AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 



Annual Report of the Director of the New Hampshire 

 Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1933 



J. C. KENDALL, Director 



The necessity for a foundation of reliable and up-to-date infonnation 

 upon which to build an agricultural program in this state has never been 

 more evident than during the past year. The "new deal" with all the 

 various economic and social changes which it has involved has called 

 for many types of information. The need for many new projects in 

 agricultural research is evident, particularly in the field of Agricultural 

 Economics where it is most fortunate that we have the advantage of 

 several years of investigations made possible by the Purnell Act. In 

 the meantime, the many projects already under way in various depart- 

 ments press for solution. 



The following report of the experimental work in the past year is 

 by no means complete, and does not take into account the patient 

 work on many projects on which data are not yet completed, nor the 

 vast amount of state service work, correspondence, consultations, special 

 assistance, lectures, etc., which the staff has been requested to make. 

 These annual reports are designed to present a picture of some of the 

 more important results which have come out of the various projects 

 during the year. 



Among the completed projects are the Purnell Studies of Potato Mar- 

 keting, Hay and Silage Production Costs, Dairy Farai Rotation on 

 Worn-Out Hay Lands, Study of Retail Milk Markets in Laconia, and 

 the Adams project, Study of Burgundy Mixtures and Their Effect on 

 Plants. 



New projects being developed involve the Study of the Penetration 

 of Ovicides, Effect of Mulching and Development of Bitter Pit in 

 Apples, Pneumatic Traction Equipment and Heat Requirements for 

 Brooding of Chicks. 



This year has seen a valuable development in the renovation of the 

 old dairy barn, and the installation there of offices and laboratories in 

 Agricultural Engineering. This work is being developed under the 

 charge of W. T. Ackeraian who is employed by the Experiment Station 

 to develop the study of Rural Electricity. 



There have been no changes in personnel during the year except for 

 the appointment of L. J. Bowen as Graduate Assistant in Botany, re- 

 placing Mr. Russell Bissey, and of G. M. Foulkrod as Assistant in 

 Agricultural Engineering. 



Many Sidelines for Orchardists 



Strawberries, cherries, beans, lumbering, dairying, and poultry pro- 

 duction are possible sidelines which fit well into orchard organization, 

 according to a study of 12 fi-uit farms which has just been completed 

 by H. C. Woodworth and G. F. Potter, and will shortly be published. 

 A summaiy of the investigation lists these facts and conclusions: 



The income of the 12 farms fluctuated greatly, ranging from an av- 



