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Gypsum is a naturally occurring mineral that has been used in the United States since Benjamin Franklin first applied ground raw gypsum, called land plaster, on his soils. Today, as Franklin did then, ...

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1. The Alabama, Maryland, and Oklahoma soils analyzed are low in sulphur, phosphorus, and organic matter; the phosphorus being not much greater in amount than the sulphur. The central states soils are ...