A Description and Analysis of the Livestock Markets 

 Available to New Hampshire Dairymen and Beef Producers 



J. R. BOWRING 



An Appraisal of and Possible Economics in 

 the Marketing of Poultry in New Hampshire 



W. F. Henry 



Cost Reduction in Dairying — Reducing Costs 

 of Replacements on New England Dairy Farms 



W. F. Henry, G. E. Frick 



Agronomy 



New Corn and Grain Varieties for New Hampshire Farmers 



A few hybrid corn varieties continued to give excellent yields for both 

 silage and grain in the 1951 and 1952 corn trials at Durham. The Uni- 

 versity's Agronomy Department found the new hybrid, Maine F-150, a 

 good yielder and adaptable to New Hampshire. It should begin to replace 

 Maine "B" and Wisconsin 240 in 1954 since it matures only a day or two 

 kiter. 



Maine F-150 has a taller and stronger stalk than the above dent-flint 

 hybrids. It also produces a more uniform and larger ear. This new hybrid 

 offers promise for use as grain in the higher elevations of the State and in 

 southern Coos County. For silage it could be grown at still higher ele- 

 vations and in northern Coos County. 



Comparative yield data follows : 



Yield in Bushels Per Acre 



Maine B 

 Wisconsin 

 Maine F-150 



Another hybrid of the same maturity range as the above is the ex- 

 perimental hybrid, NE9203. It has already given a good preliminary trial 

 vield. This hybrid was released Iiy Massachusetts and should be of interest 

 to New Hampshire farmers since one of its ancestors was an inbred out 

 of the high yielding open-pollinated X. H. 500. 



The ever-popular Cornell 29-3 is gradually being replaced by better 

 hybrids such as Massachusetts 63 and Cornell Ml and M4. Cornell 29-3 

 always lacked uniformity and suffered excessive stalk breakage. 



Clinton oats will give way to the new named variety. Clarion. The 

 Clarion, formerlv C.I. 5647 in the Northeastern oat uniform trials, is a 

 selection from the Clinton x Marion cross. In 1952. in randomized rows, 

 Clarion outyielded Clinton by ten bushels of grain per acre. Clarion also 

 showed a heavier bushel weight of grain and as good a forage weight. 

 Clarion seed oats should be available to New Hampshire farmers in 1954. 



The uniform grain trials in Durham and in other areas of the State 

 would seem to meet the need for which they were set up. Since the New 

 Hampshire growing season is so short, only early maturing varieties are 

 adaptable. It is a guess as to how any new hybrid will respond in a certain 



