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SOIL CHARACTERIZATION PROGRALI Page 3 i A
By Harry Hudson Bailey /
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l‘lEA'l`ED Mime AS AN EXTENDER Fon DAIRY BULL SEMEN Page 4
By james R. Perkins and Dwight M. Seatli RL
hlEA'I`S SPECIALISTS STUDY \V1LD ON1oN Pagg 5 H4
PROBLELI IN BEEF M
By Iames D. Kemp ·
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Mixori ELEBIENT RESEARCH Page 6 L
By H. F. Massey
PLASTIC hlULCH Fon VECETABLES Page 8
By E. M. Emmert W
ES'l`.\BLISIlXIEN'l` or LEGUBIES IN SEVEN-YEAR-oL0 Page 10 5
FESCUE Son ;.
By T. H. Taylor. \\`. C. Templeton, ]r..
\\`. N, _\lcMakin and S. H. ¥Vest }
NE\\' Exi·E1nMEN·r S·rAT1oN FARBI PURCHASED Page 12
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