The War Continues 



AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH is Still Carried on in New Hampshire with ev- 

 ery consfteration for special wartime needs that may hasten vic- 

 tory. Having had some taste of partial victory, at least in Europe, the 

 postwar problems begin to take form in reconsidering and re-emphasiz- 

 ing long-time and general research that may contribute to continuously 

 improved plants and animals and ever-increasing efficiency in the pro- 

 duction and processing of such end products as may contribute to hu- 

 man welfare. 



In the following pages, among the brief descriptions of research ac- 

 tivities for the year past, such investigations as the following titles sug- 

 gest might be mentioned as having some specific relation to war. A 

 study of every-other-day delivery of milk grew out of a very definite 

 war need for saving gas, tires, and human labor. Likewise the "Cole- 

 brook Plan" received further study and adjustment for the same purposes 

 in a different phase of milk marketing. 



Studying factors affecting the nutritive values of New Hampshire- 

 grown fruits and vegetables fits into a nation-wide effort to learn more 

 about the effects of processing on the nutritive values of human food. 

 Never in the history of the world has the transportation and transloca- 

 tion of food been so important. The necessary processing for shipping 

 and holding all kinds of food under all conditions of climate to prevent 

 not only decay and putrifaction but also dangerous losses of elusive vi- 

 tamins has indeed been a gigantic problem of unprecedented importance. 

 The whole nation — army organizations and civilian organizations — has 

 devoted much thought to those problems with a good measure of suc- 

 cess. 



In relation to feeding and caring for animals such titles as Protein 

 Requirements of Chicks, Dry Rations for Raising Calves and Chore 

 Efficiency name examples of attempts to find substitutes in the case of 

 certain feed shortages or to use machienry and human labor in ways to 

 increase efficiency and reduce the demand for increasingly scarce help. 



Entomology assists in the war effort by trying to protect from in- 

 sects the same food products during processing and shipment. It also 

 assists investigating and perfecting an innumerable number of new in- 

 secticides for the better control and eradication of insects \\'hich are an 

 ever-present menace to production at home and definitely related to the 

 incidence of disease in countries abroad. 



These are but examples of research activities this past year that are 

 specifically related to the war effort. The reader will sense other inves- 

 tigations with equally important relationships. Any description here is 

 purposeh' concise, and lacking in detail. Many problems that can be 

 expressed in simple terms may involve intricate procedures, infinite pa- 

 tience, painstaking care, and a great many techniques pre-supporting me- 

 chanics and imagination. 



Science continually evolves new mechanical equipment. War usual- 

 ly accelerates the perfecting of such machines; the research organization 



