June, 1921] DIGGING UP FACTS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE FARMS 13 



Where native hay forms such a large proportion of the feed used 

 on our farms, its composition is of too much importance to trust 

 to figures drawn on a. nation-wide basis. In addition to the na- 

 tional value of the nutrition work done at the New Hampshire 

 Station, therefore, there is a purely local significance. 



LEGUMINOUS CROPS ENCOURAGED 



In still other ways the Experiment Station has been at work to 

 reduce the grain bill of the farmers of the state. It has been the 

 motive power in bringing a number of leguminous crops into gen- 

 eral use, and has demonstrated that these crops will go a good 

 way toward taking the place of grain. Through the influence of 

 the Station 126 plots throughout the state were sown in 1914 to 

 Grimm alfalfa, and as a result this superior strain has been widely 

 accepted as standard. The experimental work in soy beans has 

 also laid.the foundation for the development of this crop which is 

 proving particularly valuable for silage purposes. Investiga- 

 tions are now under way to determine the value of sunflowers for 

 silage, a matter which will have a particularly important bearing 

 upon farming in northern New Hampshire, where early frosts 

 prevent successful corn crops. 



The range of the Station in dealing with feed problems may be 

 illustrated by enumerating some of the bulletins published along 

 this line: 



Fifteen annual reports of analyses of feeding stuffs 



The Soy Bean in New Hampshire 



Feeding Sheep and Lambs: Clover Hay v. Native Hay; Turnips v. Dry 



Ration 

 Value of Silage in Winter Ration for the Breeding Flock 

 Alfalfa in New Hampshire 

 The Feeding of Farm Stock 

 Soihng Crops and Summer Silage 

 Variety Test of Mangels Grown on College Farm 

 Home-Grown Feeds for Poultry 

 Feeding the Winter Layers 

 Summer Feeding of Poultry 

 Feeding Pigs on the Farm 



Corn Meal Middhngs and Separator Skim Milk for Fattening Pigs 

 Silage Studies 



Experiments in Pig Feeding 

 Experiments with Roots and Forage Crops 

 Cost of Raising Beef Cattle in New Hampshire 



