Forest economist O. P. Wallace, 

 St. examined the economics of mar- 

 keting lumber by retail. He underscored 

 the trends occurring in the forms of 

 lumber materials available, the extent 

 of competition from western firms, 

 and studied factors influencing forest 

 land prices in New Hampshire. In an 

 investigation of a 13-mile woods sec- 

 tion of the Androscoggin River, he and 

 D. P. Olson (wildlife management) 

 stressed that the most essential quality 

 of that particular stretch of river was 

 its "wild flavor" and its setting, and 

 that because of its uniqueness that 

 character should be preserved. 



Other areas of research in forestry 

 and wildlife concerned silvicultural 

 practices for improving germination 

 of white pine seeds and quality of 

 balsam fir for Christmas trees; com- 

 parative performance of devices for 

 remote sensing moisture in lumber: 



the food of New Hampshire bobcats; 

 and sea-duck populations on New 

 Hampshire's 18-mile coastline. 



Plant Science 



Frequent droughts and declining wa- 

 ter supplies in the Northeast prompted 

 biochemist D. G. Routley and associ- 

 ates to investigate the effects of water 

 shortage on plant growth and compo- 

 sition. Ladino clover, selected for study 

 because it was rather widely used as a 

 pasture legume, shows early signs of 

 wilting in droughts, and does not 

 survive well in the region, yet has a 

 high nitrogen content, a favorable at- 

 tribute. They concluded accumulation 

 of proline, the dominant free amino 

 acid in Ladino clover, may serve to 

 protect the plant from stress of re- 

 duced water availability. 



Exploring the use of tissue culture 

 for study of single gene resistance of 



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/. p. Barrett (left) and graduate student J. Gove, Forest Resources 



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