Purnell Act Research Files, 1922-1956

Collection number: UA 10/2/3
Size: 5 boxes (2.00 cu.ft.)

About New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station

The Purnell Act was passed by Congress in 1925. It provided federal money to state Agricultural Experiment Stations for research on agriculture as well as the related economic and sociological factors. The University of New Hampshire took full advantage of the funds and has conducted hundreds of experiments on a whole range of topics.

About the Purnell Act Research Files

This series contains the files on the various research projects performed using the funds provided by the Purnell Act. The files are arranged according to project number.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

This collection is open.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the University of New Hampshire.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Purnell Act Research Files, 1922-1956, UA 10/2/3, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA.

Acquisitions Information

These records were transfered to the University Library for storage prior to the establishment of the University Archives in 1992.

Collection Contents

Box 1
Box 1, Folder 1	1930-1934	Temperature Levels in Battery Brooding
Box 1, Folder 2	1930-1934	Vitamin A Requirements if Growing Chicks at Various Stages of Development
Box 1, Folder 3	1937-1940	Fruit Farm Studies	Purnell 1
Box 1, Folder 4	1927-1932	Poultry Farm Studies, Detailed Farm Records and Accounts on Typical N.H. Commercial Poultry Farms in Southern N.H.	Purnell 2
Box 1, Folder 5	1930-1942	A Study of Land Utilization in Grafton County, N.H.	Purnell 5
Box 1, Folder 6	1930	Wholesale Milk Farms Study	Purnell 8
Box 1, Folder 7	1939-1940	An Experiment with Hay on Neglected Hay Lands	Purnell 9
Box 1, Folder 8	1940-1943	An Experiment with Legumes in Neglected Hay Lands	Purnell 10
Box 1, Folder 9	1926-1942	An Experiment with Legumes in Neglected Hay Lands	Purnell 10
Box 1, Folder 10	1940-1943	Potatoes in a Dairy Farm Rotation	Purnell 12
Box 1, Folder 11	1940-1942	A Fertilizer Experiment with Dairy Farm Crops in the Connecticut Valley	Purnell 12
Box 1, Folder 12	1929-1942	A Fertilizer Experiment with Dairy Farm Crops in Connecticut Valley	Purnell 13
Box 1, Folder 13	1939-1947	Nutrition Studies with a Lactating Cows	Purnell 14
Box 1, Folder 14	1944-1945	Nutrition Studies with Lactating Cows	Purnell 14
Box 1, Folder 15	1931-1941	Effect of Place on Mosaic + Leaf Roll of Potato	Purnell 15
Box 1, Folder 16	1931-1941	A Study of the Use of Virulent Vaccine on Virgin Heifers as a means of controlling Bang's disease + the relationship of such vaccine to the standard tube agglutination blood test for Bang's disease	Purnell 16
Box 1, Folder 17	1930-1936	Rural Precooling of Milk	Purnell 21
Box 1, Folder 18	1931-1941	A Study of Paralysis in Chickens	Purnell 27
Box 1, Folder 19	1928-1942	Studies in the Improvement if Technique Eradication of Pullorum	Purnell 29
Box 1, Folder 20	1935-1949	Protein Requirements of Chicks at Various Stages of Growth and Development	Purnell 30
Box 1, Folder 21	1940-1949	Protein Requirements for Chicks at Various Stages of Growth and Development	Purnell 30
Box 1, Folder 22	1928-1932	A Study of the Factors Involved in Marketing Head Lettuce Grown in N.H.	Purnell 33
Box 1, Folder 23	1930-1936	A Study of Practices and Factors Affecting Marketing Costs + the Quality of Milk Produced on N.H. Farms	Purnell 35
Box 2
Box 2, Folder 1	1930-1940	Efficiency Studies in Dairy Farming in New Hampshire	Purnell 36
Box 2, Folder 2	1931-1941	Studies on the Control of Coccidiosis in Poultry	Purnell 37
Box 2, Folder 3	1930-1946	Spray Management Studies	Purnell 38
Box 2, Folder 4	1940-1942	An experiment in top dressing old pasture lands with lime and fertilizer	Purnell 41
Box 2, Folder 5	1922-1942	An experiment in top dressing old pasture lands with lime and fertilizer	Purnell 41
Box 2, Folder 6	1932-1941	Studies of the so-called trembling chick disease(encephalomylitis)	Purnell 42
