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652:. Bulletin / University of Wyoming, Agricultural College Department, Wyoming Experiment Station ;no. 39. Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming, Agricultural College Dept., Wyoming Experiment Station.
629:. Bulletin / University of Wyoming, Agricultural College Department, Wyoming Experiment Station ;no. 33. Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming, Agricultural College Dept., Wyoming Experiment Station.
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