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a very little water and the paper was pinned to the 

 window to dry. The result showed the blue color of 

 the litmus paper changed to a slate color with a reddish 

 tinge, indicating a very moderate degree of acidity. 

 Another sample of the soil was placed in a cup with 

 sufficient ammonia to thoroughly wet and slightly cover 

 it, and allowed to stand for twenty-four hours, when 

 the liquid was found to be about as black as ink, indi- 

 cating the presence of some organic acids. 



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Several Novel Features are included in the story 

 of G. W. Everson, Montgomery county. New York, a 

 Rawson prize winner. He gives the receipts of his 

 one-thirteenth-acre garden by months : May, twenty- 

 five cents ; June, three dollars and thirty-three cents ; 

 July, five dollars and ninety-three cents ; August, four 

 dollars and fifty-four cents; September ninety-seven 

 cents; October, four dollars and fifty-two cents; 



