photography. These consist of 

 a gallery 36 by 34 feet, lighted by an 8 by 10 foot skylight and a 

 large double dormer window; a dark room; and a finishing room. 



In the west half of the attic is the chamber containing the 

 large ammonia expansion coils and brine tanks. This chamber 

 is insulated with great care by air spaces on all sides and by thick 

 double-air-spaced walls, so that very little heat from without can 

 enter. 



In the basement are the machinery and boiler rooms, several 

 large coal and storage rooms and one large room for curing Brie, 

 cream, and similar cheeses which require moisture and darkness. 

 This room is also provided with cooling apparatus. . 



USES OF THE BIOLOGICAL AND DAIRY BUILDING. 



In order that the people of the State may be reminded of the 

 real relation this new structure bears to agriculture as an art, I 

 take the liberty of reproducing here remarks that I offered at the 

 dedicatory exercises which occurred on September 21, 1898. 



" It is not necessary to state what all clearly understand, that 

 this building has not been erected simply for the sake of adding 

 one more structure to those previously possessed by this Experi- 

 ment Station. A larger and more useful purpose has been in view. 

 What this is, doubtless many have asked to-day, in thought if not 

 in word. It will aid in answering this very pertinent question if 

 we refer to certain statements, contained in the report of the 

 director of this Station for 1896. In discussing the proper work 

 of this institution it was declared that ' horticulture and dairying 

 occupy a commanding position in New York agriculture ' and it 



