land plaster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of land plaster
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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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 Thomas Shaw
Gypsum is used as a fertilizer under the name of "land plaster," and with the growing recognition of the lack of sulphur in various soils an extension of its application is not unlikely.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
In many places the soils are heavily charged with calcium sulfate, or crystals of the ordinary land plaster.
From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe
The following indications almost certainly point to the need of dressings of land plaster: 1.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw
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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