W. F. Henry came to the Univer- 

 sity from the University of Connecti- 

 cut in 1952 and assumed chairman- 

 ship of the department. Woodworth 

 continued research in the department, 

 however. With G. B. Rogers (Research 

 Economist, U.S.D.A.) Woodworth 

 completed three studies of the distri- 

 bution and handling of grain feeds. 

 They were concerned with increasing 

 the efficiency of grain delivery to 

 poultry and dairy farms (1956). This 

 was part of the marketing research that 

 received increased funding after the 

 war. 



W. K. Burkett (1953) found a very 

 active market for rented agriculture 

 land. He proposed that "town planning 

 groups might participate in listing land 

 suitable for agricultural use . . . and 

 working out suitable rental agree- 

 ments." 



WW II also had stimulated studies 

 on ways to minimize use of trucks, labor 

 and fuel. G. E. Frick, S. B. Weeks and I. F. 

 Fellows (1954) found a "trend toward 

 greater substitution of machines for la- 

 bor" which led to a reduction in the 

 number of workers needed for farm la- 

 bor. This same trend was documented 

 in a report by J. R. Bowring, M. S. 

 Purington and O. B. Durgin (1956), and 

 it showed an increase in rural, non-farm 

 labor "commuting to jobs in industrial 

 centers." 



Bowring also worked on the cost 

 savings associated with tank truck as- 

 sembly of milk (1954). The shift from 

 40-quart cans to large refrigerated tanks 

 on farms created severe economic costs 

 for small farmers. 



Frick and Henry investigated the 

 economic alternatives associated with 

 raising or purchasing dairy herd re- 

 placements (1954). Herd life was found 

 to be similar whether replacements 



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were raised or purchased. Milk price 

 levels and fixity of resources deter- 

 mined the best economic option and 

 proportion of raised and purchased 

 cows. 



Agricultural Engineering 



Agronomy and Agricultural Engineer- 

 ing were one department from 1939 to 

 1946 at which time Agricultural Engi- 

 neering became a department with G. 

 M. Foulkrod as head and P. A. Gilman 

 as instructor. By 1950 the department 

 consisted of B. Rines, head, A. G. Fox 

 and Gilman. Both Rines and Fox were 

 to enter business, and in 1954 R. S. 

 Palmer was appointed head. G. L. Byers 

 was appointed as an agricultural engi- 

 neer in 1956. 



Agricultural Engineering research 

 during this 14-year period was re- 

 stricted and ranged from fabrication of 

 a carrier to transport a disc harrow, to 

 development of plans for construction 

 of a farm potato storage. 



Agronomy 



Much of F. S. Prince's research dealt 

 with fertilization and management of 

 pastures and forage crops with the pri- 

 mary objective of improving yields. In a 

 1941 publication entitled "Soybeans in 

 New Hampshire," he noted that 3,500 

 acres of soybeans were grown in the 

 state for forage, and, because of the 

 scores of uses for soybean products, 

 suggested that perhaps they could be 

 grown profitably for seed. In Durham, 

 many varieties matured satisfactorily 

 and gave reasonable seed yields. But 

 Prince also worked with potatoes, 

 weed control and breeding of legumes; 

 he led the Green Pastures Program in 

 New England; he was a respected re- 

 searcher, a prolific writer and author of 

 the book. Grassland Farming in the 

 Northeast. Prince served the university 

 with distinction for over 30 years, re- 

 tiring in 1957. 



