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... on the land , in the air , in the depths of the sea ; in the inanimate mineral , no less than in the living animal and vegetable kingdoms . The hardest stone becomes gradually friable , B 2 THE FARMER'S HOME - FRIEND . 3.
... on the land , in the air , in the depths of the sea ; in the inanimate mineral , no less than in the living animal and vegetable kingdoms . The hardest stone becomes gradually friable , B 2 THE FARMER'S HOME - FRIEND . 3.
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... land rich in humus , especially as at the same time he makes the soil at once looser , warmer , and better suited to the absorption and diffusion of moisture , as well as stronger in the power of attracting the nutritive mate- rials ...
... land rich in humus , especially as at the same time he makes the soil at once looser , warmer , and better suited to the absorption and diffusion of moisture , as well as stronger in the power of attracting the nutritive mate- rials ...
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... chloride of potassium , magnesia , and the remaining con- stituents of the sea - water , will be conveyed by wind to the land . — Liebig . Light , Electricity Carbonic Acid Water Heat Ammonia Silica , 28 NUTRITION OF PLANTS .
... chloride of potassium , magnesia , and the remaining con- stituents of the sea - water , will be conveyed by wind to the land . — Liebig . Light , Electricity Carbonic Acid Water Heat Ammonia Silica , 28 NUTRITION OF PLANTS .
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... land - plants . The free acids already present in the soil are most rapidly neu- tralized by laying on marl or lime , and the activity of the soil , that is , the decomposition and solution of its organic and inorganic components , is ...
... land - plants . The free acids already present in the soil are most rapidly neu- tralized by laying on marl or lime , and the activity of the soil , that is , the decomposition and solution of its organic and inorganic components , is ...
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... land poor in lime or altogether without it , such a manuring may furnish extraordinary results , because it remedies an actual deficiency of this ingredient . From gypsum , plants may provide themselves with lime and sul- phur ; but it ...
... land poor in lime or altogether without it , such a manuring may furnish extraordinary results , because it remedies an actual deficiency of this ingredient . From gypsum , plants may provide themselves with lime and sul- phur ; but it ...
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