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progress of Station work, in most all of the departments the Station organiza- 

 tion has been maintained with comparatively few changes, and the most 

 important Station projects have been continued without any material modi- 

 fications. In fact, instead of neglecting their obligations to the investigations 

 in their charge under the stress of the times and the numerous and varied 

 demands upon them for taking up new and outside duties, the members of the 

 Station staff have carried the extra burden in addition to performing their 

 regular work. In other words, the war work has been made possible by a 

 general speeding up all along the Hne, and it is to the credit of the Station force 

 that they have met this issue in such a wiUing, whole-hearted, and pubHc- 

 spirited manner. Every one connected with, the Station has demonstrated 

 his patriotism and earnest desire to do everything within his power to aid the 

 State and Nation in carrj^ing out the war program. 



PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS CARRIED 



ON DURING THE YEAR. 



Hatch Fuxd. 

 Deparhnent of Agronomy. 



(a) Variety tests of ensilage corn. 



(b) Variety tests of field beans. 



(c) Variety tests of small grains. 



(1) Spring wheat. 



(2) Barley. 



(3) Oats. 



(d) Timothy selection. 



Department of Botany. 



(a) The control of the white pine blister rust on ribes. 



(b) Snapdragon rust and its control. 



(c) Effect of temperature on the keeping quality of potatoes. 



Department of Entomology. 



(a) An investigation of the apple leaf miner and its reaction to application 



of contact insecticides. 



(b) Control of black fhes 



(c) Insect record. 



Department of Forestry. 



(a) Experiments in establishing artificial forests of different species in 



New Hampshire. 



(b) Experiments in immature white pine stands. 



Department of Horticulture. 



(a) Variety tests of apples, plums and small fruits. 



(b) Study of the status of the blueberry industry in the state. 



(c) Miscellaneous projects. 



(1) Adaptation of varieties of tomatoes to New Hampshire 



conditions. 



(2) Experiment on use of manures, commercial fertilizers and 



green crops for maintaining soil fertility in vegetable garden. 



(3) Experiment on storage pits and trenches for root crops and 



cabbage. 



Adams Fund. 



Department of Animal Husbandry. 

 (a) Sheep breeding. 



