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Selected Articles Turning 'cold sand' into productive farmland Focus: Farm Machinery A Mouse Fence Can Work by Ralph Winfield     on page 28 Handy hints to prepare your machinery for winter Power At Work How force and pressure work in hydraulic systems Weather One of the wettest summers on record? By Henry Hengeveld

StateSide 'Patent or perish' the new motto at U.S. research universities by Alan Guebert     on page 43 Crops New Roundup Ready varieties offer strong disease packages by Don McClure     on page 34 'Damp' corn finds a market TheHill Weak prairie farm organizations should look to Quebec, Ontario By Barry Wilson