"vitology" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "D. In order to complete agricultural education, the American countries should keep in view: (1) Supplementary establishments for agricultural experiment stations, laboratories of vegetable pathology and vitology, special stations, agricultural statistics, etc.; (2) the development of extension teaching through the medium of demonstration farms, by the aid of local farmers, and, in general, by all the means of propaganda which enable agricultural instruction to reach the farmer himself so as to guide him in his work.",
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