TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 7 



Buildings 7 



Equipment 7 



Changes in Personnel 8 



Publications 9 



AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 11 



Operation of the Agricultural Conservation Program 11 



The Place of a Small Inland Town in the War and Postwar Economy.... 12 



Marketing Mcintosh Apples 12 



The Supply and Distribution of New Hampshire Milk 13 



Egg Transportation 13 



Economies in Purchases Made bj' Farmers 13 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING 14 



Potato Storage Construction 14 



The Homemade Power Wood Saw 15 



Buck-rake Construction and Use on New Hampshire Farms 15 



DAIRYING , 16 



Breed Analyses of Herd Management Practices 16 



Dry Rations for Raising Dairy Calves and Heifers 17 



Improving the Solids-not-Fat Content of Milk by Selective Breeding.... 18 



Studies of Bovine Mastitis 18 



Chore P.ractices in Dairy Barns 19 



FIELD CROPS AND FERTILIZERS 20 



Rotation, Fertility, and Cultural Experiments with Potatoes in North- 

 ern New Hampshire 20 



A Dairy Farm Rotation Experiment in Southern New Hampshire with 



Sweet Corn as a Cash Crop 21 



The Relation of Potash Levels to the Persistence of Clover in Hay 



Stands 22 



Variety Trials with Small Grains in Northern New Hampshire 24 



Corn Variety Trials 25 



Advanced Alfalfa Nursery Trials 26 



FORESTRY 26 



Propagation of Sugar Maples 26 



Plantation Studies 28 



White Pine Stands 30 



Spruce Reproduction 30 



The Supply of Low Grade Wood for Plastics 31 



