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agriculture. New York anticipated by eight years 

 the Federal Experiment Station movement by es- 

 tablishing a station in 1883 on its own initiative, 

 and located at Geneva ; and the staff in agriculture 

 at Cornell organized the Cornell University Ag- 

 ricultural Experiment Station in 1879 and began 

 the publication of bulletins. This Geneva station, 

 with its 130 acres of farm land, with laboratories, 

 stables, stock and an excellent staff of workers, has 

 been a leader in agricultural investigation in the 

 country. It has conducted a wide variety of studies. 

 Its chief departments of investigation have been 

 horticulture, agricultural chemistry, with particular 

 reference to animal nutrition, botany, pathology, 

 entomology, farm crops and dairy industry. Over 

 five hundred bulletins had been issued up to 1919 

 besides circulars and special reports. The gen- 

 eral control of the institution is vested in a board of 

 nine members appointed by the Governor which acts 

 through a director who is responsible for the policy 

 and administration of the institution. In addition 

 to the studies at the station, investigations are made 

 in different parts of the State according to the nature 

 of the problem in hand. 



This Station is supported entirely by state appro- 

 priations, with the exception of $1500 that is received 

 annually from the federal government under the 

 Hatch Act that secures to the station the use of the 

 franking privilege in mailing its publications. 



New York is one of the few states that has two 

 experiment stations. The federal appropriations for 



