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at the close of the fiscal year and his place has been taken by Mr. S. 

 Dunn of Iowa State College. Mr. S. W. Wentworth, assistant horti- 

 culturist, is on leave of absence for the year and his place is being 

 taken by Dr. L. P. Latimer of California. Mr. L. R. Tucker of 

 Illinois has been appointed graduate assistant in horticulture. 



Improvements 



Development of the nutrition laboratory to take care of the work 

 with dairy cattle was made at the beginning of the fiscal year. The 

 laboratory is now being further extended in order to accommodate 

 the work in human nutrition. 



Publications 



The following publications have been issued during the year: Tech- 

 nical Bulletin 29, ''Some Chemical Constituents of Fruit Spurs Asso- 

 ciated with Blossom Bud Formation in the Baldwin Apple", bv H. R. 

 Kraybill, G. F. Potter, S. W. Wentworth, P. T. Blood, and J.*T. Sul- 

 livan; Technical Bulletin 30, "The Eurojiean Corn Borer — The Rela- 

 tion of tlie Larvs to Submergence," by Milton F. Crowell; Station 

 Bulletin 218, "Inspection of Commercial Feeding-Stuffs, 1925" by T. 

 G. Phillips, T. 0. Smith. A. W. Petre; Station Bulletin 219, 'Tnspec- 

 tion of Commercial Fertilizers for 1925" bv T. G. Phillips, T. 0. Smith 

 and A. W. Petre; Station Bulletin 220, "Results of Seed Tests for 1925" 

 by M. G. Eastman; Station Bulletin 221, "Progress of Agricultural 

 Experiments— 1925", bv J. C. Kendall; Station Bulletin 222, "Can 

 New Hampshire Produce More of What She Eats?" by H. C. Wood- 

 worth, L. B. Lincoln, and H. I. Richards. In addition to these bulletins 

 several extension publications have been prepared by members of the 

 station staff during the year. 



News of the work of the Experiment Station has been sent to various 

 papers through the series of news letters; and members of the staff 

 have contributed many articles during the past year to the semi- 

 weekly farm page conducted by the Manchester Union. A series of 

 special stories dealing with the economic survey have been sent weekly 

 for several months covering various commodities to the weekly papers 

 of the state and have been cjiiite generally used. The cooperation of 

 the press in spreading news of the results of the research work is 

 greatly appreciated. 



Other State Service Work 



In addition to the regular testing work, analyses of soils, feeding 

 stuffs, fertilizers, post-mortem examinations, seed tests, etc., a large 

 amount of correspondence has been liandled by members of the staff, 

 most of it arising from farm problems throughout the state. Many 

 lectures and talks have been given; judging assistance has been ex- 

 tended to fairs; personal advice has been given to many visitors and 

 on many farms; and in general the staff has assisted to the best of its 

 ability to further agricultural progress in New Hampshire. 



