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tion of alkali may allow such a crop to be established. Farm 

 manure has been found especially useful in this respect. 1 The 

 crop once well established will then maintain itself in spite of 

 the concentrations that may occur later. 



1 Lipman, C. B., and Gericke, W. F., The Inhibition by Stable Manure 

 of the Injurious Effects of Alkali Salts in Soils; Soil Sci., Vol. VII, 

 No. 2, pp. 105-120, 1919. 



