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NEW CROP. Award-winning conservationists Gordon Thornhill, Boston, and W. Rapley Owings, Washington, examine a guayule plant at Goodyear Farms, Litchfield Park, Ariz. The desert shrub now is being cultivated as a natural rubber source. The two winners were among 106 representatives of the nation’s top-rated conservation districts who recently participated in the 33rd annual Goodyear Conservation Awards tour.
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