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Professor R. H. BIFFEN, M.A., F.R.S., Cambridge 



A. D. HALL, M.A., F.R.S., Board of Agriculture, London 



E. J. RUSSELL, D.Sc, F.R.S., Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden 

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B. C. ASTON, Department of Agriculture, Wellington, New Zealand 

 Dr C. a. barber, Agricultural College, Coimbatore, India 



Professor B. T. P. BARKER, M.A., National Fruit and Cider Institute, Long Ashton. Bristol 



W. BATESON, M.A., F.R.S., John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton, Surrey 



J. R. CAMPBELL, B.Sc, Department of Agriculture, Dublin 



I. B. POLE EVANS, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, South Africa 



F. B. GUTHRIE, Department of Agriculture, Sydney, N.S.W. 

 Professor J. HENDRICK, B.Sc, Marischal College^ Aberdeen 

 Major J. W. LEATHER, V.D., F.I.C. 



T. H. MIDDLETON, C.B., M.A., Board of Agriculture, London 



F. T. SHUTT, M.A., F.I.C, Experimental Farms, Ottawa, C'anada 



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Dr a. C. true, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 



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