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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS— BULLETIN NO. 142. 
A. C. TRUE, Director. 
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SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL C0N\l3^^ 
OF THE ASSOCIATION OF 
American Agricultural Cotes and Exneri 
HELD AT 
WASHINGTON, D. C, 
NOVEMBER 17-19, 1903. 
EDITED BY 
A. C. TRUE and W. H. BEAL, for the Office of Experiment Stations, 
AND 
for the Executive Committee of the Association. 
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WASHINGTON: 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
1904. 