Box 2, Folder 7	1933-1946	A Dairy farm rotation experiment in Southern N.H. with sweet corn as a cash crop	Purnell 43
Box 2, Folder 8	1933-1941	The effect of mulching in the development if bitter-pit in apple before harvest and storage	Purnell 44
Box 2, Folder 9	1933-1940	Pneumatic wheel equipment for tractors	Purnell 45
Box 2, Folder 10	1933-1935	Heat Requirements for Brooding Chicks	Purnell 46
Box 2, Folder 12	1933-1936	A study of delinquent taxes, tax sales, and transfers of farm real estate	Purnell 47
Box 2, Folder 13	1934-1938	A study of egg grades, grading methods and costs and returns for eggs of various grades and weights from auction sales	Purnell 49
Box 2, Folder 14	1930-1935	Skin Vaccination for Chicken Pox (fowl pox)	Purnell 50
Box 2, Folder 15	1934-1947	Determination of the ratio to solids-not-fat to fat in milk produced by cows in different family lines	Purnell 51
Box 2, Folder 16	1940-1942	A study in the causes of abnormal relationships (ratio) of fat to solids-not-fat in milk from N.H. farms	Purnell 51
Box 2, Folder 17	1934-1948	Pasture Management studies	Purnell 52
Box 2, Folder 18	1940-1942	Soil Survey of N.H.	Purnell 53
Box 2, Folder 19	1935-1955	A survey of the Soils of N.H., fldr.1	Purnell 53
Box 2, Folder 20	1935-1955	A survey etc., fldr.2	Purnell 53
Box 2, Folder 21	1937-1942	A Detailed study of type farming areas in N.H.	Purnell 54
Box 2, Folder 22	1935-1939	A study of adjustment farming by regions and type of farming areas from the standpoint of agricultural adjustment and planning, including soil conservation	Purnell 54
Box 3
Box 3, Folder 1	1935-1942	The effect of position in the bin and temperature differentials on loss of weight of potatoes in storage	Purnell 55
Box 3, Folder 2	1936-1943	Rural Tax Studies in N.H.	Purnell 59
Box 3, Folder 3	1936-1940	A study guide of quality, prices, and market outlets for small fruits in N.H.	Purnell 60
Box 3, Folder 4	1937-1945	A study of the operation to the agricultural conservation program in selected areas of N.H.	Purnell 61
Box 3, Folder 5	1938-1942	Selective breeding as a control of ruptured egg yolk and ruptured oviduct conditions in fowl	Purnell 62
Box 3, Folder 6	1937-1952	Methods for controlling erosion on N.H. potato fields
Box 3, Folder 7	1937-1942	Methods for controlling erosion on N.H. potato fields	Purnell 64
Box 3, Folder 8	1938-1942	Control of moisture in poultry litter	Purnell 66
Box 3, Folder 9	1940-1941	Control of Moisture in Poultry litter	Purnell 66
Box 3, Folder 10	1938-1946	Economies in purchases made by farmers	Purnell 67
Box 3, Folder 11	1939-1941	The design of small potato storage for farm use	Purnell 69
Box 3, Folder 12	1939-1945	The efficiencies of dairy herd management practices as revealed by analysis of permanent records of DHIA herds in N.H.	Purnell 70
Box 3, Folder 13	1945-1949	Breeding Improved Early Tomatoes	Purnell 71
Box 3, Folder 14	1941-1948	The control of Tomato diseases	Purnell 71-a
Box 3, Folder 15	1941-1944	Developing disease resistance in muskmelons	Purnell 72-a
Box 3, Folder 16	1939-1942	Place of woodlots in farm organization in Coos county N.H.	Purnell 74
Box 3, Folder 17	1940-1942	Credit problems in wholesale milk areas	Purnell 75
Box 3, Folder 18	1941-1947	A study of the etiology, pathology and prevention of contagious indigestion	Purnell 76
Box 3, Folder 19	1941-1943	A study of the etiology and prevention of contagious indigestion(bluecomb)	Purnell 76
Box 3, Folder 20	1941-1948	A study of the cause and prevention of gizzard erosion	Purnell 77
Box 3, Folder 21	1941-1948	studies of the cause and prevention of gizzard erosion(sub-project of Purnell 30)	Purnell 77
Box 3, Folder 22	1941-1947	Sensitive fern poisoning of horses	Purnell 78
Box 3, Folder 23	1941-1942	Freezer-locker possibilities in the Laconia area	Purnell 79
Box 4
Box 4, Folder 1	1942-1946	Dry rations for Dairy calves and heifers	Purnell 80
Box 4, Folder 2	1941-1948	Dry rations for dairy calves and heifers	Purnell 80
Box 4, Folder 3	1942-1945	Effect of vitamin a on the utilization of energy and protein by calves	Purnell 80-a
