Repository: UIHistories Project: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 30 [PAGE 6]

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handling WELL In attempting to increase the production of wheat, we should Y , re e t h < a c r e a e la TJ -M f \ * P *t<*l, but we should make every u eftort possible to maintain or increase the yields ner acre This *> be best done by making careful use of all Manure!i produced on the

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