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of approximately 8000 plants, were planted in the field and inoculated with rust 

 during the sunnner of 1931. The different crosses showed varying degrees of 

 susceptibility to rust. A number of very resistant white and yellow flowered 

 individuals were selected from the Fi generation for further breeding work. 

 Further selections and breeding are being carried on to obtain resistance combined 

 with qualities desired in commercial varieties. 



DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS 

 Bernice Wait in Charge 



The Comparative Value of Milk and Tomato for Supplementary 

 Feeding in Elementary Schools. (E. Davies, B. ^^'ait, and M. V. E. Voorne- 

 vekl). This stutly of experimental supplementary feeding of children in a snail 

 consolidated rural school is being continued for a third year. Observation of the 

 children indicates that there was some improvement in their general well-being 

 as a result of the feeding either of milk or of tomatoes. Whether the data obtained 

 will confirm this observation, or whether the improvement in the condition of 

 the children was sufficient to be measured by the tests applied, cannot be as- 

 certained until the tabulation of the data has been completed. 



The Value of Evaporated Milk for School Food Service. (E. Davies, 

 B. Wait, and (). A. ]\Ierriani). In this project, which is similar in method and 

 pur|)ose to the above, evaporated milk is being given to the children of the first 

 four grades in the schools of a small mill village. The children of the same grades 

 in the schools of a neighboring village are being used as a control group. While 

 the tabulation of the data obtained from the first year of the study has not 

 progressed to the point where definite conclusions are warranted, general obser- 

 vation of these children, as of tho.se receiving fresh milk and tomatoes, suggests 

 that there is an improveinont in the general well-being of the children as a result 

 of the school feeding. 



DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURAL MANUFACTURES 

 W. W. Chenoweth in Charge 



Fruit Juices and Jelly Making. (C. R. Fellers). Three summers' work 

 on methods of extracting juices from small fruits for jelly manufacture has 

 now been completed and the results tabulated. 



The examination of sodium benzoate samples for suitability as cider preserv- 

 atives has been continued. Marked differences exist among these preparations 

 as to ability to impart flavor. Several new German preservatives, derivatives of 

 benzoic acid, show very promising results in cider preservation. 



A new type of jelly tester was designed with J. A. Clague and thoroughly 

 tested with the cooperation of Chatillion Bros., instrument makers, of New 

 York. A description of the instrument appears in Industrial and Engineering 

 Chemistry, Analytical Edition, 4:106-7, 1932. This new instrument combines 

 low cost, adaptability, ease and speed of operation, mobility, and simplicity. 

 Its use will enable manufacturers of fruit or pectin jellies to control consistency 

 in their product. The tester works equally well with canned cranberry sauce. 



Work was completed and a paper presented before the American Chemical 



