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cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, beans, radishes, strawberries and 
mushrooms, and has already proved of great interest to those 
who are searching for new and more profitable industries. 
2. By means of a deep trench upon the north side, extending _ 
below the basement of the cold-storage building, a series-of tile 
drains have been laid for removing the soil water which had no 
other escape, and by which it is hoped the storage rooms may be 
kept dry. 
3. The room in the station building once devoted to the 
chemical laboratory has been entirely refitted with new walls, 
ceiling and floor and appropriated as an office room for the first 
assistant and stenographer. 
_\(\ '4. A hot-air forcing pump has been placed in the basement of 
the new laboratory for the purpose of raising water from the 
' cistern or street main to the tank in the top of the building, and 
for such purpose has proved entirely successful. 
5. The new ice pond has been enlarged and its banks strongly 
reinforced to avoid any danger from breaking away. The pond 
has been stocked with carp received from the United States Fish 
Commission at Washington, D. C. The western half of the 
creek running through the farm has been straightened, the 
channel deepened and the banks straightened in order that in 
future its course may be kept within proper bounds. 
6. Five gas street lamps for lighting the grounds of the station 
and two hydrants for supplying water in case of fire have been 
connected with the street mains. Three stiles for crossing the 
wire fences have been placed in position. 
7. Graveled driveways have been built from the rear of the 
new laboratory and the lawn extended to the road through the 
orchard. 
8. New tile drains have been laid through the orchards and 
the plats, providing proper drainage for this portion of the farm. 
9. Floors have been relaid in some of the cattle stalls and pig- 
pens; the furnace, seed and storage rooms in the main building 
have been refloored and painted, and two of the poultry houses 
have been relined with paper. Some necessary repairs have been 
made to the fountains and roadways about the grounds and 
cattle yards. 
