Contents 



PACE 



AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 



Effect of Excess Amino Acids on Growth of Certain Lactobacilli 5 



Soluble Suibsitances in Grass and Legume Silage 5 



Studies Concerning the Determination of Ascorbic Acid in Food 5 



Lasting Effect of Minor Elements and the Effect of Sulfur and Lime Appli- 

 cations on the Yield of Oats 5 



Preservation of Carotene in Silage by the Use of Sodium Bisulfite As a 



Preservative 6 



Other Active Projects 6 



AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 



Marketing Mixed Grain Feed 6 



Importance of Apple Refrigeration 7 



Increasing Efficiency in the Operation of Milk Distribution Facilities in 



New Hampshire 7 



Opportuniity for Increased Sales of Fresh Vegetables 8 



Other Active Projects 8 



AGRONOMY 



New Corn and Grain Varieties for New Hampshire Farmers 9 



A Search for Superior Potato Varieties 10 



Potato Scab on Tubers Grown in Strongly Acid Soils 10 



Breeding and Testing of Grasses and Clovers 10 



New Hampshire Perennial Red Clover 11 



Split Application of Potash Better for Ladino Clover 11 



Irrigate to Control Pasture Weeds 12 



Fit Your Legume to the Soil 12 



Deeper and Better Root Systems for Alfalfa and Ladino 12 



Other Active Projects 13 



BACTERIOLOGY 



Studies on Bovine Mastitis L3 



Studies on a Cellulose-digesting Spore-forming Anaerobic Bacterium Iso- 

 lated from the Bovine Rumen 13 



Other Active Projects 14 



BOTANY 



New Tomato Varieties Resistant to Late Blight ._ 14 



Possibilities of Propagating High Sugar-Producing Types of Sugar Maples 14 



Seasonal Effects of Witchgrass (Quackgrass) Control with TCA 14 



New Organic Fungicides Give Good Control of Apple Scab and Excellent 



Fruit Finish 15 



Use of Wood Wastes, Such as Sawdust and Lignin in Compost with Soil 



and Manure, and Their Effect on Plant Growth 15 



New and Unusual Diseases in New Hampshire 15 



Other Active Projects 15 



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