University of Minnesota School of Agriculture - Agrarian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Testing milk, part of the laboratory work in Farm Duirying 'X class in Dairy Judging' learning' to cull out the nbozlrder c0w Page Thirty-1zine

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l'he use amd care of carpenter tools are taught in the Carpentry class. At work with the tap and die-a lesson in Farm Mechanics Page Forty-vu