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Beans. A selection from a local New Hampshire variety of beans, 

 known as Elisha Smith, has been introduced for trial under the name of 

 New Hampshire Red Kidney. Under our conditions it has given an 

 earlier and heavier crop than the ordinary red kidney from which it is 

 indistinguishable in the dry stage. 



A small-podded green snap bean with white seeds has been named 

 Tiny Green and distributed for testing. It has been found to be very 

 satisfactory for whole canning. 



A. F. Yeager 



STATE SERVICE 



Inspection of Fertilizers and Feedingsstuffs and Soil Testing 



In accordance with the public statutes which regulate the sale of 

 commercial fertilizers and concentrated commercial feedingstuffs, 40 

 brands of fertilizers and 348 brands of feedingstuffs were analyzed during 

 the year 1945-46. These analyses involved individual determinations to- 

 taling 284 and 1853 respectively. Co-operation in work on analytical 

 methods with the American x\ssociation of Feed Control Officials and 

 with the Smalley Foundation has been continued. 



Samples of feeds, fertilizers, and other materials have been analyzed 

 for residents of the state. Thirty-seven samples have been examined, in- 

 volving 115 determinations, Also, more than 1000 samples of soils have 

 been tested for residents of the state. 



T. O. Smith, H. A. Davis, G. P. Percival 



Seed Inspection 



The regular seed inspection work for the State Department of Agri- 

 culture during the year involved 1988 samples handled in the laboratory. 

 Of this number 296 were collected by the State Inspectors and reported 

 in Station Bulletin 365; 1692 samples were sent in by seed dealers in com- 

 pliance with the seed law which requires that all vegetable and agricul- 

 tural seed must have been tested for germination within nine months 

 prior to being offered for sale. Thus, much of this testing concerned seed 

 carried over from the previous season. A few of these samples were sent 

 in by farmers who had grown beans or corn and wished to sell it for 

 seed. 



B. G. Sanborn 



Necropsies Performed at the Poultry Pathology Laboratory 



During the fiscal year 1945-1946, 2252 specimens were submitted to 

 the Poultry Laboratory for diagnosis. These represented 975 cases. A 

 total of 1916 chickens were examined, 1640 from poultrymen and 276 

 from the University of New Hampshire flock, (808 cases). The re- 

 mainder of the specimens consisted of 241 turkeys (89 cases) and 95 mis- 

 cellaneous (78 cases). 



A. C. CORBETT 



