and seven other breeders are being 

 raised to 10 weeks of age under sim- 

 ilar environmental conditions. 



E. T. BARDVi^ELL 

 C. F. ZOERB 



Inspection of Fertilizers 

 And Feedingstuffs 



In accordance with the laws regu- 

 latina; the sale of commercial fertil- 

 izers and of concentrated commerci- 

 al feedingstuffs, 203 brands of fer- 

 tilizers and 1,069 brands of feeding- 

 stuffs were analyzed for the State 

 Department of Agriculture during the 

 biennium. 



Cooperation in work on analytical 

 methods with the American Associ- 

 ation of Feed Control Officials, the 

 Smalley Foundation and the Associ- 

 ation of Official Agricultural Chem- 

 ists has been continued. 



Samples of feeds, fertilizers, and 

 other materials have been analyzed 

 for residents of the state. Seventy- 

 one such samples have been ex- 

 amined. 



For the nutrition laboratory of the 

 Experiment Station, 423 samples 

 were analyzed, and for the Botany 

 Department, 40 samples. 

 H. A. Davis 



Soil Samples 



Samples of soil tested for resi- 

 dents of the state totalled 5,056. 



D. JOSSELYN 



Seed Inspection 



The regular seed inspection work 

 for the State Department of Agri- 

 culture was conducted as usual. Dur- 

 ing the year 2,531 samples were 

 handled in the laboratory. Of this 

 number, 683 were collected by the 

 State Inspectors and will be reported 

 in Bulletin 390; 1,848 samples were 

 sent in by seed dealers and farmers 

 in compliance with the seed law 

 'vhich requires that all vegetable and 

 agricultural seeds must have been 

 tested for germination within nine 

 months of being offered for sale, and 



therefore, much of the seed tested 

 was from that carried over by retail 

 stores from the previous season, but 

 a large number of samples were re- 

 ceived from farmers who had grown 

 beans, corn, melons, or squash which 

 they wished to sell as seed. 



Two general referee samples were 

 received and run, and three regional 

 referee samples were prepared and 

 sent out from this laboratory to the 

 fourteen laboratories in the North- 

 east comprising this region. 

 B. G. Sanborn 



Mastitis Testing Service 



A total of 2,708 quarter samples 

 of milk submitted by New Hamp- 

 shire dairymen or veterinarians were 

 tested for the diagnosis of bovine 

 mastitis during the fiscal year 1949- 

 50. This represents samples from 

 677 cows and charges were made at 

 the rate of 25 cents per cow for this 

 service. 



During the fiscal year 1950-51^ 

 2,868 quarter samples (717 cows) 

 were tested for mastitis. The charges 

 made for this service were increased 

 from 25 cents per cow to one dollar 

 per cow beginning January 1, 1951. 

 Samples from 300 cows were tested 

 during the period January 1, to July 

 1, 1951. Since it is no longer possi- 

 ble to continue this service as a part 

 of our research program, the dairy- 

 m.en and veterinarians have been in- 

 formed that after July 1, 1951, the 

 Bacteriology Department at the Uni- 

 versity of New Hampshire could no 

 longer provide facilities for the lab- 

 oratory diagnosis of mastitis. It will 

 be necessary to establish it on a sep- 

 arate basis subsidized entirely by 

 funds obtained from charges made 

 to the dairymen or funds from other 

 sources. This problem was discussed 

 at the meeting of the Granite State 

 Dairymen's Association held in Dur- 

 ham in April, 1951, and a committee 

 was appointed to study the problem 

 and make recommendations. 

 L. W. Slanetz 



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