TWENTY-FIVE YEARS 

 OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 





Director- J. C. Kendall 



JiOR the past quarter century 

 the New Hampshire Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station has 

 been under a continuous direc- 

 torship. From the vantage point 

 of these twenty-five years this 

 bulletin is an attempt to survey 

 something of the developments 

 of the institution, and of its 

 significance in the state. 



In 1 910 the Experiment Sta- 

 tion had already been operating 

 for 23 years. During this period 

 the institution was finding its 

 place as the official testing 

 ground for the state's agricul- 

 ture; much of our knowledge of 

 climatic and soil adaptations 

 was gained then. The battle for 

 fertilizer and feeding-stuff inspections was fought and won. The ex- 

 tent of insect infestation and of plant diseases was partially mapped. 

 Members of the staff had won considerable confidence among the 

 farmers of the state, and a new attitude toward scientific practices 

 was evident. 



A new epoch started in 191 1, however, when the Board of Trustees 

 officially inaugurated extension work, placing it in charge of J. C. 

 Kendall who had been made director of the station the previous year. 

 While the two divisions are kept distinct, there has been the closest 

 possible interplay between research and extension agencies and the 

 quick spread of extension organization throughout the state is in no 

 small degree a result. 



The scientist must explore with infinite patience, accurately, im- 

 partially, must be willing to turn back and try again and again. Only 

 a limited number of projects, therefore, can be conducted at any one 

 time. The New Hampshire Station has attempted to take its share 

 of these problems, keeping its eye on the most pressing needs of the 

 state and also on the fundamental questions of agricultural science. 

 It is possible within these pages only to suggest some of the major 

 developments. 



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