New Organic Fungicides Show Promise for Disease Control Under 



New Hampshire Conditions 21 



Virus Diseases of Strawberries in New Hampshire 21 



Effective Materials and Methods for Composting Sawdust and 



Other Wood Wastes 21 



The Flora of New Hampshire 22 



New or Unusual Diseases in New Hampshire 22 



Other Active Projects 22 



DAIRY HUSBANDRY 



New Method of Determining Gross Energy and Protein in Plant Materials 



Shows that Silage Excells Comparable Hay in Nutritive Value 22 



Methane Production Uniform in Ruminants Fed Roughages 23 



The Excretion of Vitamin B12 by Cows 23 



Vending Machines Increase Use of Fluid Milk 23 



More Extensive Use of Grass Silage for Dairy Calves and Heifers 24 



Bisulfate Applicator Can Be Made from Corn Planter 25 



The Value of Balsam Fir as Food for Deer 26 



Vitamin Synthesis in the Rumen of Deer 26 



The Relation of Seminal Fluid Fructose Levels to Factors Affecting 



Breeding Efficiency 26 



Low Trace Mineral Content of Feed Does Not Appear to Adversely 



Affect Reproduction in Dairy Cows 27 



Other Active Projects 27 



ENTOMOLOGY 



Testing New Organic Insecticides under New Hampshire Conditions 27 



Factors Affecting the Action of Acaricides 28 



FORESTRY 



Soil-Yield Relationships of White Pine in Southern New Hampshire .... 28 

 Alarketing Forest Products Is an Important Phase of the Agricultural 



Economy of New Hampshire 29 



The Utilization of Products from Chemically Treated Trees 29 



Results of an Investigation of the Variable Plot Method of 



Cruising Timber 29 



Other Active Projects 30 



HOME ECONOMICS 



Human Nutrition Research 30 



HORTICULTURE 



Effect of Hay Mulch and Minerals on Yield of Northern Spy Apples.... 31 



Sources of Magnesium for Apple Trees 31 



Annual Cropping Northern Spy Apple Trees Are High Yielders 31 



Fruit Trees for Northern New Hampshire 31 



New Red Horticultural Bean Variety Named Scarlet Beauty 32 



Korean Shrubs Are Ornamental and Attractive to Wildlife 32 



Hybrid Chestnuts Resulting from Crossing Two Known Species 33 



Superior Snap Bean Named Green Crop 33 



New Hampshire Red Pickler Tomato 33 



Chemical Weed Control Makes More Effective Fertilization in 



Low Bush Blueberry Fields 33 



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