REPORT OF THE -BOARD OF CONTROL. 



To the General Assembh/ of the State of Connecticut : 



Gentlemen : — The Board of Control of The Connecticut 

 Agricultural Experiment Station herewith submits to your 

 Honorable Body the Annual Reports of the Director and Treas- 

 urer made to this Board at its Annual Meeting held at the State 

 Honse in Hartford, January 16th, 1883. 



We beg leave to say that at a special meeting of this Board 

 held May 9th. various parcels of ground were visited and one 

 chosen for purchase for the use of the Station, and a special com- 

 mittee was appointed to carry out the objects of the act passed 

 by the Legislature at its last session, appropriating twenty-five 

 thousand dollars " for the purpose of buying a suitable lot and 

 erecting thereon buildings and equipping the same for the perma- 

 nent use of said Station." (See p. 108.) 



The special committee was made up of His Excellency Hobart 

 B. Bigelow, chairman, J. J. Webb, vice-chairman, William H. 

 Brewer, secretary, S. W. Johnson and T. S. Gold. This com- 

 mittee reports that the property recommended by the Board of 

 Control ior purchase wag bouglit May 9th, 1882; it consists of 

 about five acres of land situated on Suburban St., nearly one 

 mile and five-eighths in air line from the City Hall of New Haven, 

 havinsc on it a commodious dwelling house, a barn and well. A 

 substantial brick building has been erected for a chemical labora- 

 tory. Water and gas have been laid on. The fixtures of the 

 laboratory are nearly complete. Most of the needed repairs on 

 the house and barn have been made, and the further equipment 

 is in progress and well advanced. The original property cost 

 $12,000.00, and $8,809.04 have thus far been paid out on the new 

 building and for repairs and equipment. 



The usual work of the Station went on in the rooms of the 

 Sheffield Scientific School until September 1st, when the Station 

 office was opened at its new and permanent quarters. 



The last Annual Report was bound and distributed as hereto- 

 fore with the Report of the Board of Agriculture. By Special 

 Resolution the Legislature ordered the printing of 2000 extra 

 copies, a large share of which were distributed in advance of the 

 regular edition. These extra copies cost less than 10 cents each, 

 and the demand for them makes similar action desirable this year. 



THOMAS M. WALLER, 

 WM. H. BREWER, President. 



Secretary. 