Box 4, Folder 4	1944-1950	The effect of vitamin d on the metabolism and utilization of energy and protein by calves	Purnell 80-B
Box 4, Folder 5	1941-1947	The establishing of low-bush blueberry fields	Purnell 81
Box 4, Folder 6	1942-1948	Factors effecting the nutritive value of N.H. grown fruits and vegetables	Purnell 82
Box 4, Folder 7	1942-1944	Producing the full roughage requirements on N.H. dairy farms with special reference to pastures	Purnell 83
Box 4, Folder 8	1942-1950	Producing the full roughage requirements on N.H. dairy farms	Purnell 83
Box 4, Folder 9	1941-1948	Producing the full roughage requirements on N.H. dairy farms(with special reference to pastures)	Purnell 83
Box 4, Folder 10	1942-1946	Producing the full roughage requirements of N.H. dairy farms (with special reference to pastures)	Purnell 83
Box 4, Folder 11	1941-1956	The influence of the level of available potash in the soil on the longevity and persistence of Ladino clover in hay pastures	Purnell 84, Hatch 50
Box 4, Folder 12	1942-1948	Proper construction of farm and commercial potato storage	Purnell 85
Box 4, Folder 13	1942-1947	The place of a small-inland town in the war and post-war economy	Purnell 86
Box 4, Folder 14	1944-1947	Efficient chore practices in dairy barns	Purnell 87
Box 4, Folder 15	1942-1951	Efficient chore practices in dairy barns	Purnell 87
Box 4, Folder 16	1943-1945	Transmission of pullorum disease to adult birds	Purnell 88
Box 4, Folder 17	1944-1947	Development of Income Formulas for Specialized Farms	Purnell 89
Box 4, Folder 18	1945-1948	The testing of new pesticides for the control of plant diseases and insects	Purnell 90
Box 4, Folder 19	1945-1948	The use of herbicides in N.H. with reference to pastures	Purnell 91
Box 4, Folder 20	1945-1946	Land title problems	Purnell 94
Box 5
Box 5, Folder 1	1947-1955	The relationship between the diet of dairy animals, the activity of the flora od the digestive tract, and the utilization of protein and energy	Purnell 95
Box 5, Folder 2	1945-1950	The relationship between the diet of dairy animals, the activity of the flora of the digestive tract and the utilization of protein and energy	Purnell 95
Box 5, Folder 3	1945-1949	Dairy husbandry, Relationship of the composition of milk to methods used for determining adulteration	Purnell 96
Box 5, Folder 4	1945-1948	Agricultural Chemistry, Relationship of the composition of milk to methods used for determining adulteration	Purnell 96
Box 5, Folder 5	1945-1949	Efficient farm labor practices on commercial poultry farms.	Purnell 97
Box 5, Folder 6	1945-1951	Choline in the nutrition of poultry	Purnell 98
Box 5, Folder 7	1945-1951	Choline in the nutrition of poultry	Purnell 98
Box 5, Folder 8	1950-1954	Chemical studies concerning the determination of ascorbic acid in food	Purnell 99
Box 5, Folder 9	1948-1951	The relative efficiency of plowing down fertilizers	Purnell 100
Box 5, Folder 10	1946-1951	The relative efficiency of plowing down fertilizer	Purnell 100
Box 5, Folder 11	1946	Reducing seasonal variation of fluid milk deliveries of N.H. producers of wholesale milk for the greater Boston and secondary markets	Purnell 101
Box 5, Folder 12	1946-1947	Reducing seasonal variation of fluid milk deliveries of N.H. producers of wholesale milk for the Greater Boston and secondary market	Purnell 101
Box 5, Folder 13	1947-1952	Utilization of good agricultural resources	Purnell 104
Box 5, Folder 14	1948-1954	Control of N.H. weeds using herbicidal methods	Purnell 106
Box 5, Folder 15	1951-1952	Efficiency of Feed Utilization in Poultry Production	Purnell 107
Box 5, Folder 16	1949-1955	A study of farm management problems of potato production in N.H.	Purnell 111
Box 5, Folder 17	1950-1951	Cost reducing in Dairying	Purnell 112
Box 5, Folder 18	1950-1952	Harvesting and marketing N.H. cucumbers under contract	Purnell 113
Box 5, Folder 19	1950-1953	Proper width and slope of beds for draining Whately and Biddeford soils	Purnell 115
Box 5, Folder 20	1950-1954	Diagnosis and control vibriosis in N.H. Dairy Herds	Purnell 116
Box 5, Folder 21	1952-1954	Production Management problems in specialized poultry farms	Purnell 118