1923 

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1925 

 1925 

 1928 



1932 

 1932 



1933 

 1935 



1935-1937 

 1935-1937 



1936 

 1936 



1936 



1937 

 1939 

 1940 



1941 



1941 



1942-1946 



1944 

 1945 



Home Economics Department established. 



Purnell Act passed bv Congress; provided funds for research in 

 Agricultural Economics, Rural Sociology and Home Economics. 



Millage formula adopted by Legislature. 



Rural Electrification project began in the Experiment Station. 



Research in Human Nutrition initiated. 



First research report by Station scientist in which statistics was 

 applied to experimental data. 



The Depression impacts on Agricultural Experiment Station research. 

 Civil Works Administration (CWA) requests the Station to organize 

 and conduct several studies involving groups of office and white 

 collar workers. 



Consolidation of retail milk routes in Laconia was recommended by 

 the Station. 



Specialization of Station workers underlined the need for cooperative 

 research projects. 



Director Kendall underscored significance of soil survey work in 

 New Hampshire. Soil survey began in Grafton County in 1935. 



Federal agricultural programs (Soil Conservation Program, 

 Agricultural Conservation Program, Agricultural Adjustment Act) 

 impact on the Experiment Station research. 



Sixty-five percent of New Hampshire farms had electricity — 

 highest of any state in the U.S. 



Bankhead-Jones Act enacted by Congress to support regional and 

 cooperative research by state Stations and U.S.D.A. 



First mention of replicated plots in field experiments. 



Experiment Station studied decline of agriculture in Dorchester, N.H. 



Kendall completed 28 years as Station Director. 



Experiment Station recommended reorganization of milk truck routes 

 to reduce travel. 



Importance of soil loss from erosion, and value of cover crops to 

 reduce the loss is recognized (Bulletin No. 330). 



Ritzman Laboratory summarized 25 years of research in animal 

 breeding and nutrition (Bulletin No. 331). 



World War II impacts on research programs of the Experiment 

 Station. 



Use of statistics in Station research was increasing. 



Cobalt deficiency discovered in soils in Carroll county. 



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