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organic matter that should have been returned to it. 

 The soluble organic compounds were allowed to be 

 leached out or destroyed in the unprotected, loosely 

 stored manure. The residual portion, poorer in available 

 nitrogen and in readily decomposable organic substances, 

 added to the soil something that was very inert and not 

 easily decomposed by the soil bacteria. 



