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Re: Albrecht Soil Dabate



You should read the books by Arden Andersen, and get away from the rut in
which the chemicals proponents operate.

Anderson, Life and Energy in Agriculture, pgg 34-35:
   CEC test in conventional soil test systems: A numerical value is
calculated from the lab for a given soil sample. This figure is then used
along with the soil pH to determine the theoretical amount of lime
necessary to change the pH to a predetermined figure.

   It looks very nicr on paper and sounds very sophisticated (and it is),
but not in agriculture.  The cation exchange capacity is a value relating
to capacity of, particularly clay, particles tohold cations, i.e. Ca++,
Mg==, Na+. K+.NH+, etc.

   This analysis was developed byTHE MINING INDUSTRY and is mainly used by
petroleum egineers toformulate drilling muds that will carry the debris
away from the drilling bit.  It is basically a raw chemical/physical
phenomenon and is out of context when used in a biologically active soil
and a progressive fertiity program.

   Possibly it is a contributing factor i the mining of our soils.

   The CEC, though used extensively, is of limited value i agriculture.
The test was adopted by the agricultural industry as a tool to perpetuate
the manipulative ferilization practices of odern agriculture that have led
to the mining of the soil.

B. Rateaver



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