Page 

 FRUITS 



An Outstanding New Strawberry Variety is Named Great Bay 17 



Hay Mulch Reduces Magnesium Leaf Scorch on Apple Trees 17-18 



New Fruit Varieties are Being Tested 18 



The Durham Raspberry is Gaining in Popularity 18 



A Low-Growing, High-Yielding Blueberry is Being Developed 19 



A New Method of Pruning Apple Trees is Being Tried 19-20 



Hay Mulch Proves to be Superior to Sawdust or Seaweed for Apple Trees .... 20 



PLANT PATHOLOGY 



Leaf-Roll Symptoms May not Appear on Foliage of Potatoes Grown in the 



Greenhouse 20 



New Fungicides Prove Effective in Controlling Apple Scab 20 



POULTRY HUSBANDRY 



A Better Meat Type Bird is Being Developed From a Dark Cornish-New 



Hampshire Cross 20-21 



Poultry Individuals Vary Tremendously in Their Consumption and Utilization 



of Feed 21-22 



Preliminary Studies Show that Choline Aids in Preventing Body Weight 



Losses in Laying Hens 22 



New High-Energy Feed Proves Highly Profitable in Raising Broilers 22-23 



SOILS 



Experiments at Northwood Demonstrate the Value of Topsoil 24 



The Soil Survey Continues in Rockingham County 24-25 



STATE SERVICE 



Inspection of Fertilizers and Feedingstuffs 25-26 



Seed Inspection 25 



Pullorun Testing 25-26 



Infectious Bronchitis Virus 26 



Autopsies at the Poultry Laboratory 26-27 



The National Poultry Improvement Plan 27 



Mastitis Testing Service 28 



OTHER ACTIVE PROJECTS 29-30 



ADDENDA 



Financial Statement 31 



Publications 32 



Experiment Station Staff 33-34 



Changes in Personnel 35 



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