strengths were in teaching and exten- 

 sion work. 



Dairy Husbandry 



Director Kendall recognized the impor- 

 tant position held by the dairy industry 

 in New Hampshire and saw the need for 

 research into problems in, or associated 

 with, dairy manufacturing. High qual- 

 ity ice cream is smooth textured, and 

 because smooth ice cream results from 

 a high viscosity mix H. F. DePew, in the 

 mid-1920s, investigated factors which 

 influence variation in viscosity. Other 

 research in the 1930s included proce- 

 dures for rapid cooling of milk and the 

 costs and ways of maintaining pro- 

 duction of grade A milk. Over a period 

 of several years, H. C. Moore examined 

 factors which determine the composi- 

 tion of milk. Quality of feed, condition 

 of the animal, season, and inheritance 

 were found to underlie variations in 

 non-fat solids. 



K. S. Morrow examined dry feed 

 systems for rearing calves and found 

 that normal growth resulted if a dry 

 ration containing 25 percent powdered 

 skim milk followed discontinuance of 

 whole milk feeding at 7 weeks of age. 



Morrow had been made head of 

 the department in 1934 having been 

 preceded by F. Rasmussen (1907-1917] 

 and J. M. Fuller (1918-1934). 



Forestry 



Two long-term experiments in forestry 

 were conducted during this period, 

 both utilizing plots established in 1912 

 and others started later. They were 

 designed to determine first which na- 

 tive and introduced species of trees 

 were best suited to artificial reforesta- 

 tion in New Hampshire and second, 

 the relative growth rates of white pine 

 in thinned and unthinned stands with 

 mixed hardwood. Most of the exotic 

 species proved inferior to white pine 



and red pine. Unthinned white pine, 

 on clay soil, was overtopped and 

 crowded out in 10 years. Most pine 

 wood thinnings were used either for 

 cordwood or fence posts and it was 

 found that straight, open-tank 

 creosoted posts could supplement in- 

 come from the farm woodlot. The hur- 

 ricane of September 21, 1938 did such 

 extensive damage to the UNH woods 

 that replacement of some experimen- 

 tal plots of white pine was required. 



The first department head of for- 

 estry, }. H. Foster, served for nine years 

 (1911-1919). K. W. Woodward, head 

 of the department beginning in 1921, 

 relinquished the post to C. L. Stevens 

 in 1938. 



Home Economics 



Courses in Home Economics had been 

 offered for many years. Sackett made 

 reference to a department of Home 

 Economics in 1917. H. F. McLaughlin 

 was appointed head of the department 

 in 1 92 1 , but it was located in the College 

 of Liberal Arts and would remain there 

 until 1948 when it became a unit of the 

 College of Agriculture. 



A start in research in Home Eco- 

 nomics was made with the appoint- 

 ment of M. E. A. Pillsbury in human 

 nutrition in 1926, followed by that of 

 A. G. Farr a year later. Together with F. 

 G. Benedict of the Carnegie Institu- 

 tion, Farr studied the edible food 

 wastes of students in college sorority 

 and fraternity houses and found that 

 up to 21 percent of calories and pro- 

 tein served was wasted — mainly be- 

 cause of consumption of confections 

 between meals. 



An investigation of the wearability 

 of textile fabrics was conducted in 

 cooperation with other Northeastern 

 Experiment Stations. 



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