. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. June, 1921] DIGGING UP FACTS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE FARMS 17 POTATO SEED BRINGS 114-BUSHEL INCREASE An experiment conducted with regard to certified Maine po- tato seed showed a yield of 416 bushels per acre, an increase of 114 bushels over the alternate rows of non-certified Maine seed. This experiment was run in 1920, and as a result orders for 6000 bushels of certified seed were placed by farmers in the state for the next spring. If this seed continues to produce such high yields the effect of its introduction in future crops will be very great. ORCHARD
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. June, 1921] DIGGING UP FACTS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE FARMS 17 POTATO SEED BRINGS 114-BUSHEL INCREASE An experiment conducted with regard to certified Maine po- tato seed showed a yield of 416 bushels per acre, an increase of 114 bushels over the alternate rows of non-certified Maine seed. This experiment was run in 1920, and as a result orders for 6000 bushels of certified seed were placed by farmers in the state for the next spring. If this seed continues to produce such high yields the effect of its introduction in future crops will be very great. ORCHARD PRUNING AND FORESTRY INVESTIGATIONS Not all of the work for better crops is confined to the question of seeds and the breeding and testing of varieties. The Station is conducting an important long-time experiment to determine the best system of pruning in the orchard. Its experiments in thinning fruit have demonstrated that the percentage of Number 1 apples may in seasons when the set is very heavy be increased from about 40 per cent to nearly 70 per cent. It is studying the effect of ringing; and its research work in fruit bud formation has resulted in scientific data of national importance. Its Forestry Department is studying the conditions which are most favorable for the growth of the various tree species; and in determining the cost of thinning immature white pine it is conducting an experi- ment that is likely to have an important bearing on the handling of the white pine crop, the state's third most important source of agricultural income. The storage of vegetables in pits has been investigated, and the best methods of pit storage under climatic conditions in the southern part of the state have been determined. The cost and methods of land drainage, which were determined SOME TIPS ON NEW HAMPSHIRE ;. d^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
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