The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 104National Geographic Society, 1953 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 203
... scientists work as well with the wonder drugs of modern medicine , the antibiotics . They find that these organic compounds , which inhibit or destroy disease- producing bacteria , viruses , or fungi , will move through a plant somewhat ...
... scientists work as well with the wonder drugs of modern medicine , the antibiotics . They find that these organic compounds , which inhibit or destroy disease- producing bacteria , viruses , or fungi , will move through a plant somewhat ...
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... scientists told me . In canaigre's thick knobby roots , which look like gnarled sweet potatoes , a rich source of tannin has been found . To enable farmers in dry regions to grow canaigre , high - yielding plants are being se- lected ...
... scientists told me . In canaigre's thick knobby roots , which look like gnarled sweet potatoes , a rich source of tannin has been found . To enable farmers in dry regions to grow canaigre , high - yielding plants are being se- lected ...
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... Scientists then measure how much time and feed it takes to bring the animal up to weight . Streamlined pigs grow in Beltsville swine barns . Seven new strains have been developed there by selective breeding through the past 18 years ...
... Scientists then measure how much time and feed it takes to bring the animal up to weight . Streamlined pigs grow in Beltsville swine barns . Seven new strains have been developed there by selective breeding through the past 18 years ...
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Fact Finding for Tomorrows Planes A Little Faninabox Wind | v |
All America Mingles in the Prairie State | ix |
Rip Van Winkle of the Underground North Americas Much Misunder | xii |
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