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Report of the Director 5 



Financial Statements for the Year Ending June 30, 1918 10 



Report of the Department of Agronomy 12 



Timothy Selection ' 12 



Variety Tests of Ensilage Corn 12 



Variety Tests of Field Beans 13 



Variety Tests of Small Grains 13 



Report of the Department of Animal Husbandry 13 



Sheep Breeding Experiments 14 



Nutrition Experiments 15 



Steer Feeding Experiment 16 



Report of the Department of Botany 17 



Studies on the Effects of Fungicides and Insecticides on Plants 18 



Structure of the Fruit Spur on the Apple 19 



Chemical Studies of the Apple 19 



A Study of the Toxic Action of Fungicides 19 



The Control of the White Pine Blister Rust on Ribes 19 



Snapdragon Rust and Its Control 19 



Effect of Temperature on the Keeping Quality of Potatoes 19 



Report *of the Department of Chemistry 20 



Physiology of the Apple 20 



Relation of Potassium to the Growth of the Cereals 21 



Report of the Department of Dairy Husbandry 22 



Report of the Department of Entomology 22 



Control of Root Maggots by Insecticides AppUed to the Surface of 



the Soil 23 



Investigation of the Apple Leaf Miner and Its Reaction to Applica- 

 tions of Contact Insecticides 24 



Control of Black FUes 25 



Insect Record 25 



Insecticidal Properties of Hellebore 25 



Report of the Department of Forestry 26 



Experiments in Establishing Artificial Forests 26 



Experiments in Immature White Pine Stands 27 



Report of the Department of Horticulture 27 



Variety Tests 28 



Pruning of Apple Trees ! 28 



Peach Experiment 29 



Study of the Status of the Blueberry Industry in the State 29 



Adaptation of Varieties of Tomatoes to New Hampshire Conditions . . 29 

 Experiment on Use of Manures, Commercial Fertilizers and Green 



Crops for Maintaining Soil Fertility in a Vegetable Garden. ... 29 



Experiment of Storage Pits and Trenches for Root Crops and Cabbage 30 



Fruit Bud Formation 30 



Inheritance in Color of Carnations 31 



Mendelian Inheritance in Squashes 31 



Publications of the Station from 1888-1919 32 



