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Stephen John Watson
British agriculturalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Stephen John Watson FRSE FRIC FRAgS CBE (24 March 1898 – 25 June 1976) was a 20th-century British agriculturalist. He had an expert knowledge of the nutritional values of hay, straw and silage under different conditions.[1]
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In 1947 he founded the Edinburgh Centre of Rural Economy (ECRE) at Bush House, near Penicuik.[2]