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1Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven
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An extract from a treatise submitted to the faculty of the Bussey Institution of Harvard University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Science, December, 1917, and to be published in full as a contribution from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.