TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Administrative Report 5 



Publications 8 



Report by Projects: 



Animal Husbandry: Sheep Breeding; Nutrition Studies with 

 Beef Steers 9 



Chemistry: Plant Metabolism Studies; Lime Requirements . . 10 



Dairy Cattle: Nutrition Studies with Dairy Cows; Physiologi- 11 

 cal Studies of Dairy Cows 



Dairy Products: Study of Some Important Factors Affecting 

 Viscosity of Ice Cream Mix 11 



Economic Entomology: European Corn Borer; The Stalk 

 Borer; Black Flies; White Pine Weevil 11 



Field Crops: Ensilage Variety Tests; Alfalfa Plots; Effect of 

 Climate on Productiveness; Spraying Potatoes; Seed Certifica- 

 tion; Seed Source Comparison Test; Potash Tests on Potatoes; 

 Certified versus Uncertified Seed 13 



Forestry: Forest Plots 19 



Horticulture: Fruit Bud Formation; Relation of Composition 

 of Fruit Spurs to Fruit Bud Formation; Winter Injury; 

 Storage and Blanching of Celery; Variety Test of Fruits; 

 Pruning Experiment with Apples; Fertility in the Peach 

 Orchard ; Acid Phosphate on Squash ; Permanent Soil Fertility 

 in the Garden; Tomato Maturity Project; Effect of Fertihzer 

 on Strawberries '. 19 



Plant Pathology: Effect of Fungicides and Insecticides on 

 Plants; Toxicity of Fungicides to Parasitic Fungi; Apple Scab; 

 Control of Sooty Mould ; Control of Bitter Pit ; Bean Anthrac- 

 nose 32 



Rural Economics: Cheshire County Survey; State-wide Con- 

 sumption Survey ; Apple Marketing Survey 35 



Rural Electricity 36 



Soils: Soil FertiHty Studies . . .^ 39 



Testing and Inspection Service: Feeding-stuffs and Fertilizers; 



Seed Tests; Advanced Registry Tests; White Diarrhea Tests. . . 40 



Financial Statement 41 



Supplement : Purnell Bill 43 



