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Page 108
... lime , potash , soda , magnesia ? The year previous " the land was planted with corn and potatoes , a shovel full of manure was put in the hill . ” Of what elements did this manure consist ? " Last spring I spread two loads of compost ...
... lime , potash , soda , magnesia ? The year previous " the land was planted with corn and potatoes , a shovel full of manure was put in the hill . ” Of what elements did this manure consist ? " Last spring I spread two loads of compost ...
Page 111
... lime and iron . Magnesia exists in small quantities in many rocks and in the serpentine and soapstone in large portions . Manganese , another metal , in small quantities in the rocks , and consequently in the soils of New England ...
... lime and iron . Magnesia exists in small quantities in many rocks and in the serpentine and soapstone in large portions . Manganese , another metal , in small quantities in the rocks , and consequently in the soils of New England ...
Page 112
... lime and magnesia in much less quantity . And the composition of our soils will be found to corres- pond very nearly with these numbers ; excepting potash and lime in their free state , which are soon so far exhausted by vegetation as ...
... lime and magnesia in much less quantity . And the composition of our soils will be found to corres- pond very nearly with these numbers ; excepting potash and lime in their free state , which are soon so far exhausted by vegetation as ...
Page 114
... lime , and iron , sulphate of lime , ( plaster of paris ) and phosphate of lime are found in all soils . The importance of all these constituents of soils may be inferred from the analysis of vegetables stated above . The following ...
... lime , and iron , sulphate of lime , ( plaster of paris ) and phosphate of lime are found in all soils . The importance of all these constituents of soils may be inferred from the analysis of vegetables stated above . The following ...
Page 115
... lime , than any one crop of either of these kinds of grain contains , it may follow , that oats from their greater power of searching for , and more easily digesting it , will flourish better in a soil poor in its percentage of lime ...
... lime , than any one crop of either of these kinds of grain contains , it may follow , that oats from their greater power of searching for , and more easily digesting it , will flourish better in a soil poor in its percentage of lime ...
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