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Mr. Spaulding was made Chairman of the Committee, and President Hetzel 

 was made Executive Manager. Members of the Station staff served as an 

 Advisory Committee, and many of them were required to do a good deal of 

 field work. 



Prof. J. H. Gourley was given charge of the state city war garden work in 

 twenty cities and towns. The urban garden work was divided into the home, 

 city, and factory gardens. Garden supervisors were employed in several 

 cities. Four city garden supervisors were emploj^ed co-operatively by the 

 city or some corporation or local committee, and the Federal Government. 

 The work of these agents was carried on in co-operation with the Extension 

 Service of the college through the Farm Bureaus. Over 2,000 acres were 

 planted in gardens in these cities and towns which represented an increase of 

 75 per cent over the area planted the previous year. 



Prof. W. C. O'Kane served as Assistant Executive Manager and gave a 

 large amount of time to lecture work. 



Mr. B. E. Curry assisted the State Committee in handhng problems con- 

 nected with farm machinery and money loans to farmers. 



Dean F. W. Taylor handled the problems relating to seeds and fertihzer. 



The Director of the Station besides serving on the Advisory Committee was 

 Chairman of the Live Stock Group, consisting of Messrs. Eckman, Richard- 

 son, Ritzman and Fuller. He also had charge of a survey in the state of 

 wheat harvesting, thrashing, and grinding facilities which had been brought 

 into prominence through the increased interest aroused in wheat growing. 

 While the volume of wheat grown in New Hampshire last season was not large, 

 it represented an increase of over 400 per cent above what it had been in 1917. 

 Most of the areas planted to wheat were small, and many planted the crop for 

 the first time, thus creating a big demand for information on all phases of 

 growing, harvesting, and miUing wheat. A survey of the results of the Emer- 

 gency Food Production Campaign, including over 50 per cent of the farms in 

 aU parts of the state, indicates an increased acreage over 1917 of over 32 per 

 cent for potatoes, beans, corn, and small grains. 



Aside from giving a large amount of time to committee work, the members 

 of the Station staff were called upon to devote more time than usual to lecture 

 work and other requests for assistance in the state program from county agents, 

 farmers, and organizations. 



The Ex-periment Station representatives prepared manuscripts for twenty 

 press bulletins and six circulars which were issued in connection with the 

 State Food Production Campaign and distributed in editions totaling 543,000. 

 There is also a record of forty-three special press articles that were prepared 

 by members of the Experiment Station staff in connection with the drive to 

 increase the amount of food produced in New Hampshire in 1918. 



There were some changes in the personnel of the Station staff due directly or 

 indirectly to the war. Mr. Curry, Station Chemist, was granted a leave of 

 absence to take up chemical work for the Army Ordnance Department. Mr. 

 J. R. Hepler, Assistant in Vegetable Gardening, was given a commission as 

 Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. Mr. K. B. Laird, Assistant 

 Botanist, joined the military service, and Mr. Ford S. Prince, Assistant Agrono- 



