NEW HAMPSHIRE. 101 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the T'^'nited States 

 fund has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received durincr the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletin 58 on ground squirrels and other rodent pests in 

 Nevada, and the Annual Keport for IDOt. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



New Hampshire College Agricultural Experiment Station, Durham. 



Department of New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



W. D. GiBBS, M. S., Director. 

 GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



Horticultural investigations continue to occupy an important posi- 

 tion in the work of the New Hampshire Station. The horticulturist 

 has completed his studies on the squash, the beet, and the cabbage, 

 with reference to varieties, classification, history, etc., and has done 

 a large amount of work in crossing squashes, cucumbers, tomatoes, 

 melons, peppers, and carnations. He has also grown varieties of 

 vegetables in cooj^eration with the Bureau of Plant Industry of this 

 Department. In agriculture pig-feeding experiments making a com- 

 parison of raw r. cooked potatoes, and a number of other feeds 

 have been closed; also the fertilizer experiments with grass, Nurse 

 crops for new seeding and a number of forage crops are being tried 

 and corn is being selected for earliness. A series of dynamometer 

 tests on farm implements has recently been undertaken, ajid coopera- 

 tive experiments with farmers in raising alfalfa and clovers have 

 been arranged. The entomologist has been studying the brown- 

 tail motli and the codling moth, and has taken up a study of the 

 relation between temperature and the hibernation of insects. The 

 chemist is devoting his time larfjely to a systematic study of the 

 availability of j)otash in heavy clay soil. 



The station is doing considerable work of direct practical applica- 

 tion and is planning more. The past year has been one of prepara- 

 tion in several departments. The outlook is now good and the sup- 

 port of the station from its constituents is encouraging. Special 

 stress is to be laid on bringing the station's results and improved 

 methods of agriculture home to the farmers of the State. 



