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The Station farm. — This farm is located in one of the finest 

 fruit districts of the State of New York, and is largely made up 

 of soil that not only sustains the successful growth of a great 

 variety of good fruit, but is well adapted to general farming. 

 It includes about 130 acres, only a small area of which is unfit 

 for the purposes of tillage. A few acres are occupied by the 

 buildings and grounds, and about thirty acres are taken up by 

 fruit, the remainder being devoted to a variety of experiments 

 in forage and grain production. Nearly all the farm has at one 

 time been underdrained and is, on the whole, in very good con- 

 dition for the purposes for which it is intended. 



The Station buildings. — Exclusive of the forcing-houses and 

 some minor structures, the Station building equipment consists 

 of a Director's house, which also contains offices, a chemical lab- 

 oratory, five residence houses, three barns, and a cold-storage 

 house, eleven in all. The forcing-houses include something less 

 than 4,000 square feet of glass. 



Many of these buildings are comparatively new and all are 

 being kept in good repair. I wish to emphatically call attention 

 to the fact that only one of these buildings is adapted to work of 

 a strictly scientific character. With the exception of the chemi- 

 cal laboratory, no one of them can be utilized to domicile any of 

 the scientific departments of the Station. Desirable space in 

 which to conduct botanical, bacteriological, horticultural, and 

 entomological studies is largely wanting. Nevertheless, the 

 Station is forced by demands made upon it to carry on investi- 

 gations in all these lines, although at present under great dis- 

 advantages. 



It is noteworthy, moreover, that no dairy building is included 

 in the list given above. To be sure, the Station possesses a small 

 one of very inferior quality, but it is convenient only for mak- 

 ing a limited amount of butter and has no facilities for cheese 

 work. This is an unfortunate condition for the Station to be in 

 when supposed to eflSciently aid the immense dairy interests of 

 the state of New York — one which should be promptly remedied. 



