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 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
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
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 Widtsoe, John Andreas
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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