xt7d251fkn85 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7d251fkn85/data/mets.xml   Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. 1923 journals kaes_circulars_001_3_153 English Lexington : The Service, 1913-1958. Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station Circular (Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station) n. 153 text Circular (Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station) n. 153 1923 2014 true xt7d251fkn85 section xt7d251fkn85 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Extension Division
THOMAS P. COOPER, Dean and Director
CIRCULAR NO. 153
PUREBRED RAMS ARE PROF ITABLE
Lexington, Ky.
May. 1923
Plliilisiieii in r*¤n1m·oti¤¤i1 with lI1¤· :i;i‘i<·nlti1i‘:1i <·\t¤·i1sii~i1 work i·;ii·i·i·~·i
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ance of the work provided for in the .\cx of L`oi1,g1·ess of May S, 1144.

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Purcbrcd Rams are Profitable
L. J. HORLACHER
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