land plaster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of land plaster
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Whitewash the stable once or twice each year; use land plaster, muck, or loam daily in the manure-gutters.
From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Charles William Burkett
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
Lime and land plaster are also valuable, as they cause chemical changes which tend to break up clayey soils.
From Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use by F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell
The use of land plaster or lime is recommended upon the floors and gutters.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Edwin George Hastings
Gypsum or land plaster is often sprinkled on stable floors and about manure heaps to prevent the loss of ammonia.
From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich
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