INDEX 



AGRICULTURAL CHEML^TRY 4-5 



BahiiK-eil inetaboli.-^ni important to plant growth, carbohydrates in 

 timothy. 



AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 5-8 



Builgeting tlie orfhanl. con.'^prvation program in New Hampshire, truck- 

 ing ciiarges for (lairvnicu. failing ptustures c'au.«e production droi>, farming 

 areas mai>i)ed. land utilization in Grafton county, small fruit market, 

 marketing forest products, brush remo\al in pastiu'es, rural tax studies. 



AGRONOMY ;...: .; 11-14 



Cooking qualities of jiotatoes, dairy farm rotation on neglected hay- 

 lands, three-j'car rotation of potatoes, top-dressing old ]>astures, fertilizer 

 experiments on Connecticut Valley dairy farms, flood damage in alluvial 

 deposits, greenhouse fertility tests, new potato varieties tested, legumes 

 on neglected haylands, silage corn varieties tested, soil fertility studies, 

 .soil sur\ey of New Hami)shire, soj'bean varieties tested, phosphatic ma- 

 terials of different stn^igth and composition tested, tj'pes of pasture 

 herbage conii>ared. 



ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 15-16 



Sheep breeding and studies in animal metabolism and nutrition. 



BOTONY 16-19 



Effect of fertilizer placement on vitality of potato seed piece, masking 

 potato mo.><aic, mulching as it affects bitterpit in apples, jilant injuries 

 caused by lime-sulphur .spraj's, i)Otato seed certified, potatoes in storage, 

 spraj'ing for apple scab. 

 DAIRY 19-21 



Bangs disease testing, cod liver oil helps calves, control bovine mastitis 

 througii prevention, controlling contagious abortion in cattle, cow's 

 anatomy in relation to her producing capacity, variability in milk solids- 

 not-fat. 



ENGINEERING ; 21 



Electrical wa.shing and sterilizing equipment for dairj' utensils, state 

 rural electrification, testing farm equipment. 



ENTOMOLOGY 22-24 



Apple nuiggot contact, insecticides, insect record during the year, 

 ovicides. 



FORESTRY 28 



Su.stained yield study in northern New Hampshire. 



GENERAL 



Chemical services to residents of the state 5 



Feeding stuffs and fertilizer mspections 5 



Financial statement 33 



Publications 4 



Seed inspection, seed testing 14-15 



Staff 34 



HORTICULTURE 23-28 



Apitle rootstock project, blueberry improvement, changes of apple dur- 

 ing storage, experiments in vegetable gardening, lightly pruned trees 

 produce more fruit, pollination jiroject. premature dropjung of Mcintosh 

 a]>ples, i)roblem of winter injury, storage of Mcintosh in relation to 

 picking date and dropping, .slrawbeny fertilizers, transplanting orna- 

 mental trees. \ iiricty tests on several fruits. 



POULTRY 29-32 



Brooder etlicieiicy dejiends on jiroper management, controlling moisture 

 in poultry litter, epiileiiiic tremors, line versus coarse grit as a feed in- 

 gredient for pouitrA'. fowl pox vaccine distribution, laying cages versus 

 floor pens, larj'ngotracheitis vaccine disposal. New Hamp.'^hire sets pul- 

 lurom eradication record, poultry autopsies, poultrj* improvement pro- 

 grams, jtrotein roquiremenis of chickens, rickets not caused by chronic 

 coccidiosis, studies on the control of coccidiosis in poultr>-, test of gas- 

 btu-ning brooders, vitamin A requirements for growing chicks. 



