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land plaster

American  

noun

  1. finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.


Etymology

Origin of land plaster

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

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Gypsum or land plaster has been often used to correct this condition, and frequently with excellent results.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

As early as 1780 he began his experiments, using not only the land plaster and clover but practicing deeper ploughing and rotating crops.

From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Williams, Harrison

The following indications almost certainly point to the need of dressings of land plaster: 1.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

Gypsum or land plaster holds ammonia, and is thus of the highest value as a preservative.

From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous

In nonmetallic products there were displayed garnet, emery, millstones, infusorial earth, mineral paints, graphite, talc, mica, salt, gypsum, land plaster, and plaster of Paris.

From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

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