Andrews and G. E. Frick (1960) found ing firm volumes to 100 percent would 



that "the Program has eased the transi- effect a cost saving of 40 percent. 



tionof some people and manv acres of „. ■ ., 



r • 1. T^ • 1.1 r Biochemistry 



land out of agriculture. Desirable for- ^ p p^^^.^^^j ^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^^ j^^^^_ 



est stands were established and con- ^i^ed that the cobalt content of forages 



servation resources enhanced. , . , , i- »• e 



can be increased by application ot 



In response to major floods due to cobaU sulphate to the soil. If applied 



the hurricanes in the 1930s, six major through fertilizer, it need not be added 



flood control projects were initiated to animal feeds. A. E. Teeri and asso- 



by the Federal Government. Many of ciates, searching for new sources of 



these took valuable river bottom lands, nutrients, found seaweeds to be an 



G. B. Rogers measured the impact of important potential source of water- 



these reservoir areas on agriculture, soluble vitamins for either animals or 



He found that much of the land could humans. When he studied the nutritive 



be used productively by adjacent farms value of various species of saltwater 



but the intensity of cropping had to be fish consumed in New England, he 



decreased. found them equal to or superior to lean 



meat in certain water-soluble vitamins 



E. T. Bardwell and Rogers (1959) ^^^ proteins. He later developed a 



looked at the costs and economics ^microbiological method for determi- 



associated with size in chicken pro- ^^^.^^ of protein which is simple, rapid 



cessing. They designed and analyzed ^^^ measures the availabilitv of protein 



model dressing plants. They predicted to animals 

 the disappearance of smaller opera- 

 tors since "volume sale prices will be For most of this period, A. E. Teeri 



relatively lowered and centralized was department head, but E. J. Herbst 



buying would exclude these opera- was appointed head in 1963. D. G. 



tors." Routley, appointed as Assistant Pro- 

 fessor in 1957, was later to transfer to 



C. R. Burbee and Frick studied the pj^^^ ^^.^^^^ ^^^ .^ ^^ ^.^j^^^ ^^ ^.^ 



ability of broiler growers to accuniu- departmental duties, became editor of 



late capital (1962). They found that R.^^^.^h Highlights, a publication of 



"payments should average more than ^^^ Agricultural Experiment Station 



the minimum used in this study to ^^^ Mclntire-Stennis Cooperative 



assure growers a satistactory level of y^^^^^ Program, 

 living and accumulation of capital." 



As predicted, the broiler industry in Agricultural Engineering 



New England has all but disappeared. During this period, a rather wide variety 



of research projects were undertaken 



Looking at the assembly of poul- ^^ ^^^ department. R. S. Palmer noted 



try, Rogers and Bardwell (1963) re- ^j^^^ although rainfall during the 



ported the volumes of poultry, miles g.^^jng ^^^^^^ j,, New Hampshire 



traveled, personnel and truck costs ^^^^^^^ ^^ adequate for plant growth, 



used. They established "a least-cost ^j^^ precipitation may be spaced such 



system for a particular supply area." that plant damage results. He suggested 



They showed how assembly costs ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^.^p^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ estimate 



could be reduced by 20 percent if ^^.^ moisture deficiencies. With this 



volume per truck mile doubled. Great- information, one could calculate the 



ing exclusive territories and increas- probable amount of irrigation water 



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