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Fig. 6 — This field, idle except for taking off a light crop of hay, could be made 

 productive by liming, fertilizing, and reseeding. 



Often many owners of idle farms 

 are not well acquainted with farm- 

 ing, so it is pretty much up to the 

 farmer who wants land to contact the 

 owner and to make him an offer 

 which the farmer thinks is reason- 

 able. This, of course, applies to buy- 

 Persons 



ing as well 



as to rentmg. 



who have difficulty in figuring out a 

 fair rent or in drawing up a good 

 lease are urged to contact their 

 County Agrciultural Agent or the 

 College of Agriculture, at the Uni- 

 versity of New Hampshire, for 

 assistance. 



W. K. BURKETT 



Crops and Pastures 



Hybrid Corn Maintains Its Superi- 

 ority. In 1948, in New Hampshire, 

 there was iiiore planting of hybrid 

 corn for silage and grain than ever 

 before. (Over 75 per cent of the 

 acreage would be a reasonable esti- 

 mate.) In 1936, when the Universi- 

 ty of New Hampshire Agronomy De- 

 partment started the corn variety 

 trials, less than 5 per cent of the 

 corn grown in the state was of hy- 

 brid origin. Hybrid corn has in- 

 creased in popularity because it 



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yields higher than open-pollinated 

 corn. It is also subject to less stalk 

 breakage in the field, having stronger 

 stalks, more extensive roots, and re- 

 sistance to insects and disease. In 

 addition, the parents of hybrids are 

 known and have proved to be superi- 

 or. 



In order to find out what hybrids 

 are best suited for New Hampshire, 

 the Agronomy Department, for the 

 first time, had variety trial plots in 

 various sections of the state, as well 



