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 ENTOMOLOGY 



European Corn Borer Control 24 



Control of the Plum Curculio on Apple 24 



Control of the Cucumber Beetles on Pickling Cucumbers and Winter Squash 25 



Synergists for Insecticides 25 



FORESTRY 



Bark Removal from Cut Logs 25 



Thinning White Pine Plantations by Bark Peeling 25 



HORTICULTURE 



Conditions for Apple Root Growth are Improved Greatly by Hay Mulch 26 



Effect of Biennial Bearing on Size and Yield of Fruit in the Northern Spy 



Apple 27 



Effect of Hay Mulch on Northern Spy Apple Trees 27 



Leaf Scorch of Apple Trees 27 



A New Apple Rootstock 27 



Original Mcintosh Propagated • 28 



Phosphorus Absorption by Apple Trees from Foliar Sprays and Soil-Appled 



Phosphates 29 



Techniques in Double Working Apple Trees 29 



Organic Fungicides Have a Place in the Apple Scab Spray Schedule 29 



Reduce Help Needed to Operate the Hydraulic Sprayer 30 



Frozen Applesauce Made by Processing Unpeeled Fruit Can Make an At- 

 tractive Commercial Product 30 



It Pays to Mulch Young Pear Trees 30 



Fertilizing Lowbush Blueberries 30 



Forced Softwood Cuttings Speed Blueberry Propagation 31 



Toughness of Frozen Blueberries Not Influenced by Storing Them in Carbon 



Dioxide 31 



Korean Tree Berry, a New Hardy Raspberry 31 



Two New Raspberries 32 



Using Geese to Weed Strawberry Fields 32 



Three- Year-Old Korean Chestnut Trees Produce Nuts 32 



Bush Buttercup Squash 32 



Cocheco Sweet Corn 32 



Green Snap Beans 33 



New Early Horticultural Shell Bean Introduced 33 



Storing Butternut Squash 33 



ORNAMENTALS 



Breeding Roses for Winter Hardiness 33 



James MacFarlane Lilac 33 



New Varieties of Gladiolus 34 



Winter Hardy Chrysanthemums Have Wild Korean Parentage 34 



POULTRY HUSBANDRY 



Ammonia Vapor as a Source of Ocular Disorder 34 



Breeding for Meat Type in Chickens 35 



Does Washing Affect the Hatchability of Eggs? 35 



Factors Influencing the Maturity of Fall Hatched Pullets • 35 



Utilizing Pasture to Save Feed Costs in Rearing Pullets 36 



SOILS 



A Survey of the Soils of New Hampshire 36 



Legume Persistence Affected by Soil Type 36 



Proper Width and Slope of Beds for Draining Whately and Biddeford Soils .... 37 



Rotted Sawdust Shows Promise in Soil Improvement 37 



Soil Types Vary in their Potassium .Supplying Power 37 



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