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the stock, which then twisted itself into curious shapes, at the same 
time exhibiting a distinct chlorotic condition. The intensity of these 
symptoms varied with the concentration of the borax. They were dis- 
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Fig. 12 .—Diagram showing the effect on the growth of wheat plants of adding miscellaneous sodium salts 
in various proportions to Greenville loam impregnated with sodium carbonate. The maximum concen¬ 
trations of the individual salts are given in the text. 
• This reading applies for a sodium arsenite or borax mixture or where used alone. 
*» This reading applies for sodium phosphate mixtures or where used alone. 
cemible with as little as 70 parts per million, though at the lowest con¬ 
centrations they tended to disappear as the plant grew. The arsenical 
poisoning was diaracterized by a stunted growth, straight, leafless stock, 
and a dark, unhealthy color. 
