New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 55 
August 15, 1881. (Chap. 702). The title to the farm at Geneva 
passed to the State early in 1882. 
Dr. E. Lewis Sturtevant of South Framingham, Mass., was 
elected director of the Station. He took possession of the Station 
property and entered upon his duties on March 1, 1882. 
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATION. 
The Station property, when the State came into possession of it, 
consisted of a farm of 130 acres on which was located a brick 
mansion house and the usual set of farm buildings. 
For quite a period of time the second and third stories of the 
mansion house served as the home of the Director, the first story 
and basement being converted into offices and laboratories. The 
farm buildings after more or less’ reconstruction were utilized in 
part for such experiments with animals as were carried on. The 
institution has developed gradually in building equipment, the more 
important additions having been made at the dates given below. 
1888 Large cattle barn. 
1891-2 Chemical laboratory. 
1893 ~=—= Forcing houses. 
1895 Cold storage house for fruit. 
1895-6 Triple house erected on north side of North street. 
1897. New forcing house and new poultry house. 
1897-8 Dairy and biological building. 
1g00-1 Director’s house. 
1goI—2 Original mansion house converted into administration 
building. 
1902. On May 7th fire destroyed five buildings,— three barns 
and two poultry houses. 
1902-3 New cattle barn. 7 
1903-4. New horse barn. 
1903-4 Fire protection system. 
1904-5 Storage building. 
1907. Appropriations are now available for the erection of five 
dwelling houses. 
These buildings provide fairly satisfactory facilities for the work 
of the Station, including well-equipped chemical, botanical, bacterio- 
logical, entomological and horticultural laboratories, experimental 
dairy rooms, library, and convenient administrative and department 
