T. B. Charles was named depart- 

 ment head in 1928. During the 1930s A. 

 E. Tepper, Charles, Stuart, F. D. Reed, 

 and others investigated vitamin A and 

 protein requirements of the chicken for 

 growth, and the protein requirement of 

 the adult hen for egg production. 



Despite the generally low incomes 

 of farmers during the 1930s, New 

 Hampshire poultrymen continued to 

 improve and expand their breeding 

 operations. F. D. Reed represented the 

 Experiment Station and assisted breed- 

 ers by certifying the breeding quality of 

 individual birds and officially in- 

 specting and supervising the perfor- 

 mance records of progeny of matings. 



In the midst of the depression, a 

 committee of the New Hampshire 

 Poultry Grower's Association investi- 

 gated the feasibility of organizing an 

 egg auction in New Hampshire and 

 made arrangements to begin operation 

 in Derry, N.H. in June of 1934. In the 

 second year of its operation the organi- 

 zation had a membership of over 400 

 poultrymen, and a volume of sales 

 exceeding 30,000 cases of eggs. The 

 cooperative was formed to aid 

 poultrymen obtain higher prices for 

 their product, but also stimulated in- 

 terest in improving egg quality. It 

 served the Granite state poultry indus- 

 try well for a number of years. (See 

 Station Bulletin No. 300, 1937.) 



Diagnostic work, an important 

 factor in defense against contagious 

 diseases, often preceded research on 

 the cause and/or control of a specific 

 disease. The number of chickens 

 necropsied in the laboratory was 

 growing each year. When diseases 

 heretofore unknown were observed, 

 control measures were recommended 

 where possible. Experimental vaccines 

 were developed for fowl pox and in- 



fectious laryngotracheitis and distrib- 

 uted to poultrymen. Research on three 

 new diseases — epidemic tremor, blue 

 comb and ulcerated gizzard — was 

 begun by Bottorff and M. S. Cover, 

 assistant pathologist. F. E. Allen, 

 D.V.M., became station veterinarian 

 in 1940 and A. C. Corbett, D.V.M., 

 poultry diagnostician in 1942. 



/. C. Kendall, Director, circa 1925 



In 1939, Kendall closed his term 

 of 28 years as Director of the New 

 Hampshire Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, but continued to devote full 

 time to the administration of the Gen- 

 eral Extension Service now expanded 

 to cover all departments of the Univer- 

 sity. A portrait of Kendall painted in 

 1970 by J. W. Hatch, former Professor 

 of the Arts at UNH, hangs in the lobby 

 of Kendall Hall, dedicated in 1970. 



Kendall was succeeded as Station 

 Director by M. G. Eastman who had 

 been Dean of the Agricultural Division 

 and since 1923 Dean of the College of 

 Agriculture. 



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